The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will give his first State of the Nation Address in his second term tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. This would comply with Article 67 of the Constitution, which requires the President to deliver a speech to Parliament before the commencement of each sitting and before Parliament’s dissolution.
“The House will be privileged to receive the President who is obligated to deliver the State of the Nation Address. His Excellency has given an indication to me that he is ready to do the obligation on Tuesday 9th March 2021,” the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin said in the House last week.
President Akufo-Add would have an outline of his ambitions for his second term, winning the 2020 elections.
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This program is anticipated to include areas of national development including defense, the economy, as well as climate and vaccination due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rollout of the vaccination program.
Budget presentation
Alban Bagbin has presented the country’s annual Budget Statement and Economic Policy in compliance with Article 179 of the Financial Management Act, Section 21 of the Constitution, 2016 (Act 921).
The President said that the budget is expected to be submitted to Parliament on Friday, March 12, 2021.
“In accordance with Article 179 of the constitution, his excellency has given further indication his horse is prepared to present and lay before this house the Budget 2021 on Friday 12 March for consideration and approval”, the Speaker said.
Report of the Appointment Committee
Meanwhile, about 30 nominees have been vetted so far and the house hopes to receive briefing on the vetting of the President’s nominations for different ministerial portfolios for consideration.
However, reports say that the Minority Members have agreed not to endorse the approval of Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister-designate for Information; Hawa Koomson, Minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture.
In addition to those mentioned above, there are five other candidates in this category Kwaku Agyemang-Manu; Minister-designate for Health, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister-designate for Communications; John-Peter Amewu, Minister-designate for Railways; Kwesi Amoako-Attah, Minister-designate for Roads and Highways and Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Minister-designate for Attorney-General and Justice also have their approvals put on hold.
Source: ATLFMNEWSROOM
