Parliament has summoned all Members of Parliament to convene on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 12:05 a.m.
The session will oversee the election of a new Speaker and Deputy Speakers, as well as the swearing-in of the Speaker and Members of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
This directive supersedes an earlier notice that scheduled the inauguration for Monday, January 6, at 11:00 p.m.
In a statement issued on January 3, Acting Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, clarified that the adjustment is in accordance with Article 124 of the Constitution and Order 8(2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament.
“KNOW YE ALL MEN that in the exercise of the Powers conferred on the Clerk to Parliament, 1, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Acting Clerk to Parliament, appointed under Article 124 of the Constitution and pursuant to Order 8(2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament, do hereby appoint Parliament House, Accra, to be the place and five minutes past twelve midnight (12:05 a.m.) of Tuesday, the 7th day of January 2025 to be the time when Parliament shall sit to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers and for the administration of Oaths to the Speaker and Members of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.”
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