Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency in the Northern Region, Ras Mubarak has pointed out the disproportion in the system in terms of the disbursement of funds
According to him, a constituency with a population of 120,000 sharing the same resources with one that has 18,000 or less is smacks of unfairness.
In his latest article copied to MyNewsGh.com, he advocated that these ought to be address for a system to work effectively.
We need to fix the disproportionate system. We have a situation where a constituency with a voter population of say 120,000 (Dome Kwabenya, Ashaiman, Tamale South, Odododiodio, Ketu South etc) gets the same resources as a constituency with a voter population of 18,000 or less.
“For example Adaklu, Lambussie – Karni, and Daffiama / Bussie / Issa constituencies. There are several of such constituencies with voter populations under 20,000. But, they get the same Common Fund, GETFUND, NHIS, SiF, M&E, salary and allowances etc.
This is so unfair. We need to set a minimum ratio of one MP per 30,000 voters and a maximum of one MP per 50,000 voters. The advantage that comes with this is that constituencies will be better represented. Boundaries would have to be redrafted to reflect this kind of amendment”, he wrote.
Mynewsgh.com