Parliament
adjourned
sitting
on
Monday,
July
15,
2024,
after
only
24
MPs
appeared
in
the
House.
The
Minority
had
earlier
threatened
to
disrupt
Parliamentary
business
with
concerns
of
a
quorum
if
the
majority
caucus
failed
to
avail
themselves
of
the
business
of
the
house.
During
proceedings
on
Monday,
the
Member
of
Parliament
for
Tamale
Central,
Ibrahim
Murtala
Mohammed
raised
the
issue
of
quorum
amid
plans
by
the
Majority
Chief
Whip,
Frank
Annoh
Dompreh
to
lay
before
the
House
the
Ewoyaa
Lithium
and
Bauxite
agreement.
Murtala
argued
that
the
majority
can’t
consistently
rely
on
the
minority’s
numbers
to
have
government
businesses
executed.
Murtala
argued,
“Mr
Speaker,
I’m
standing
on
order
64
to
raise
a
quorum
for
transactions
for
business
this
morning.
They
bring
business
to
this
house,
and
they
can’t
consistently
rely
on
our
numbers
to
have
government
business
executed.
“It
demonstrates
a
lack
of
seriousness,
I
don’t
think
we
need
to
give
them
this
opportunity.
They
are
in
our
constituencies
campaigning,
yet
they
expect
us
to
execute
their
business
for
them.
It’s
completely
unacceptable,
we
could
have
also
done
that,
we
could
have
left
this
house,
but
we
have
decided
to
act
responsibly.”
The
Speaker,
Alban
Bagbin
was
compelled
to
adjourn
sittings
after
a
headcount
revealed
that
only
24
Members
of
Parliament
were
available
for
proceedings.
“Honourable
members,
head
count
24,
the
house
is
adjourned.”
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