Parliament will sit on Saturday, September 29, to make up for the Founder’s Day holiday which falls on Friday 21st September.
Founder’s Day is the accepted birthday of Ghana’s first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah, who is credited with the founding of Ghana as a State.
Other schools of thought however believe Nkrumah alone must not be credited with the founding of Ghana.
Nonetheless, it is his birthday that is observed as a statutory holiday to mark the day. Parliament will therefore not sit on Friday in observance of the day.
The house is currently sitting on an emergency ticket so as to get constitutional Instrument 78 to go through the necessary 21 days maturation period.
It is the instrument meant to give legal backing to the creation of 45 new constituencies.
The proposal to sit on Saturday September 29, was vehemently opposed by the Minority when it was proposed last week.
However, our Parliamentary correspondent, Vivienne Laryea reports that the proposal has been adopted and might be endorsed by the Speaker of Parliament by the end of today’s sitting.
Source: GhanaWeb
