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speaker Alban Bagbin was left with no choice but to adjourn the sitting

On Monday, July 15, 2024, parliamentary sessions came to an abrupt stop due to a quorum issue. Only 24 MPs were present, which is the bare minimum for doing official business, and the session was adjourned.

The Minority had earlier threatened to halt the meeting if the majority caucus did not guarantee sufficient attendance.

When Tamale Central MP Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed brought up the quorum problem and said that the Majority was habitually depending on the Minority to pass government business, the atmosphere became more heated.

“Mr. Speaker, in order to establish a quorum for business transactions this morning, I’m standing on order 64. The Tamale Central claimed during the meeting that “they bring business to this house, and they can’t consistently rely on our numbers to have government business executed.”

The Ewoyaa Lithium and Bauxite deal was supposed to be presented by Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh.

The MP for Tamale Central, however, angrily disagreed, denouncing the Majority’s lack of attendance.

It shows that it is not serious. We don’t need to give them this chance, in my opinion. Even while they are campaigning in our districts, they still rely on us to handle their business. It is absolutely inappropriate. We have chosen to behave properly, but we could have also done that—we could have left this house,” he said.

There were just twenty-four(24) MPs in attendance according to the headcount, therefore Speaker Alban Bagbin had to adjourn the meeting.