Parliament to be adjourned on July 12
From July 7, 2025, Parliament will begin extended sittings to complete all pending legislative businesses before its scheduled adjournment on July 12, 2025.
According to the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, the additional sittings will include Mondays and Saturdays and are expected to clear any backlog, speed up the processing of Legislative Instruments (LIs) that must mature before the end of the session.
The Chairman of the Business Committee said the week’s session will be characterised by ministerial appearances.
These include fifty-five ministers of state, along with the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, who are expected to respond to questions from members of parliament.
Also, new bills are to be introduced and, if considered urgent, could be passed through all the required stages in one sitting, as permitted under Standing Order 160.
“Motions may be debated and their consequential resolutions, if any, taken during the week. In accordance with Standing Order 216(2), and subject to Standing Order 67, the Committee submits to the House the order in which business shall be taken,” Ayariga was quoted by graphiconline.com.
The Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, also proposed the inclusion of the briefing by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, regarding the rerun of parliamentary elections in 19 polling stations within the Ablekuma North Constituency.
Meanwhile, watch as Electoral Commission’s decision divides opinions among voters in Ablekuma North
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