By Elsie Appiah-Osei, GNA
Accra, Oct. 21, GNA — Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has given notice for the commencement of the Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
In a notice issued from the Office of the Speaker on Monday, October 20, 2026, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, Speaker Bagbin announced that the House will resume sitting on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 1000 hours at Parliament House, Accra.
The notice was issued pursuant to Order 58 of the Standing Orders of the Parliament of Ghana.
It stated: “Pursuant to Order 58 of the Standing Orders of Parliament of Ghana, I, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, hereby give notice that the Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic shall commence on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November 2026, at ten o’clock in the forenoon at Parliament House, Accra.”
While the schedule for the Meeting was not communicated, the Third Meeting is expected to be a busy session, with several bills; budget-related business and committee reports expected to be considered ahead of the close of the year.
Members of Parliament (MPs) are by this notice expected to take note and resume in earnest for parliamentary business.
The House went on recess on Friday, July 31, but was, however, recalled on Monday, August 24, to Friday, August 28, 2026, for an emergency Sitting.
Further, on Tuesday, September 29, the Speaker summoned Parliament to sit following the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus petition.
However, Mr Bagbin during Tuesday proceedings ruled as inadmissible to the Private Member’s Motion filed by the Caucus.
The Minority was seeking to establish an ad hoc parliamentary committee to investigate an alleged Ghana-linked international drug seizure.
The request, signed by Mr Habib Iddrisu, the First Deputy Minority Whip and an NPP MP for Tolon, invoked Article 112(3) of the 1992 Constitution and Order 53 of Parliament’s Standing Orders.
The Minority MPs said, “The alleged recent drug seizures raise serious questions about the security and integrity of Ghana’s ports and export systems, customs controls, intelligence gathering and narcotics enforcement.”
GNA
Edited by Linda Asante Agyei
Reporter: Elsie Appiah-Osei, GNA
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