By Nana Ama Gyapong
A private legal practitioner and historian, Lawyer Anokye Frimpong, says the Council of State needs to be frozen for their failure to advise the President of the Republic to prioritize the welfare of citizens as against the construction of the National Cathedral.
He made this statement on the Breakfast Show on GTV today, Wednesday June 22, 2022.
Lawyer Anokye Frimpong questioned why Members of the Council should take ex-gratia for no work done.
“What exactly is the Council of State doing that the President’s Cabinet cannot do? Are they counseling the president to build a national cathedral and leave Korle Bu Teaching hospital, the second largest hospital in Africa to get inundated? This morning we heard about the Jukwa road, the entire Western Corridor Road inundated and we don’t have the resources to work on that! School children learning under trees so that from May to July they cannot have their classes and these fine names…sit down to say we need a National Cathedral? I believe that we need a change of mind, a change of heart , and a change of idiosyncrasy so that the country can move forward”, he said.
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The Council of State in Ghana is a small body of prominent citizens comparably to the Council of Elders in the traditional political system, which advises the President on national issues.
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