The price of a seat: Financial barriers and the structural quality of Ghana’s Parliament

Sometimes one person has done both, but they are different things, and a House full of the second kind will struggle to do the work of the first.

The article says nothing about literacy, schooling, or knowledge of public affairs, and a 2017 academic study of English in Parliament read it the same way: proficiency and educational background are not prerequisites.

A member who thinks clearly in Ewe, Dagbani, or Fante is worth more than one who speaks fluent English and has nothing to say.