{"id":76629,"date":"2024-07-01T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/l-i-on-cement-prices-minister-breached-protocol-yusif-sulemana"},"modified":"2024-07-01T17:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:24:36","slug":"l-i-on-cement-prices-minister-breached-protocol-yusif-sulemana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/l-i-on-cement-prices-minister-breached-protocol-yusif-sulemana","title":{"rendered":"L.I on Cement Prices: Minister Breached Protocol \u2013 Yusif Sulemana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Ranking Member on the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee, Yusif Sulemana has said the Minister for Trade and Industry, K.T Hammond did not meet the required protocols in laying the Legislative Instrument before Parliament.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr. Sulemana explained that per the standard, the Minister is required to do a pre-laying to the Trade and Industry Committee, meet with the substantive Legislative Committee before presenting the Legislative Instrument (L.I) on the floor of Parliament.<\/p>\n

According to him, this is to allow the Committee to extensively deliberate on the L.I before it is presented to the House as Parliament will have \u201clittle to do with the content of the L.I\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe standard has been that you do some consultations with stakeholders before it is laid. Twenty-one working days after it is laid, it becomes a law and so one would have thought that the Minister will first of all engage the Trade Committee then proceed to meet with the substantive Legislative Committee before it is laid,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He said the Minister rather presented the L.I straightforward to the floor of the House without going through the required standard and did not engage the Trade Committee.<\/p>\n

We were not consulted on L.I for cement prices \u2013 Executive Secretary of Cement Manufacturers Association<\/p>\n

The Minister was then directed to present the L.I to the Committee which raised some legality issues in the L.I and demanded that the Minister provide better explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many issues came up there and it was nearly rejected and so he had to go back with some kind of attitude that whether the Committee likes it or not, he was going to lay it,\u201d Yusif Sulemana added.<\/p>\n

He urged K.T Hammond to consult and dialogue with all stakeholders rather than using his Executive powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn matters like this, its not about using your Executive powers but also to dialogue. The cement manufacturers have availed themselves to the Minister and the Committee not today,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re uncomfortable with high prices of cement but KT Hammond\u2019s approach to deal with it is wrong \u2013 Minority<\/p>\n

Following the recent increment in cement prices, the Trades Ministry is seeking to regulate the cement prices by introducing a Legislative Instrument.<\/p>\n

Trades Minister, K.T Hammond said that as persons in authority, it is their duty to ensure that Ghanaians are not fleeced.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a point in time, we are not producing so much cement in the country. Now we have an installed capacity of over 11 million tons in the country. Our demand is nothing like 11 million, so it must be a very profitable enterprise. But I think it behooves on those in responsible positions of authority to ensure that the good people of Ghana are not fleeced. I am not comfortable, I don\u2019t believe that we\u2019re getting good prizes for all that it\u2019s worth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

An attempt to lay the document in Parliament on Tuesday, June 26, was blocked by the Minority.<\/p>\n

The opposition lawmakers insisted the L.I. must first be discussed.<\/p>\n

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