Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu constituency in the Volta region is calling on the people of SALL in the Oti region, both home and abroad to send the issues that matter to them via Facebook and other avenues as they leverage the power of social media.
He has revealed that a number of MPs would be prioritising matters of concern to the SALL people when the House resumes next week.
“Definitely, we must soldier on and fight harder for SALL’s fundamental right of representation to be respected — this shall remain central in the pursuit of our parliamentary obligations as it remains an unforgivable aberration for the 8th Parliament to exist in this current state of deformity” he stated on his Facebook wall.
His full post is below:
As we continue to mount legitimate pressure for the SALL injustice to be remedied, I wish to indicate that in the interim, a number of us MPs would be prioritizing matters of concern to the SALL people when the House resumes next week.
To achieve this objective, I humbly invite the good people of SALL both home and abroad to send us the issues that matter to them via this and other avenues as we leverage the power of social media.
The issues could range from education, health, agriculture, unemployment, road infrastructure, security, etc.
Additionally, arrangements are afoot to host town halls across SALL communities in due course.
We pledge to give urgent and serious attention to your responses either by filing questions to Ministers, making statements on the floor or moving motions for action.
Definitely, we must soldier on and fight harder for SALL’s fundamental right of representation to be respected — this shall remain central in the pursuit of our parliamentary obligations as it remains an unforgivable aberration for the 8th Parliament to exist in this current state of deformity.
Let me be clear, this interim measure of solidarity in Parliament by forcefully raising concerns of the SALL people on the floor does not in any way constitute a substitute for their constitutional right to have their own duly elected MP, to the contrary, it is another layer of justifiable agitation which also serves as a constant reminder in the House of Parliament that we are still not fully and properly constituted.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
