[ 2012-08-17 ]

Speaker adjourns Parliament sine die
Accra, Aug 16, GNA – Mrs Justice Joyce Bamford
Addo, the Speaker of Parliament has adjourned the
house sine die on Thursday after the House
approved some loan agreements.

The loan agreements include a loan agreement
between the government and the African Development
Fund for an amount of 45,000,000.00 Units of
Accounts, an equivalent of US.04 million and a
grant amount of 25,000,000.00 Units of Account, an
equivalent of US.20 million to finance development
of skills for the industry.

The House also approved a 64,500,000.00 Special
Drawing rights, an equivalent of US0.00 million
and a grant amounting to 45million Dollar from the
United States Agency for International
Development.

Also approved was the amount of 64,500,000.00 and
a grant of US million for International
Development to finance the proposed Ghana
Commercial Agricultural Project.

Mrs Addo commended members saying all of deserve
good rest though the political season is
intensifying for the December elections.

She said “I am of the conviction that these
endeavours would not deny you of the energy you
need in order to participate effectively in the
next meeting which is of course the last one for
this Parliament.”

She also commended the members of the
Parliamentary Press Corps for the good and
accurate reportage of our work here.

Mr Cletus Apul Avoka, Majority Leader, commended
the Appointment Committee for the stance they took
to vet the Presidential nominee for the position
of a Vice President adding that the exercise was
conducted smoothly and has helped in deepening and
enhancing our credentials in good governance
within the community of democratic States.

He also commended the nominee, now Vice President
for his comportment and performance during the
occasion.

Mr Avoka thanked members for the show of
patriotism and for joining hands with the
executive and the family of the late President in
giving our departed President a fitting burial.

He said the House may have to be recalled in the
course of the recess to sit for the statutory
period required for the CI 73 meant for creation
of 45 new constituencies to mature as a corrected
version of the document was re-laid on August 15,
2012 after it was withdrawn same day.

Mr Avoka said a total of 10 legislative Instrument
and two Constitutional Instruments were presented
to the House during the meeting majority of which
have come into force.

He said 125 questions were asked for oral and
written answers during the meeting of which 6 were
urgent in addition to loan and international
agreements.

He reminded members of the loss of three members
who are, Alhaji Saani Iddi, member for Wulensi and
Mr Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah, member for Kwabre
West, who both passed on June 4, 2012 and June 22,
2012 respectively and Adamu Daramani-Sakande who
was convicted and sentenced by the High Court.

Source - GNA

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