{
  "id": 18759742,
  "title": "Speaker Bagbin urges MPs to take committee leadership training seriously",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/speaker-bagbin-urges-mps-to-take-committee-leadership-training",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T17:55:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/news/politics/speaker-leadership-training/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has emphasized the importance of the Annual Parliamentary Committees Leadership Programme for Members of Parliament (MPs). The training, held in Accra, is crucial for strengthening parliamentary governance and improving service to constituents. Bagbin urged MPs to view the programme as an investment in personal development, benefiting both themselves and Parliament.\n\nThe Majority Leader and MP for Builsa North, James Agalga, highlighted the need for consensus-building and collaboration in parliamentary committee work. He stressed that effective leadership required guiding collective deliberations, reconciling differing viewpoints, upholding parliamentary procedures, and facilitating decisions that advance national interest.\n\nFormer Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu called for a broader understanding of parliamentarians' responsibilities, particularly in their engagement with constituents. He described the ideal parliamentarian as a \"generalist\" who possesses a wide range of knowledge to respond effectively to constituent inquiries.",
  "summary": "By Melissa Sackey The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to take the Annual Parliamentary Committees Leadership Programme seriously, emphasising its importance in strengthening parliamentary governance and improving their service to constituents. Addressing participants at the 2026 edition of the programme in Accra, organised by…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}