The minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has called on the government to, as a matter of urgency, constitute the boards of the statutory organisations such as the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) and National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).

He said boards must also be constituted for District Assemblies Common Fund and Ghana Road Fund as expected of the President.

Mr Iddrisu, in a submission in Parliament last Wednesday, drew the attention of the government on the impact of the delay, and urged it to quickly name the boards yet to be established.

Road fund

He described the issue as a matter of public importance and cited the Road Fund, that when properly constituted, would make Ghanaian contractors get their monthly releases.

Mr Iddrisu, who is also the MP for Tamale South, said the government had a responsibility to protect the Ghanaian private sector and that duty must be extended to Ghanaian contractors who the Road Fund owed.

“Even if the government cannot find money to pay the contractors they should let the administrative machinery work,” he said.

“Why is the Road Fund Board not constituted? Why is it not functioning? How do we expect contractors to survive…from January to now?” he queried.

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Mr Iddrisu asked the government to explain why chief executives for metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies had not yet been appointed by the government.

“I do not share the view that this function or roles be reduced to ministerial role. I cannot imagine the Minister of Education wanting to come to Parliament to present the GETfund… that would not be acceptable,” he said.

“It must be the GETfund Board, solely constituted by the parent Act creating it”.

Agreement

The Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, said the matters raised by the Minority Leader was of public importance, which the House must dialogue on.

He called for further engagement with government to resolve the matter.