Graphic Online Date: May - 28 - 2021 , 09:12 BY: Kweku Zurek Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has stressed the need for the Legislature to build its capacity to efficiently make use of data in its oversight responsibility over the Executive. He said given how data fed into baseline study and benchmarking, it was critical that Parliament utilised data to ensure the prudence of the deployment of the financial resources of the country in pursuit of national development and growth. “Parliament will have to build its capacity in the understanding and application of Big Data in its day-to-day activities to ensure that it is more nimble and effective in its oversight responsibility over the Executive and also to be more responsive to the challenges and expectations of the times. Sources of data exist in their millions. These are generated at a very rapid rate and are available everywhere one is, particularly on social media platforms and networks.