On Saturday, Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin engaged children from some private schools.
He spoke on the need for peace and unity for national development and the need for all to uphold the ideals of democracy.
Before bidding farewell, he led the children to sing “It is well with my soul” hymn penned by hymnist Horatio Spafford and composed by Philip Bliss.
Recently, the Speaker has been in the news over an impasse in parliament. This stems from the declaration of four seats vacant after their holders officially began their quest to contest in the upcoming elections as independent candidates.
This has led to a leadership crisis as both NPP Members of Parliament and NDC Members of Parliament fight for the Majority position.
NPP Caucus leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin run to the Supreme Court and secured a ruling directing the Speaker to suspend his ruling. The Speaker in turn got his lawyers to file a stay of execution on the court’s ruling but that was dismissed for lacking merit.
Despite the development, the Speaker has refused to rescind his directive.