49 Bills to be presented to the House on Tuesday

May 15, 2018

As Parliament resumes starting the second meeting of the second session of the fourth Republic, 49 new Bills would be presented to the floor of the House for the first time.

The House would on Tuesday, the 15th of May 2018 start its second meeting after the House had been on more than a month break.

During this second meeting, the House would work on Bills, Instruments, Motions and referrals from the Speaker Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye.

Some of the Bills to be looked at are Ghana Railway Development Bill, 2018, Renewable Energy (Amendment) Bill 2018, Affirmative Action Bill 2018, Creative Arts Bill 2018, Disability Bill 2018 and Ghana Metrological Agency(Amendment) Bill 2018.

There are eight (8) Bills currently at the committee level, including Legal Aid Commission Bill, 2017, Witness Protection Bill, 2017, Land Bill, 2017, Ghana Integrated Bauxite and Aluminum Authority Bill 2018, Ghana Cocoa Board (Amendment) Bill 2017, Technical Universities (Amendment) Bill 2017.

Also there are twenty-five (25) Instruments of which one is already at the committee level. In addition, fifty-three (53) papers would be presented during the meeting.

This was made known in a statement signed by Acting Director of Public Affairs Kate Addo.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com