{
  "id": 753363,
  "title": "Speaker Recalls Parliament For Urgent Business",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/speaker-recalls-parliament-for-urgent-business",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T10:02:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Guide Network",
    "slug": "daily-guide-network",
    "url": "https://dailyguidenetwork.com/speaker-recalls-parliament-for-urgent-business/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has ordered the recall of Parliament from its recess to address urgent parliamentary matters. The House is set to convene from Monday, August 24, to Friday, August 28, 2026, with a sitting time of 12 noon. The directive, issued on August 12, 2026, stipulates that Parliament will reconvene at the Parliament House in Accra, despite being on recess, \"notwithstanding anything to the contrary.\" The notice did not delineate the specific nature of the urgent parliamentary business intended for discussion.",
  "summary": "Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin Parliament has been recalled from recess to consider urgent parliamentary business, with the House scheduled to sit from Monday, August 24 to Friday, August 28, Read More... The post Speaker Recalls Parliament For Urgent Business appeared first on DailyGuide Network .",
  "key_points": [
    "Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin recalls Parliament from recess.",
    "Urgent parliamentary matters to be addressed August 24-28, 2026.",
    "Parliament convenes at Parliament House in Accra."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "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."
}