Samuel George, a member of parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampram, has expressed concern about the wait for the payment of the 30% allowance promised to police officers tasked with protecting legislators.
He feels that the officers’ morale is suffering as a result of the delay, and he has asked that Ambrose Dery, the interior minister, be called to address Parliament on the subject.
As Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu presented the upcoming week’s business statement, Mr. George brought attention to the matter.
He stated, “There is a critical issue that is affecting the morale of bodyguards assigned to MPs in the house. The issue of current mistreatment is because when the signal came for them to be transferred from their various units to the parliamentary protection unit, that signal came with a certain benefit of 30% allowance to be paid to them.”
He further added, “It appears that the majority of our police are not receiving that and is affecting the well-being of bodyguards. So if the Interior Minister can be brought to come and explain to us what that is, we will be grateful,” he said.
Sam George, has commended the parliament after the house made another step towards the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
This comes after Sam George recently expressed his dissatisfaction over the protracted passage of the anti-gay legislation.
He claimed that the members of the Parliamentary Majority are impeding the bill.
However, Sam George took to his X (formerly Twitter) to provide an update on the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill in parliament.
He thanked Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson and Majority Leader, Hon. Kyei-Mensah Bonsu for their tireless support in seeing the bill passed, adding that parliament had a productive debate on the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
Sam George revealed that on Monday, 11th December, 2023, they will continue their discussion the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
According to the unconventional NDC MP, parliament has successfully completed about 25% of the current amendments.
