I'm not against this so called closer links with the US Congress but I think the Parliament of Ghana should first take a much closer look to their relationship to the people of Ghana,starting with their constituencies.

Most of the members of the US House of Representatives voted down a Bailout Bill quite recently all as a result of what they heard from their constituencies.

Now my first question to Paliarmentarians in Ghana is ... How many parliamentarians have contact phone numbers available to their constituents? and to make it more conspicuous and put their(i.e the parliamentarians) services to the people they represent, How many Parliamentarians have offices in their constituencies ?

At this time of our young and growing democracy some Parliamentarians have still not figured out how to coherently and cohesively work together with their district chief executive officers and district assembly members for the common good of the constituency

To me not until they do the following their closer links with the US Congress will not do Ghana any good but rather become a waste to the Ghanaian tax payers money with unecessary trips to and from the States to unecessary seminars,lecturers and training programs that would not help them and their constituents that need basics like good drinking water,clean and improved toilets,better schools,making sure modern and scientific ideas are made available and employed in solving problems and making sure gov't contracts within their jurisdiction are excuted and done well.

I'm positive Ghana Parliament could rise to this task even before we "Americanize our ghanaian issues which we could handle without playing the ostrich"