The Ranking Member on the Economy and Development Committee of Parliament, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has criticised government for not submitting policy documents for its flagship programmes and initiatives like the 24-hour economy before the House.
He has told journalists that the move is undermining parliamentary oversight despite an intelligence he has picked that the President has issued a directive for ministers to lay the programme documents before the legislative body.
It follows remarks by the Majority Leader who had earlier told the Minority Leader that most of the details of those flagship programmes were exhausted at the relevant committees during their consideration and drafting stages.
But the Ofoase/Ayirebi lawmaker insists that of all 11 programmes launched by government, none has had its documents scrutinised by Parliament, although ministers have been given “hundreds of millions of Ghana Cedis to execute them.”
“This government has launched 11 programmes & initiatives but not even one of them has had the programme document brought before Parliament for oversight. We don’t need to run away from it,” he told journalists on Sunday, October 26, 2025 in Accra.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah further said his “intelligence suggests that it’s been discussed at the Cabinet and the President has instructed that the ministers bring the programme documents to Parliament…”
He wants government to immediately submit the programme documents “so that the work of oversight can start.”
“I can take you through the list: The One Million Coders Programme; The 24 Hour Economy Programme; The Jobs Export Programme; The Adwumawura Programme; The National Apprenticeship Programme; The Tree for Life Programme; Accra Reset Programme; The One Child One Tree Initiative; The Ghana Infrastructure Plan; The Free Tertiary for Persons with Disability and then The No-Fee-Stress Policy….”
“These are about 11 programmes that the government has launched and our argument is that not one of them has had a programme document that tells you, what is the target, what is the selection criteria, what is the result framework, what are the key performance indicators, so that you can exercise oversight,” he argued.
According to him, submitting the documents would not be to the advantage of only Members of Parliament.
“Even if not just by us Members of Parliament, you the media do you know details? Do Civil Society members know the details? Does the general public know? How does even an ordinary person know and access?”
“So it is important that the programme documents are properly laid before parliament so that the work of oversight can start.”
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