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Support Parliamentary Service for development — Speaker

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, has called for support for the parliamentary service for the development of competent and professional staff with the capacity to handle the challenges posed by the loss of institutional memory occasioned by the high attrition of Members of Parliament.

He made the call at the launch of a partnership programme between Parliament and Star Ghana in Accra on Friday.

Under the programme, Star Ghana is to support nine committees of Parliament and the parliamentary service to strengthen Parliament's role as a key oversight institution over the Executive.

Star Ghana will support the beneficiary committees and the parliamentary service with a total amount of GH¢2.4 million through grants and technical assistance.  

It will also strengthen the capacities of parliamentary service, particularly the clerks and research officers, to enable them to provide quality support to the committees of Parliament.

Star Ghana will also support the leadership of Parliament to implement actions aimed at addressing strategic and systemic constraints to Parliament's effectiveness.

Launching the programme, Mr Adjaho said he was convinced that the partnership would inure to the benefit of Parliament and Star Ghana.

He said it was becoming difficult for developing democracies, particularly in Africa, to adequately meet the financial resources required for effective oversight and scrutiny of the government. 

In that regard, he stated that any initiative in support of the work of Parliament should be embraced.

"I, therefore,  have no doubt that the partnership we are launching today would further enhance the capacity of MPs to effectively scrutinise the government.

The Programme Manager of Star Ghana, Mr Ibrahim Tanko Amidu, said the support was to help Parliament to fulfill its mandate, particularly in ensuring greater transparency, accountability and responsiveness in the delivery of public goods and services.

Present at the ceremony were the Minority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Alfred Agbesi, and chairmen and ranking members of the beneficiary committees.

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