Pressure groups, Arise Ghana and Justice for Ghana, have presented a petition to Parliament to prevent the use of the pension fund to build the proposed national cathedral, but rather use the money to pay NABCO officers who have not been paid by the government.
After picketing at the cathedral site and in front of Parliament’s ceremonial gate, the leaders of the pressure groups presented a two page petition to the leadership of the House.
The groups, among other things, noted that Ghanaians are suffering excruciating hardships and do not need the scarce state funds accrued from taxing them to be used in funding what they described as fanciful frivolities that the executive president is pursuing.
Mr. Selorm Dramani Djiramado presented the petition on behalf of the groups and it was received by the Minority Leader Hon. Haruna Iddrisu and the 2nd Deputy Majority Whip Hon. Habib Iddrisu. They both assured the group members that their concerns would be addressed by the Rt. Hon. Speaker Alban Bagbin and the leadership of the House.
Source: Parliament