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Professor Kofi Agyekum, popularly known as Opanyin Agyekum has advised Members of Parliament following the dropping of the controversial $200m new chamber.

The new chamber was met with massive opposition leading to Parliament rescinding its decision to construct it.

"There is no chamber to drop because it is not going ahead . . . plans have not been concluded that it was going to be built. The discussions were now starting. We may have put the cart before the horse and there is nothing wrong admitting it. . . . Because of the concerns in the public domain, parliament is not going to go ahead with the chamber and that parliament was waiting for Speaker to brief him on these things . . . we were thinking that it was a very lofty idea, obviously it didn’t go down well with people, we are ready to accept, but it doesn’t mean the need was or is not there; it's just that it is not one of the things Ghanaians are looking for now," Acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo said in an interview on Peace FM's 'kokrokoo' programme.

Speaking to this during a panel discussion on Tuesday's edition of Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', Opanyin Agyekum expressed joy over the Parliamentary Service Board's new decision and urged Parliament to consider the financial status of the country before making any decision.

"I am happy they have dropped it because as a nation we need a lot of things, but a new parliament is not one of them and I will advise that the next time they want to do something like this, they should take into consideration the financial status of the country and among other things," he noted.