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Rt. Hon Alban Bagbin
November 26, 2021
Rt. Hon Speaker Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin on Friday afternoon at 1:20pm suspended sittings on the floor of the House for thirty minutes when he moved into the chamber and realised that the Majority side of the House was empty.
According to him he has been informed that the Majority side were having caucus meeting and the information that he was informed of the meeting was not true, and that he was informed earlier that both caucuses were in a meeting which time has long passed.
“I am aware of that, we just finished a meeting, I wanted the first deputy Speaker to come and preside, he left and later came back because of the agitation of members. So I decided to preside and walked straight to our lobby. I asked if members are in the chamber and they said yes; no one came to inform me that they were having caucus meeting that is why I came to preside”.
Mr. Bagbin noted that he only came to the chamber and noticed there was no one on the side of the Majority; “I would plead with you for us to suspend for 30 minutes then come as a House, not half of the House to conclude the debate on government Economic Policy estimate for the financial year 2022”
Again, he urged leadership of both sides of the House to activate the usual channel of communication that seems to have been blocked. “Let us all come on board so that we know when to do this, and when not to do that”
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com