{
  "id": 683652,
  "title": "Speaker Bagbin recalls Parliament for five-day sitting from August 24",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/speaker-bagbin-recalls-parliament-for-five-day-sitting-from-august-24",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:32:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/speaker-bagbin-recalls-parliament-for-five-day-sitting-from-august-24/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has recalled Parliament from recess for a five-day sitting to consider urgent parliamentary business.",
  "key_points": [
    "Ghana's Speaker Bagbin calls Parliament back for five-day session.",
    "Session begins August 24 at Parliament House in Accra.",
    "Recalled to deliberate on urgent parliamentary matters."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Speaker Bagbin recalls Parliament from recess to consider urgent business from August 24 to 28",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/speaker-bagbin-recalls-parliament-from-recess-to-consider-urgent",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:54:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "Parliament to sit from August 24 to 28 for urgent parliamentary business",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/parliament-to-sit-from-august-24-to-28-for-urgent-parliamentary",
        "published": "2026-08-12T17:02:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}