Parliament recall unnecessary, waste of taxpayers’ money – Habib Iddrisu
The decision by the Speaker of Parliament to recall the House from its recess has been criticised by the Deputy Minority Whip and Member of Parliament for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, who believes the move could have been avoided.
Deputy Minority Whip and Member of Parliament for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, has dismissed the Speaker of Parliament's decision to recall the House from its recess as a needless expenditure of taxpayers' money. The Speaker, Alban Bagbin, called for the extraordinary session under Order 58(4) of the Standing Orders, with the House expected to reconvene from August 24 to 28, 2026.
Bagbin asserted that the recall was necessary to address urgent parliamentary business. Iddrisu, however, contends that the issues leading to the recall are not pressing enough to justify the added expense. He asserts that Parliament could have waited until its usual resumption to handle the pending matters. During an interview on Citi FM on Wednesday, August 12, Iddrisu labeled the recall "completely unnecessary" and described it as a waste of public funds.
He highlighted that the exercise primarily aimed at finalizing the approval process for two ministerial nominees - the Minister-designate for Local Government and the Minister-designate for Environment, Science and Technology. Iddrisu questioned the urgency surrounding the nominations, pointing out that the two ministries had functioned without designated ministers for almost a year.
Consequently, he argued that the approval of the nominees could have been addressed when Parliament returned to normal proceedings, rather than incurring the added cost of recalling the House.
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