As Parliament reconvenes today, it is expected to consider and pass a number of bills that could not be concluded and were at various stages of consideration before the House went on recess in December last year.
Among the bills expected to be debated by both sides of the House are the 24-Hour Economy Authority Bill and the Legal Education Reform Bill, 2025.
The 24-Hour Economy Authority Bill seeks to establish the 24-Hour Economy Authority to implement the government’s 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, while the Legal Education Reform Bill aims at decentralising legal education by allowing accredited universities to run professional law courses.
Another bill that is expected to attract significant public interest is the Proper Human Rights and Family Values Bill, which the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called for its reintroduction.
During the First Session of the Ninth Parliament, the Minority and Majority caucuses disagreed on whether the bill should be reintroduced. While the Minority accused the Majority of deliberately excluding the bill from the Order Paper due to lack of interest in passing it, the Majority maintained that there was no need to reintroduce the bill since it had been passed by the Eighth Parliament but did not receive Presidential assent.
However, in his ruling on the matter, Mr Bagbin stated that the bill, being a Private Member’s Bill, must be reintroduced for consideration by the current Parliament.
Meanwhile, the Leaders of both the Majority and Minority caucuses are expected to engage the media today to mark the commencement of the First Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament.
The media engagement, to be organised by the Media Relations Department of Parliament, will provide an opportunity for the Parliamentary leadership to outline key legislative priorities and activities for the First Meeting.
Other bills expected to be considered include the Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2025—popularly referred to as the ‘Okada’ Bill—the COVID-19 Recovery Levy Repeal Bill, 2025, and the Bank of Ghana Amendment Bill, 2025.
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