The New Patriotic Party(NPP) caucus has petitioned Speaker Alban Bagbin to recall Parliament.
The petition, which was issued on October 22 and addressed to the Speaker, the Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip of the NPP Caucus, Habib Iddrisu, said “Considering the constitutional and statutory provisions cited above and in the exercise of our rights as Members of Parliament, we respectfully urge you to summon Parliament for a meeting within the stipulated seven-day period.
The petitioners urged the Speaker to recall of the House since there were urgent government business to be deliberated on and transacted.
They mentioned the request for tax exemptions for designated beneficiaries under the One-District-One-Factory programme, the Ghana Financial Stability Fund, an International Development Association facility of $250 million and bills.
The bills included the Environmental Protection Agency Bill, 2024, Social Protection Bill, 2023, the Customs (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the Budget Bill, 2023, the Ghana Boundary Commission Bill, 2023, and the Intestate Succession Bill, 2022.
The Speaker indefinitely adjourned parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday, October 22.
This followed the Bagbin’s, acknowledgement of the legal proceedings surrounding the composition of the House and the attendant public interest over the declaration of the seats of four Members of Parliament (MPs) vacant.
