The Member of Parliament for Assin South and Ranking Member of the Defence and Interior Committee, Rev Ntim Fordjour, has asserted that Parliament has been unable to resume sitting due to a lack of funds.
According to Ntim Fordjour, the John Mahama government has not allocated any resources for parliamentary activities to recommence.
Ntim Fordjour alleged that parliament has accumulated huge debts, but the NDC government has failed to release funds for its operation.
The lawmaker highlighted that hell would have broken loose if some of the things happening now had happened under former President Akufo-Addo.
He detailed that there are several outstanding arrears, noting that Parliament can only resume sitting on October 21, 2025.
According to him, any attempt to reconvene before the said date could lead to a serious crisis.
Speaking in a recent interview on Adom FM, Ntim Fordjour stated, “An initial statement was issued (that Parliament was resuming), but because there was no money, they had to postpone it indefinitely, about 3 days later. Hell would have broken loose if some of the things happening now had happened under President Akufo-Addo.
This is my third term in Parliament, but this is the first time I have seen that the House cannot have its sittings because there is no money. They have opened and closed the House on several occasions”.
He added, “We are just praying that the 21st October set for the resumption of the House’s sitting would happen”.
Ntim Fordjour further claimed that Ghana currently has no substantive Minister of Defence because Parliament is not sitting, noting that the appointment process requires the president to inform the Speaker of Parliament about the person he wants as the defence minister.
“No serious country would have their Minister for Defence position vacant for over a month. But you can’t appoint a Minister of Defence now. Why? Because Parliament is not in session”, the lawmaker added.
Meanwhile, Rt Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has announced that Parliament will commence its Third Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament.
According to a statement from the Office of the Speaker, parliament will commence sitting on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Parliament House in Accra.
This announcement follows an earlier notice dated October 6, 2025, with Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin announcing a postponement of the Third Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
According to Alban Bagbin, the postponements are circumstances beyond my control.
In a statement issued from the Office of the Speaker of Parliament in Accra stated, “Pursuant to the notice to summon Parliament dated September 29, 2025, I, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, hereby give notice that the commencement of the Third Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic is deferred until further notice due to circumstances beyond my control”.
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“Parliament was not able to resume because government failed to release money for our operations”
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