[ 2014-11-21 ]

Livid Speaker orders probe into blackouts in Parliament
Parliament House was not spared the irksome and
unannounced power outage in Ghana Thursday, as
members got set to debate the 2015 budget
statement of government.

The Minister of Finance Seth Terkper was in the
House Wednesday to deliver the budget and economic
statement which lasted for about three hours.

Parliamentary officials said the Finance
Minister’s presentation was powered by the
generating plant of the lawmaking body and was
used for other activities of the day.

When the Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho
entered the lawmaking chamber Thursday, he was
greeted by a power outage forcing him to descend
heavily on the power distribution company,
Electricity Company of Ghana.

The speaker had to suspend proceedings for about
30 minutes.

He has therefore called for an investigation into
the frequent power outages in Parliament and the
probing body made up of some MPs has until next
Tuesday to present their report to the House.

A very livid Adjaho described the frequent
blackouts as “unacceptable”.

Source - Starrfmonline

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