USA’s Nancy Pelosi set to address Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday
The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United
States of America, Nancy Pelosi will be addressing Ghana’s Parliament in Accra
next week.
Ghana’s Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, made the announcement on the floor on
Friday, 26 July 2019.
“On Wednesday, 31 July, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives of the United States, Rt. Hon. Nancy Patricia Pelosi, is
scheduled to address the House [Ghana’s Parliament] at 10 a.m”, the Majority
Leader announced, adding: “Accordingly, members are urged to be punctual to
grant audience to our august guest”.
The U.S. House of Representatives is the lower
of the two legislative bodies in the U.S. government. It has 435 members, with
the number of representatives per state dependent upon that state’s population.
House members serve two-year terms. Rather than represent their entire state,
as Senate members do, they represent a specific district.
Pelosi will be among a delegation of U.S.
lawmakers to visit Ghana.
Ghana’s Parliament is expected to adjourn sine
die on Friday, 2 August 2019.
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