The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has indefinitely postponed the reopening of the Third Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
In a formal notice issued on Monday, October 6, 2025, the Speaker announced that the meeting originally scheduled to resume on October 14 following a prior summons dated September 29 has been deferred due to “circumstances beyond my control.”
The statement, released from the Office of the Speaker in Accra, did not elaborate on the nature of the circumstances prompting the delay.
However, it emphasized that a new date for resumption would be communicated in due course.
“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 Speaker stated.
The postponement means that parliamentary business including the anticipated presentation of the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy will remain on hold.
The delay comes at a critical time when lawmakers were expected to deliberate on key legislative and fiscal matters.
