Asiedu Nketiah shouldn’t serve on Parliamentary Service Board – NMC Chair

Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo has raised concerns over the membership of political leaders on the Parliamentary Service Board.

He contends that the existence of the chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah on Parliament’s advisory board compromises the objectivity and neutrality that the House is supposed to maintain.

Asiedu Nketiah to be on the advisory board to the Speaker of Parliament.

Aseidu Nketiah is the Chairman of the NDC he should not be part of the advisory group to the Speaker and serve on the Board?

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah was named as part of four persons to constitute the new Parliamentary Service Board in March 2021, by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.

The Parliamentary Service is governed by the Parliamentary Service Board, which is composed of the Speaker, as chairman; four other members appointed by the Speaker, acting in accordance with the advice of a Committee of Parliament; and the Clerk of Parliament.

With the prior approval of Parliament, the Board makes regulations prescribing the terms and conditions of service of officers and other employees for the effective and efficient administration of the Service.