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Speaker Moustapha goes tough on absentee Parliamentarians 

Speaker of the West African sub-regional Community Parliament, Moustapha Cisse Lo, has given a strong warning to lawmakers who absent themselves from the second Ordinary Session.

Such recalcitrant members, he warned, would not be allowed to take their allowances as agreed upon by the bureau.

According to the Speaker, presentation of the country reports is a very important stage and should be taken serious.

Moustapha Cisse Lo made this observation on Friday 22nd November 2019 when Senegal, Mali and Ghana, were to take their turns to present their country reports. 

“It gives us a picture of the social, political and economic state of all the member states. I want MPs to be attentive and attend. A formal decision has been taken and we have issued an instruction to the administration. We cannot eat our cake and have it”, he lamented.

Mr. Moustapha Cisse Lo emphasized that the House is expected to work and, “We all have responsibilities back home, you cannot say you have come to Abuja and asked permission to go back home for three days.”

“Again, we cannot put money into the pocket of people, buy tickets and people come they cannot be found to do their work. If you do not want to come you stay home.”

“I cannot be here for a whole month while others go back and do their own businesses. MPs should assume their full responsibilities; Parliament has been in existence for more than twenty years”.

“Those who do not want to be with us should be at home and those who are here should work for the community.

“Each time we have fifty people the records show we have ninety, I have instructed the administration if you are not here you should go back. You cannot sign at 4:00 – 5:00 pm because by then people have closed from work,” he stated. 

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