The expiration comes after a constitutionally mandated four-year term.
The dissolution of the 7th parliament at midnight will be followed by the inauguration of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic, which will in turn elect a new Speaker and two deputies.
Both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) with equal seats in the House have so far failed to attain a clear majority in Parliament after the December 7, election.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has commended the 7th parliament for staying busy in the four-year term describing it as the busiest and most productive in the history of Ghana.
Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the most charitable terms.
Mr Anyidoho has described the speech as “commendable” for certain specific features.
Mr Anyidoho who was himself a presidential speechwriter for late President Atta-Mills said he used to keep his speeches “crisp and straight-to-the-point”.
He said he saw all the above elements in the SONA as delivered by the President at Parliament.
He wrote: The brevity of President Akufo-Addo’s SONA speech yesterday, is commendable. No need for a long winding speech. As the speech writer of President Atta-Mills, I used keep his speeches crisp and straight-to-the-point. Brevity is a strong mark of a focused person.
Ghana-Press-Review January 06, 2021 to 10:21 456 APA - Accra (Ghana) The collapse of 126 private schools due to the financial challenges arising from the closure of schools in the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pronouncement by President Akufo-Addo that the 7th Parliament was arguably the most productive in the history of Ghana are some of the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Wednesday.
The Graphic reports that a total of 126 private schools have collapsed due to financial challenges arising from the closure of schools in the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNCOPS) has said.
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The Police Administration says technology will be deployed to augment security at the investiture of the President-Elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the inauguration of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic on 7th January 2021.
This was contained in a press release signed by Superintendent of Police, Mrs Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman, Director of Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana Police Service.
The release said 6000 security personnel drawn from the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Armed Forces and allied agencies would provide security to ensure the protection of lives and property and general maintenance of law and order for the inaugural ceremonies.
COMPLETE STALEMATE IN GHANA’S NEW PARLIAMENT
January 6, 2021
I know that the results of some constituencies are in dispute. But for now, according to EC declaration,NDC has 137 seats and NPP has 137 seats in the 8
th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. This is a complete legislative stalemate! It has never happened before in the political history of Ghana. Strangely our prophets and seers have been overtaken by circumstances beyond their control. They did not see it coming and neveralerted us about it and left us in the dark.What went wrong? Some call this stalemate a “hung parliament.” No, this is more than a hung parliament.We know that hung Parliaments have no clear cut majority but have precedents we can refer to; not this strange political phenomenon we now have. It has no identity or name. Our political scientists should quickly coin a name for it.