Parliament has adjourned its seventh meeting of the fourth session of the Eighth Parliament to January 2, 2025, without approving the GH₵68.13 million Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation meant to cover public sector salaries for January to March 2025.
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin announced the adjournment following an agreement reached by the House’s leadership.
“Following from yesterday’s proceedings and pre-sitting conclave meetings I held with the leadership of the House and in the spirit of that agreement and in the national interest, I proceed to adjourn the sittings of this meeting to January 2, 2025,” he stated.
The sitting, which began at 2 pm, lasted only 20 minutes without addressing the advertised government business, which included the Free Secondary Education Bill, 2024, the Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation, a $250 million World Bank facility for the Ghana Financial Stability Project, and the President’s nomination of two justices for the Supreme Court