The Speaker of Parliament's adjournment of parliamentary sittings yesterday is expected to impact several government businesses that were before Parliament for deliberation and approval.

Speaker Alban Bagbin indefinitely adjourned sitting amid a controversy over vacant seats, leaving several key parliamentary businesses such as the approval of two Supreme Court Judge nominees appointed by President Akufo-Addo and tax waivers over $350 million, in limbo.

In July this year, President Akufo-Addo nominated two new judges to the Supreme Court bench following their approval by the Judicial Council.

These two professors Richard Frimpong Oppong, a legal academic and fellow of the Ghana Academy of Sciences, and Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko Essah, a justice of the Court of Appeal were to be approved by Parliament following a vetting by the Appointments Committee.

But they never met the Appointments Committee due to chaos, emanating from unconstitutional appointment claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) members on the committee.

The government in the second quarter of the year presented a $350 million tax waiver request for some 42 companies under the One District One Fund (1D1F) initiative.

However, this request was never granted on the floor of parliament during an emergency sitting, where the leader of the National Democratic Congress Caucus, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, questioned the basis for such waivers when the government is in dire need of funds as a result of the economic crisis.

On the matter, the Member of Parliament for Effutu and leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alexander Afenyo-Markin accused the NDC MPs of stifling the progress of local companies and Ghanaian businesses with their action.

Additionally, pending bills before Parliament include the Architects Registration Bill 2024, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Vaccines Development and Manufacturing Bill 2024, and the Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2024.

Parliament concluded consideration of the Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2024 on October 16, during the 5th meeting of the 4th session of the 8th Parliament. The Bill establishe