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President Akufo-Addo has promised to work with the new speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin to advance the peace, progress and prosperity of Ghanaians.
According to President Akufo-Addo, it has never happened in the history of Ghana for a President from one political party to be working with the speaker of Parliament from another party but he is willing to team up with Alban Bagbin for steer the affairs of the country.[ads2]
President Akufo-Addo was congratulating Alban Bagbin during his inaugural address at the Forecourt of the Parliament of Ghana on Thursday, January 7, 2021.
“I must, at the outset, express my warm congratulations to my good friend and colleague of many years in this House, the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, on his assumption of office as the Speaker of the Eighth Parliament of the 4th Republic”[ads3]
“Nearly three decades of devoted service to Parliament by you has culminated in this moment, which has seen your elevation to the third great office of state of our nation. Together, you and I will be chartering new territory in the governance and politics of the 4th Republic, for this is the first time in the life of this Republic that a President from one party will be obliged, by the exigencies of the moment and the will of the people, to work, in all sincerity and co-operation, with a Speaker of Parliament from another party”[ads4]
“I am confident that both of us will be guided in our relationship by the supreme interest of our people in ensuring good governance in the ordering of the affairs of state. I want to assure you of my wholehearted determination to work with you to advance the peace, progress and prosperity of the Ghanaian people. Once again, many congratulations to you and the re-elected and new Members of Parliament”, President Akufo-Addo said…[ads5]