Parliament to reopen Jan 24

10/01/12, Page 12

Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

PARLIAMENT reopens for the First Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament on January 24, 2012.
According to a release signed by the Speaker of Parliament, Mrs Joyce Bamford-Addo, the House will commence sitting at exactly 10.00 a.m. on the scheduled date.
“In pursuance of Article 112 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Order 37 of the Standing Orders of the Parliament of Ghana, I, Rt Hon Justice Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo, Speaker of Parliament, hereby give notice that the First Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic will commence on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 10 O’clock in the forenoon at Parliament House, Accra.”
The fourth session, which ends in December this year will be the last session of this current Parliament.
The three meetings constituting the session promise to be a hectic one for Members of Parliament (MPs) whose attention would be divided towards their parliamentary duties and their campaign programmes for re-election.