Parliament has approved an allocation of GHC250,000 for each Member of Parliament through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) distribution formula. This funding is designated for education-related projects in the constituencies of MPs. Additionally, each Member of Parliament has been allocated GHC150,000 to oversee these projects.
The Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, reacting to the report on the floor of Parliament on Saturday, March 29, said, “At the deliberations, we also suggested to the minister [finance] that there should be some realignment. “And following the pressures that MPs often come under, educational needs across the country, there should be some upward adjustments, relative project fund for MPs. And the administrator [GEFTund] and the finance minister complied and acceded to our requests.”
