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Parliament to sit from August 24 to 28 for urgent parliamentary business

Parliament will reconvene from August 24 to 28 after Speaker Alban Bagbin recalled the House from recess to consider urgent parliamentary business.

Ghana's Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called Parliament back from recess for a five-day session to address pressing parliamentary business. The recall was announced by Bagbin on August 12 and will commence on Monday, August 24, at Parliament House in Accra and conclude on Friday, August 28. Bagbin exercised his authority under Order 58(4) of the Parliament's Standing Orders to summon Parliament, despite the current recess.

The directive specifies that the sittings will commence at 12 noon on Monday, August 24, and continue through Friday, August 28. The Speaker clarified that the recall was prompted by the need to deliberate on urgent parliamentary matters, though the specific issues were not outlined in the notice.

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