Parliament will reconvene today, Friday, May 17, 2024, for an emergency sitting to consider some urgent government business.
This follows a summons by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, for the Members of Parliament to resume their duties today after a petition by the Majority Caucus.
Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, in a petition to the Speaker, invoked Article 112(3) and Order 53 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, allowing 15 per cent of the House members to request an early recall of Parliament.
The agenda for this emergency sitting is expected to focus on key government business, including the approval of some recently vetted Ministers and some loan agreements for additional budgetary funding.
A formal statement from the Speaker’s office, dated May 10, reads: “Pursuant to Article 112(3) of the Constitution of the Republic and Order 53(1) & (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament, I, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, do hereby summon Parliament to sit on Friday, 17th May 2024 at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at Parliament House, Accra.”
“Dated in the Office of the Speaker of Parliament, Accra, Ghana, this 10th Day of May 2024.