The sitting will take place for the next two weeks.

Over the period, government institutions such as the Health Ministry and Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) are expected to appear before the Committee to answer queries captured in the 2015 Auditor General’s Report as well as Performance Audit Reports conducted by the Auditor General.

Ahead of the sitting, Vice Chairman of the Committee, Edward Dery explained specific issues that will be on the table for discussion.

“A lot of Ministries are expected to appear before the Committee. Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agric, Ministry of Trade and Industry so basically we are going to capture a very wide range of the scope with emphasis on the job done by Auditor General…We will look at the Bank of Ghana but most of the work is going to be on 2015 Auditor General report.”

The first public hearing was held in April in Parliament, where the committee considered financial infractions of the Bank of Ghana, Food and Drugs Authority and other agencies.

Four reports of the Auditor General was considered during the Committee’s last sitting.

The reports included the Bank of Ghana’s foreign exchange transaction and receipts and payments for the first half year and second half year of 2015, performance reports on disposal of government vehicles by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Ministry of Health and performance report on drug use in Ghana by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA).

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By: Duke Mensah Opoku/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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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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