{"id":3453,"date":"2024-08-23T19:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2024-08-23T19:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:53:49","slug":"speaker-tours-renovated-parliament-ahead-of-scheduled-recall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3453","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Tours Renovated Parliament Ahead of Scheduled Recall&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Parliament-renovation-696x390-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Parliament-renovation-696x390-1.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Parliament-renovation-696x390-1-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker Alban Bagbin, has inspected ongoing renovation work on the parliamentary chamber, with the House expected to reconvene in 11 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to adjourn Parliament three weeks ago sparked fierce criticism from the Majority caucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Speaker explained that the adjournment was necessary to allow for essential renovation work on the floor of the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his visit, Alban Bagbin outlined some of the challenges facing the House, including issues with voting, quorum, and malfunctioning audiovisual systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He recalled that in 2014, Bosch DICENTIS Multimedia Company was commissioned by former Speaker Doe Adjaho to transform the House into an E-Parliament, a move aimed at reducing costs associated with bulk printing, paperwork, and other related expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He revealed that the former Speaker, Prof Mike Ocquaye, later reviewed the initial contract and decided to install biometric gadgets in the Chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This led to a competitive tendering process, with the contract awarded to Michel Africa Parliament Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bagbin also clarified that the adjournment on July 30 was partly to allow attendance at an international parliamentary conference in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renovation of the chamber, which is set to cost \u20ac2.26 million, is being funded by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the work tables are being produced locally by a company called Fernac, all other equipment will be imported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renovation is expected to be completed by the end of October 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Alban Bagbin, has inspected ongoing renovation work on the parliamentary chamber, with the House expected to reconvene in 11 days. The decision to adjourn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}