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Minority Demands Government to Submit Flagship Programme Documents for Parliamentary Scrutiny
The minority in Parliament has renewed its demand for the government to present to the House the policy documents covering its flagship programmes, insisting that proper parliamentary oversight cannot be exercised without them.
Addressing journalists in Parliament on Sunday, October 26, the Ranking Member on the Economy and Development Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, said it was unacceptable that none of the eleven flagship initiatives announced by the Mahama administration had been laid before Parliament for review.
He argued that the absence of official documentation undermines transparency and accountability, as it prevents both lawmakers and the public from understanding the objectives, frameworks, and expected outcomes of the various initiatives.
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“As of now, you have 11 programmes and initiatives that this government has launched on various platforms, and ministers have been given hundreds of millions of Ghana cedis ostensibly to go and execute them,” he said.
Listing the initiatives, Mr Oppong Nkrumah mentioned:
“The One Million Coders Programme, the 24-Hour Economy Programme, the Jobs Export Programme, the Adwumawura Programme, the National Apprenticeship Programme, the Tree for Life Programme, the Accra Reset Programme, the One Child One Tree Initiative, the Ghana Infrastructure Plan, the Free Tertiary for Persons with Disability, and the No-Fee-Stress Policy.”
He emphasised that none of these programmes has a clear policy document outlining key elements such as targets, selection criteria, result frameworks, and performance indicators.
“How does Parliament or even the media and civil society track their impact or hold officials accountable? Even the public has no means of knowing how to access these programmes,” he questioned.
The minority, therefore, called for the immediate submission of all programme documents to Parliament to allow for effective scrutiny and oversight.
“My intelligence suggests that it’s even been discussed at Cabinet, and the President has instructed that the ministers should bring the programme documents to Parliament. So I think it’s important — we don’t have to run away from it,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah said.
He added that laying the documents before Parliament would not only ensure transparency but also strengthen public trust in government interventions.
“Once the programme documents are properly laid before Parliament, the work of oversight can begin,” he concluded.
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