The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has called on the House to demand official documentation on several major government-launched economic initiatives to strengthen its oversight mandate.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, July 18, the Ofoase Ayirebi MP commended the Business Committee for its work but urged a supplementary business statement to include critical policy documents not yet submitted to Parliament.
Oppong Nkrumah expressed concern that although these programmes — including FeedGhana, One Million Coders, the National Apprenticeship Programme, Ejumawura, the 24-Hour Economy Initiative, and the Labour Export Programme — had all been launched publicly, no official documentation had been presented to the House.
“Till date, we have not received a single A4 sheet detailing them. That makes oversight difficult,” he said, stressing that these flagship programmes require parliamentary scrutiny.
The former Information Minister noted that even the Speaker had recently emphasized the need for the 24-hour economy policy to be formally laid before the House.
With Parliament scheduled to rise in a few weeks, he urged the Business Committee to act swiftly to include these documents in the House’s agenda, cautioning that without proper documentation, effective oversight is not possible.
