General News of Tuesday, 9 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comMajority leader lacks mandate to present budget statement - NDC MP challengesMember of Parliament for Banda, Ahmed IbrahimThe Member of Parliament for Banda is challenging the legitimacy of the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Simon Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, as the President’s choice to present government's budget statement for the year 2021. The Minister who is the Leader of Government’s Business in Parliament has been tasked by the President to make the presentation scheduled for March 12, 2021. However, speaking in an interview with Okay FM monitored by GhanaWeb, Ahmed Ibrahim quoting Order 141 and 142 of Parliament’s standing Orders challenged the President’s choice indicating the Minister lacks the mandate to present the budget. “We can’t leave in a country without a Finance Minister, there must be somebody responsible. The President in his stead has nominated the Majority Leader to present the budget statement to Parliament on Friday.

Source: GhanaWeb March 09, 2021 09:56 UTC