News:
November 23, 2024
For the second time since the four vacant seats saga in parliament which the Supreme Court has finally ruled on, the Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has appealed to the Speaker, Alban Sumana Bagbin to recall parliament.
Mr. Afenyo-Markin urged the Speaker to exercise his mandate under Order 57(3) and 58(4) to recall the House possibly on Thursday, 28th November, 2024 and Friday, 29th November, 2024 to consider some outstanding business which he stated are high priority business for the Government.
These businesses include the following
1. Request for Tax Exemptions for designated beneficiaries under the One District, One Factory Programme
2. Ghana Financial Statbility Fund, an International Development Association facility of Two Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars (&250,000,000).
3. Consideration of the President’s Nominations for Appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court.
4. Ratification of the Mining Lease Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana (Represented by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources) and the Ashanti Bauxite Company Limited for the Mining of Bauxite in the Nyinahini Block 2 Area in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
5. Ratification of the Mining Lease Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana (Represented by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources) and Barari DV Ghana Limited for the Exploitation of Lithium at Ewoyaa in the Central Region.
6. Bills:
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
vii. University of Mampong Bill, 2024
viii. Free Secondary Education Bill, 2024
ix. Pre-Tertiary Amendment Bill
x. Colleges of Applied Arts, Science and
Technology Bill, 2024
xi. Ghana Book Development Studies Bill, 2024
xii. University for Development Studies Bill, 2024
xiii. Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Bill, 2024
xiv. University of Health, Agriculture and Life Sciences (Kintampo) Bill, 2024
xv. J.B. Danquah University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (Bunso) Bill, 2024
xvi. University of Sports for Development Bill, 2024
xvii. University of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Ankrodie) Bill, 2024.
He opined that reconvening Parliament at this juncture would send a powerful message of national unity and institutional stability. “It would demonstrate that, even as we approach the peak of the electoral season, Parliament remains steadfast in its constitutional duties and committed to advancing the national interest through bipartisan cooperation.
Ghanamps.com