Parliament goes on recess after approving two more loans

Ghana’s Parliament has adjourned sine die after passing the Appropriation Act 2022 to authorise government expenditure for 2023.

According to the House, 30 million Euros has been authorised as a loan to Finance the “Government Goes Solar Project” and another 116 million Euros to finance “the 330kv Accra-Kumasi Transmission Line Project.”

Meanwhile, intense and relentless opposition to the National Cathedral Project by the Minority in Parliament forced the Government to abandon an 80 million Ghana cedis proposed allocation to the controversial project.

The government was forced to abandon its quest for the amount in a bid to save the budget of the Ministry of Tourism which would have been held hostage had the government not yielded to the demands of the Minority.

Despite spirited performances by Majority MPs in defence of the construction of the National Cathedral, Minority lawmakers forced the government’s hands into cutting the 80 million cedi proposed allocation to the project, arguing it is terrible to use Ghana’s tax funds at a critical time when the nation’s economy remains on life support and in desperate need of resources to avoid total collapse.

Before the House rose for the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Majority had sought to push through a string of new Government businesses, including attempts to have Parliament vote on two outstanding nominees to the Supreme Court

However, Minority MPs raised a storm of objections, accusing the Government of seeking to overwork MPs to the detriment of their individual and collective health