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In our current arrangements, it is only the executive arm of government, led by the president and supported by his vice president and cabinet, that introduces bills to become law.
It is common knowledge that before a minister brings bills to Parliament or the legislature, on behalf of the president, the president and his cabinet must have passed and sanctioned them.
In the same way, the processes that a banknote goes through; challenges, stakeholder consultations, amendments, protests, etc. Before becoming law they are known, discussed and guided by the Executive and the leadership of the ruling party in Parliament.
Therefore, it is obvious that Vice President Bawumia, like his boss, Akufo-Addo, has been aware of and has sanctioned everything and everything related to the unnecessary public universities bill.
Isn’t Vice President Dr. Bawumia the Vice President of Akufo-Addo, and part of the same government that proposed the bill?
Hasn’t Akufo-Addo, your government, which includes Dr. Bawumia and Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh, championed this pointless and useless bill?
Are we to believe that Bawumia was unaware that the bill was withdrawn and broadcast after previous protests by stakeholders?
Didn’t Bawumia know that the bill’s withdrawal was to allow for more stakeholder consultation, which it didn’t? And since that did not happen, what sanctions have been imposed on the Minister of Education who did not comply or refused to comply with the instructions?
Are we to believe that the Akufo-Addo government, its Minister of Education and the Chairman of the Education Committee have acted on the bill? Remove it and pass it on without the knowledge of Akufo-Addo and Dr. Bawumia?
All this about an intervention by Dr. Bawumia is a ploy to promote Akufo-Addo Dr. Bawumia and Mathew Opoku’s preferred ticket for 2024.
PNP members in opposing camps are not comfortable with the duo, so schemes like this should be expected in these last days of the current government.
So don’t be fooled, Bawumia’s alleged intervention is not sincere, it is to make him appear innocent and distant from the challenges that the current government, of which he and Mathew Opoku Prempeh are key members, has had with the academic fraternity.
More specifically, Bawumia’s so-called intervention is to clean up the ‘sins’ that his future running mate in 2024 has committed against the academic community.
I’m still a citizen!
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Dr. Clement Apaak is Builsa South’s incumbent MP and MP elect and deputy rank member on Parliament’s Education Committee.
