Parliament Reconvenes For Emergency Sitting Today

Members of Ghana’s Parliament have been recalled from their recess for an emergency sitting today September 3, 2024.

According to a communiqué issued by the Speaker of the House, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on Wednesday, August 7, the decision follows a petition from the Majority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin.

The Majority leader who is also the Member for Effutu had expressed dissappointment in the Speaker for adjourning the last Meeting Sine Die on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

In his letter to Speaker Bagbin dated Wednesday, July 31, Afenyo-Markin underscored the necessity of reconvening Parliament to address urgent government business.

The agenda for the emergency sitting includes discussions on the Financing Agreement between the Government of Ghana and the International Development Association, requests for tax exemptions for beneficiaries under the One District, One Factory Programme, matters concerning the Ghana Financial Stability Fund, and the consideration of several bills.

“Mr Speaker will recall that Parliament adjourned sine die on Tuesday, 30 July 2014, at which time the aforementioned items had been duly advertised and scheduled for consideration. The urgency of these matters necessitates our reconvening to fulfil our constitutional mandate and serve the interests of the Ghanaian people.”

“We wish to emphasise that this requisition is made in the utmost good faith and in the national interest, to enable the Government to discharge its constitutional and democratic obligations to the people of Ghana.”

“The matters outlined herein are of pressing importance and require the urgent attention of Parliament,” he said.

The emergency sitting would be held at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre as the main chamber of the House undergoes retrofitting.