General News of Thursday, 22 March 2018Source: citifmonline.comAyariga sues government over implementation of Free SHS, MASLOC, othersMahama Ayariga, MP for Bawku CentralThe Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo-Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs, the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others. Mr. Ayariga is arguing that the government failed to submit operational modalities for the policy framework of the of these programmes to Parliament. He thus wants the court to compel either the President or the relevant minister to present the pertinent legislation and regulations to Parliament. The Ghana School Feeding Programme, National Afforestation Programme, Zongo Development Fund, and the Ghana Education Trust Fund are also mentioned in the lawsuit. The imprisoning of the two prompted Mr. Ayariga to give some state agencies an ultimatum to present to Parliament reforms to their regulations or face action at the Supreme Court.

Source: GhanaWeb March 22, 2018 06:33 UTC