Parliament to grill minister on construction of 200 SHSs

Finance Minister Seth Terkper is set to appear before Parliament’s Committee on Government Assurances to answer questions on the government’s promises to build 200 senior high schools across the country.

The committee intends to start the public hearing to track promises made by ministers of state.

President Mahama, in the 2014 budget, promised to construct the schools in fulfilment of his 2012 campaign promise to Ghanaians.

The Chairman of the committee, Mr  Emmanuel Bedzrah, told Joy FM that the finance minister would also disclose how much he had collected from the 10 per cent pay cut undertaken by the president and ministers of state to aid the construction of more Community-Based Health Planning Service (CHPS) compounds.

The minister was initially scheduled to meet the parliamentarians on May 28 but he informed the committee that he was out of town, compelling committee to postpone the meeting.

Mr Bedzra also said the committee would meet after Parliament reconvened on June 3, to fix another date for the meeting with the finance minister. 

He and the executives had agreed to a 10 per cent pay cut to be used for the CHPS Compounds throughout the country. 

“We have passed the first quarter of the year so we want to find out how much he has collected and how many CHPS Compounds have been constructed so far. We want to find out because it is our duty to find out those promises and assurances, ” Mr Bedzra said.