While describing the call as a good one, he said it is important for Parliament to see to its implementation. “It doesn’t take the President to tell Parliament to perform its mandate but it is welcome news”, Mr Mohammed said

Contributing to a newspaper discussion segment on Wednesday, the former Member of Parliament for Nantong said in order for parliamentarians to be effective and independent, their conditions of service should be relooked at.

“If we want them to be independent and work effectively, we must look at some aspects of the law, the working conditions of Members of Parliament (MPs) are unacceptable because Parliamentarians are the least paid in the public service of the country and in Africa.

“They are the least paid, they attend social functions in communities, they have enormous responsibilities in their communities yet their conditions are bad, how can that person discharge his or her duties?” he queried.

Mr Mohammed called on President Akufo-Addo to direct his call to his Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, saying, “the call must also go to the Vice President because we have a Vice President who when the Minority in Parliament demanded transparency and accountability into the issuance of the $2.25m bond told the Minority they are ignorant”.

The National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kamal-Deen Abdulai, on his part said “If we don’t take our Parliament seriously, it will affect us since Parliament is doing so well but we need to strengthen what it is doing”.