The Member of Parliament (MP) for Fanteakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Hon. Amankwah Asiamah has
bemoaned the poor security in Ghana?s Parliament which makes the house vulnerable to terrorists.
?Security in Parliament house is so poor and can be accessed by terrorists. Because of this, I call on the security agencies to be on the alert to detect any signs before we are taken by surprise,? Hon. Asiamah appealed.
Hon. Amankwah Asiamah made the above disclosure in
an interview with The Moment after a political discussion programme on TV Africa dubbed ?Maakye? on the recent Al-Shabab attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, which killed our own Professor Kofi Awoonor.
According to Hon. Asiamah, the poor nature of security in Parliament House has made the place accessible to even ?Kooko Aduro? sellers, Shoe sellers as well as T-shirt sellers who invade the premises each day to sell their products.
?I am telling you on authority that our premises have been invaded by ?Kooko Aduro? sellers, Shoe sellers as well as T-shirt sellers. Why can?t terrorists invade there so easily,? he queried.
The Fanteakwa North legislator further added that ?not only do they come and sell but also follow members around begging for money.?
To this end, Hon. Amankwah Asiamah has called on government to as a matter of urgency install gadgets at various public places and national assets premises to detect early signs of terrorism in order for us not to be taken by surprises and probably face the same fate as Kenya.
Hon. Amankwah Asiamah has also called on the security personnel at parliament house to search, allow and questioned individuals who comes to the house so as to have only individuals who are genuinely coming to transact parliamentary business into the premises.
He continued that the over 3000 Chinese galamsayers who recently invaded our territory to engage in illegal mining should be a wake-up call to our security services.
?It took the youth in this country to march the Chinese galamsayers boot-for-boot before our security officers realized and acted,? he pointed out.
This, he said, should enable the government to tighten up security in the country and be on guard to avert any eventuality especially at our entry border points.
The 78 year old former Council of State was among 69 people confirmed dead by the Kenyan Government in a shooting at the? Westgate Mall in Nairobi for which the Somali Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility.
