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”.
The statement, however, did not provide reasons for the postponement.
However, the statement revealed that a new date would be communicated later.
The postponements mean that parliamentary proceedings, which were expected to resume in October after recess, will remain on hold.
The new announcement comes at a time when parliament is set to consider key legislative and policy matters, including the presentation of the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.
Also, Dominic Ayine, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, has revealed that the government will repeal the infamous Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462, which allows mining in forest reserves.
According to the Attorney General, LI 2505 will be laid in Parliament to repeal infamous LI 2462.
Speaking during the stakeholder engagement on illegal mining assembled by President John Dramani Mahama in Accra on Friday, October 3, Dr Ayine stated, “We have prepared an instrument that is LI 2505 in my office, and that will be laid in Parliament on the 14th of October”.
“The Minister and I have agreed that on the 14th of October, when Parliament resumes, we will lay that instrument to revoke the famous LI 2462,” he added.
Also, President John Mahama has said the repeal of LI 2462 is intended to crystallise in law what has been demonstrated in practice, which is his government’s commitment to protect these forest reserves.
See the statement below:
