The New Patriotic Party Caucus in Ghana's Parliament on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, urging him to recall the House to deal with urgent business.
In their letter to the Speaker, the Caucus listed three key issues to be addressed, for which it has triggered Article 112(3) of the 1992 Constitution and Standing Order 53 of the Parliament of Ghana.
Describing the business as urgent and of national importance, the NPP Caucus listed tax exemptions for beneficiaries of the One District, One Factory Programme and the approval of a $250 million Ghana Financial Stability Fund aimed at boosting the country's financial sector, as well as some bills for the House to attend to upon its resumption. "We respectfully request that, upon recall of the House, the following urgent government business be deliberated upon and transacted, including any other business that comes before the House: 1; Request for tax exemptions for designated beneficiaries under the One District, One Factory Programme. 2.
Ghana Financial Stability Fund, an International Development Association facility of Two Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars ($250,000,000). 3.