News:
July 25, 2017
Parliament within the week will hold an in camera session for the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, National Security Minister and the Finance Minister on some key National issues.
The House has invited the chairperson of the Electoral Commission Mrs. Charlotte Osei for an inn camera session to answer questions on some monies raised by the Commission.
Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu made this known when he presented the business statement for the ninth week on the floor of the House.
EC boss is expected to be grilled over how much the Commission raised from monies it collected from journalist who got accreditation to cover the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary election.
Madam Charlotte Osei in addition is expected to take questions on how her outfit has expanded on the replacement of lost Voters ID cards.
The National Security Minister Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah is also expected in this closed door session to apprise the House on the matter of terrorism generally and on the two
(2) Guantanamo Bay detainees in the Country.
Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional an agreement between the then Mahama government and the United States, which saw two Guantanamo Bay detainees brought into the country.
Final on the bill to appear at the Committee of the Whole is Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta and officials from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to throw more light on the implementation of the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017, (Act 948).
Parliament passed a VAT (Amendment) Bill, 2017 which required all taxable retails and wholesalers to account for VAT at a flat rate of three per cent.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com