A law professor, Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has decried the number of members of parliament in Ghana, saying the current 275 MPs are “too many” for a country with a population of 28 million.
Contributing to a panel discussion at a symposium to commemorate Ghana’s 25 years of uninterrupted parliamentary democracy, Prof. Prempeh, admitted that though democracy is expensive, it ought not to be needlessly expensive
The symposium is under the theme “25 Years of Continuous Parliamentary Democracy in Ghana- Challenges and Prospects”.
“Democracy is expensive but it doesn’t have to be needlessly expensive. I think we have too many members of parliament for the size of this country and the economy; 275 MPs is too many,” he stated on Monday.
In his estimation, information is the most important thing that parliament needs to be effective and efficient in its legislative and oversight duties, and not the huge numbers.
[caption id="attachment_34741" align="aligncenter" width="564"] Prof H. Prempeh[/caption]
Prof. Prempeh who is the Executive Director for the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-
We’ve too many MPs in Ghana; democracy shouldn’t be needlessly expensive – Prof.
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