Tamale South Member of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has called for a parliamentary investigation into allegations that the government registered over 600 delegates for this year's Conference of Parties (COP28).

According to data from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ghana's delegation to COP28 in Dubai has increased to 618 from 350 the previous year.

The delegation includes 95 individuals on the official parties list and an additional 523 on the party overflow list.

Mr Haruna Iddrisu expressed concern about the financial impact of the increased number of attendees at COP28 on the state coffers while speaking on the floor of Parliament on Monday, December 4, 2023.

“Mr. Speaker, with this economic distress, how can Ghana lead a delegation of 618 persons? Are we shouldering the economic gain and hardship of the Ghanaian? And Mr. Speaker, I see a delegation of the president here at COP28… I am demanding that a committee looks at this,” he said.