Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has rejected a motion seeking a parliamentary inquiry into recent major narcotics seizures involving consignments linked to Ghana.
The ruling was delivered during Parliament’s emergency sitting on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
Bagbin said he had carefully considered the motion, its proposed terms of reference, the ongoing investigations and pending court proceedings, as well as Parliament’s constitutional oversight responsibilities and the Standing Orders of the House.
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According to the Speaker, there was significant overlap between the issues the proposed parliamentary inquiry sought to investigate and matters already before the courts.
He explained that allowing Parliament to proceed with the inquiry could result in the House examining transactions, assessing the conduct of various individuals and institutions, and determining why certain actions were taken or opposed at Ghana’s ports of entry.
Bagbin said such an exercise could ultimately put Parliament in a position where it would have to determine matters that should properly be decided by the courts.
“The combined effect of undertaking this evaluation, assessment, and investigation would be, at the end of the day, to determine the very issues that the Court of Competent Jurisdiction is supposed to determine,” he said.
The Speaker also raised concerns that proceeding with the inquiry could prejudice the interests of parties involved in the pending judicial proceedings.
He consequently ruled that the motion could not proceed in its current form.
“I therefore rule, pursuant to Standing Orders 5, 6, and 103, Sub-Rule F, that the Party Member’s motion is inadmissible," Bagbin declared.
The ruling effectively brings the proposed parliamentary inquiry to a halt in its current form, as the matters at the centre of the motion remain subject to ongoing investigations and judicial proceedings.
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