Tighten laws to curb corruption, protect public funds - Speaker to African parliamentary legal practitioners

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, said African parliamentary legal drafters were guardians of constitutional boundaries, protectors of public resources, and custodians of the legal conditions under which citizens lived with dignity and confidence.

Autonomy The Majority Leader, James Agalga, said independent parliamentary legal counsel was critical to ensuring that legislation complied with the Constitution and could withstand judicial scrutiny.

The Speaker, therefore, urged legal drafters to pay particular attention to provisions governing public expenditure, procurement, the management of natural resources and the exercise of administrative powers to promote transparency and accountability.