News:
October 23, 2024
The New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament in accordance with Article 112 (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and Standing Order 53 of the Parliament of Ghana have requested the Speaker to recall parliament for a meeting.
In a Memo to the Speaker, dated October 22, 2024 and signed by the Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip, the recall the memo noted will help to consider some urgent matters of national importance.
Among them include
• Request for Tax Exemptions for designated beneficiaries under the One District, One Factory Programme.
• Ghana Financial Stability Fund, and International Development Association facility of Two Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars ($250,000,000).
• Bill:
i) Environmental Protection Agency Bill, 2024
ii) Social Protection Bill, 2023
iii) Customs (Amendment) Bill, 2024
iv) Budget Bill, 2023
v) Ghana Boundary Commission Bill, 2023
vi. Intestate Succession Bill, 2022.
“We wish to emphasise that this request is made in 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”.
The request was made barely 24hours after the Speaker Rt. Hon Alban Bagbin adjourned the House Sine die on Tuesday.
Ghanamps.com