KNUST Public Lecture: Majority leader Kyei-Mensah Bonsu to speak on constitutional review

The Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament and MP for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu is set to speak at a public lecture organized by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on July 12, 2022.

The lecture discusses the issue of constitutional review from the perspective of a legislator.

“The Vice-Chancellor, through the Public Lectures Committee invites the University Community and the general public to a public lecture on the theme, ‘Constitutional Review; the Perspective of a legislator,” the university said. 

Public lectures of this kind have in recent times been somewhat widespread, especially because of calls for a review of Ghana’s constitution from activist groups like the #FixtheCountry movement and others.

In March, when the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) held its constitution week public lecture to mark 30 years of the referendum adopting the 1992 Constitution, Justice Pwamang of Ghana’s Supreme Court noted that calls for constitutional reforms must not be dismissed.

“The recent remarkable constituency with which discussions about the constitution has been embarked on by actors at various levels of our national life is in itself very laudable. 

These discussions apart from engendering higher commitment to the principles of our constitution, and compelling strict observance of them, by persons who are entrusted with statutory authority, they also point out areas of the constitution that do not appear to be working smoothly, and needs modification,” he said.