The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) Anthony Forson wants salaries of Members of Parliament and officials of state institutions improved to properly reflect the services they render to the nation.
Speaking at a consultative meeting to collate inputs for the formation of a Parliament Assurances Committee, Mr. Forson said the public must not be too quick to kick against improvement of conditions of lawmakers based on emotions.
“Parliamentarians pay a lot of funeral bills and school fees and it shouldn’t be so because then how do they concentrate on the legislative business which includes research…so we owe it to ourselves to make them comfortable to make laws which inure to our benefit because if we do not treat them well we do not expect that they will give off their best or their capacities will be raised”.
Mr. Forson said “I believe that the time has come where all the institutions of state ought to be looked at and proper remuneration and conditions of service be given to them…once we have recognised the fact that our Parliament falls short of what other Parliaments are doing in terms of output and what they get, we should start looking at our own resources and what Parliament is receiving and improve it…as former President Kufuor said if we pretend to pay people they will also pretend to work”.