News:
January 22, 2021
As part of measures to curtail any possible threats of the novel coronavirus, Ghana’s Parliament would start sitting virtually partially from Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Speaker Rt. Hon Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin on Friday, January 22, 2021 made this known to lawmakers before adjourning the House.
In this direction only one third of the two seventy-five members would be required in the chamber whiles others transact business from their offices. Members of Parliament would however be allowed into the chamber as and when need arises to contribute to debates on the floor.
According to the Speaker, a fumigation exercise will also be carried out during the weekend at the chamber block and offices of MPs to make the place safer. As such, the House may consider holding sittings from the tent erected at the forecourt where the President was sworn into office when the need arise.
Last week, the Speaker directed that members visit the Parliament clinic for health screening and to undertake COVID-19 test. Visit by Ghanamps.com to the clinic on Friday showed that a lot of lawmakers especially the first timers had taken the speaker’s directive serious.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com