The uneven allocation of resources is the reason behind Parliament’s difficulties in carrying out its supervisory function over the Executive Branch of the government, according to Speaker of the House Alban Bagbin.

The legislature is not sufficiently empowered to examine the executive branch, which is regularly given allocations in the billions of Cedis, according to Bagbin, who claims that the government’s 600 million Cedi allocation is insufficient.

Mr. Bagbin stressed the need for reforms to strengthen parliamentary governance in Ghana while speaking at a press soirée in Ho, Volta Region, in honor of 30 years of continuous parliamentary democracy in Ghana.

“If the Presidency in an annual budget can take, for example, 3 billion cedis and the whole arm that is to hold the president to account is given about 600 million cedis, now how can that weak body hold that mighty executive to account, how is it going to happen?.”

The Speaker added that the government’s lack of support for the media exacerbates the difficulties in monitoring the executive branch.

He bemoaned the fact that, in Ghana, the media is frequently perceived as a private enterprise with little regard for its terms of service or accountability procedures, while also highlighting the vital role that the media plays in monitoring all three branches of government.