Presenting the business statement to the house today [Friday], he said due to additional government business, the house is expected to deal with, they will now rise not later than Friday 7th of April.

Meanwhile, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, disagrees with the extension of the meeting till next Friday.

He said Parliament cannot be made to suffer for the lack of planning associated with the President’s appointments.

He wants the House to rise by Wednesday, 4th April.

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, had earlier stated that, Parliament was most likely to extend sitting beyond the scheduled date for MPs to rise on Thursday, March 30.

Speaking to the media, Mr. Mensah-Bonsu noted that, the House had a lot on its plate, making the scheduled recess yesterday [Thursday] implausible.

“There are outstanding matters and it does appear we would have to push ourselves to next week. We are in a conversation with colleagues on the other side, and I hope we can come to an understanding on that,” he said.

One of the outstanding matters was a discussion of the report from Parliament’s committee investigating the recent bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee.

The report was laid before the House last Wednesday.

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By: Marian Ansah & Duke Opoku Mensah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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So far, some thirteen (13) of the 36 nominees, have been vetted with eight (8) already approved.

Nominees who were expected to be vetted on Thursday, January 26, included the Minister-nominee for Monitoring and Evaluation; Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, Minister-nominee for Regional  Re-organization and Development; Dan Kwaku Botwe, Minister-nominee for Environment, Science and Technology; Prof Frimpong Boateng and the Minister-nominee for Works and Housing; Samuel Atta Akyea.

But speaking to Citi News, the acting Director of Public Affairs at Parliament, Kate Addo, explained that, the vetting was postponed to enable the house to prepare for the orientation of new MPs over the weekend.

“…When we resumed sitting, we found out that the workload is becoming heavier by the day. There are agencies that we need to attend to, and coupled with that is the fact that, over the weekend, we are going to have an orientation course for members, and all these were coinciding with the vetting schedule, so the committee sat and decided to reschedule its activities so vetting will resume on Monday.”

She further stated that the house will reconvene and adjust its schedule if it finds the new schedule inconvenient.

Nominees yet to be vetted are:

Monday

Joe Ghartey

Otiko Afisa Djaba

John Peter Amewu

Tuesday

Anthony Akoto Osei

Samuel Atta Kyea

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng

Wednesday

Ignatius Baffour –Awuah

Dan Kwaku Botwe

Mr. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah

Thursday

Joseph Kofi Adda

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

Kwasi Amoako Atta

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