Asuogyaman MP On Why MPs Should Work From Home | General News

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman within the Eastern Region, Thomas Kyarko Ampem, has prompt that Parliament ought to permit members to work at home.
He desires MPs to work two days within the bed room in every week, and the remaining days from the home.

His suggestion, he stated was a part of a method MPs can use to handle the rising gas costs.

He stated as an alternative of driving to parliament to spend two hours, the House ought to agree for members to spend six hours for every of the 2 days to make up for the interval spent at dwelling.

Citing an embarrassing state of affairs, the place he drove to a gas pump sooner or later to fill his tank and was stunned on the invoice offered to him, he stated: "I used to be informed to pay GH¢3,000 however the cash I had on me was solely GH ¢2,100.00.”

"I had to call a colleague to send the rest of the money through MoMo which I have been trying to avoid," he stated.

The MP stated the request by former President John Dramani Mahama for staff to be allowed to work at home was laudable and needs to be thought-about.

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But in a rebuttal, the Majority Leader and MP for Suame within the Ashanti Region, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, stated that was an "apocalyptic" demand and questioned the impact on nationwide productiveness and Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

"I believe it's an unlucky name on us that we should always work only for two days.

"And he stated former President Mahama has made a request for folks to work from the home.

“Let me sound a word of warning that there's just one Executive President [Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo] on this nation and no one can fake to share energy with him. Whether a former president or future president," he stated.

Citing an identical instance in 1998 when after the late president Jerry John Rawlings had completed delivering a state of the Nation Address, he reacted equally to former president John Agyekum Kufuor when he tried to make a remark.