Parliament losing its quality - E.T. Mensah expresses worry

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Enoch Teye Mensah, has described as worrying, the attrition rate in Ghana’s Parliament.

The legislator explains that this development is not helping the growth of Parliament as a law-making institution.

Mr Mensah was particularly worried about the loss of some experienced MPs in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries.

At the weekend, 24 NPP MPs, many of them front benchers, lost in their bid to contest the 2016 parliamentary elections.

Some of them are Dr Richard Anane of Nhyiaeso Constituency: Dr Afriyie Akoto of Kwadaso; and Mr Francis Addai-Nimoh of the Mampong Constituency.

Speaking to journalists in Parliament on Tuesday, the Ningo Prampram legislator emphasised that the trend would weaken Parliament.

“These are lessons that all of us must learn. The attrition in Parliament is not helping the growth of Ghana’s law-making body. It doesn’t happen anywhere,” he said while cautioning against what he termed as the “Ma obi so nko bi” mantra.