{"id":3758,"date":"2024-03-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2024-03-07T22:35:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:35:10","slug":"parliaments-medical-facility-should-be-accessible-to-former-mps-haruna-iddrisu-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3758","title":{"rendered":"Parliament\u2019s Medical Facility Should Be Accessible To Former Mps \u2013 Haruna Iddrisu Advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Former Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tamale South constituency, Haruna Iddrisu, has indicated that Parliament\u2019s medical facility be made free and accessible to both current and former MPs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MPs decried their poor conditions of service amidst public criticisms of the political class living a better life than the ordinary citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the floor of the House, Haruna Iddrisu shared the concerns raised by the MP for Asawase, Muntaka Mohammed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we sit here, we allow the public to bastardise us for ex gratia; beyond ex gratia, what is the quality of life of a former MP and what are we doing to improve our lot?\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-117a9dc066711c441b2bb88603e4f006 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-WzKpUc3-Q?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went on to narrate the ordeal of a former member of parliament from his caucus who could not raise GHC12,000 for surgery, leading to the MP\u2019s demise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMr Speaker at the time, Professor Mike Oqauye, as the chairman of the board, pleaded to help a former MP with 12,000 Ghana cedis, and this MP was requesting to do prostrate surgery,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former minority leader further stated that Professor Oqauye informed him that the MP is a member of his caucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProfessor Oquaye turned to me and said that Haruna that is a former member of your caucus, he needs urgent medical attention of 12,000 Ghana Cedis, and Professor Oquaye whispered to me, Minority Leader, find half and I will also provide half,\u201d he narrated on the floor of the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMr Speaker before one week this former MP passed on because he couldn\u2019t afford the cost of the surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven the medical facility of Parliament should be made open and free to former Members of Parliament,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This, according to the Tamale South legislator, is because former MPs cannot even acquire quality medical care, stressing that, \u201cbeyond ex-gratia you cannot look after your health, you can\u2019t look after your children\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tamale South constituency, Haruna Iddrisu, has indicated that Parliament\u2019s medical facility be made free and accessible to both current and former MPs. The MPs decried their poor conditions of service amidst public criticisms of the political class living a better life than the ordinary citizen. 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