Parliament adjourns sitting after committee meetings

But the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu (NPP, Suame), held a contrary view, saying considering how packed the business of the House would be today, sitting should be suspended until about 1 p.m. when the committee meetings would have ended to enable members participate in business on the floor of Parliament.

Otherwise, he said, Parliament would be saddled with so much work today that it would have to extend sitting to the evening.

“If we can suspend sitting and come back, Mr Speaker, we will be making progress,” he said.

The Speaker, Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, after consideration, adjourned the House but said there would be a “marathon sitting” today, considering the volume of work the House had to do before rising on Friday.

He said he had already alerted his deputies about how long sitting was likely to be today and how they might have to take over the Speaker’s chair when he (Adjaho) is tired.

Mr Kyei-Mensah Bonsu grudgingly agreed.

Story by Mark-Anthony Vinorkor