Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen has said that the parliament in Africa must work to ensure good governance on the continent in other to sustain democracy.
Represented by the House leader, Professor Julius Ihonvbare, the speaker Spoke when a delegation from the chairman of the conference of speakers and presiding officers of the African parliament visited him.
He said the parliament must also ensure that there is social justice in democratic nations throughout the continent adding that, though the military in Africa has been politicised, the only measure of keeping them out of politics is by ensuring good governance, which he said the parliament must work with the Executive arm to give to the people.
He said members of parliament in the country are not able to use 90 percent of the Constitutional powers they have duely largely to pressure arising from the rigorous electoral process such as the nomination process, the rigours of elections and litigation.
Also Speaking, The Leader of the delegation and former Deputy Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Joe Ghartey recalled that one of the ideas brought to the Conference of Speakers was the issue of debt cancellation for African countries, maintaining that Speakers and Presiding Officers should not work alone on the issue of debt cancellation for African countries but must get the buy in of Presidents and their Foreign Ministers.