Legislators of the 9th Parliament are set to reconvene tomorrow, May 27, to resume sitting for the Second Meeting of the First Session.

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, issued the notice in accordance with Order 58 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, which mandates that Members of Parliament (MPs) be formally notified of upcoming sittings.

Meanwhile, Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has announced his decision to have Parliament summon the Defence Minister Dr Omane Boamah provide answers to the House over the recent flight chartered by Vice President Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang.

He wants to find out "the full cost to the state for Prof. Opoku-Agyemang’s chartered flight" as well as the current condition of the presidential jet.

Minister for Defence, Dr Omane Boamah has informed the general public that the country's presidential jet is currently undergoing maintenance abroad.

According to the minister in a Facebook post, the immediate-past government led by former President Akufo-Addo ran down the presidential jet.

He wrote: "Let the NPP that suffered the most humiliating defeat in recent memory in both the Presidential and Parliamentary elections know this:

1. Akufo-Addo's administration ran down the Presidential jet. Among others, its fuel tank is even corroded.

2. The Presidential jet has been in the 'hospital' abroad for maintenance, repair and overhaul and may be put in fairly usable state after three months of 'therapy'.

3. The Presidential jet is unfit for use presently."

The sector minister made this known after the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, alleged that a luxury flight worth over $170,000 was chartered to fly in Vice President Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang back to Ghana on Thursday, May 22.

"Ghana’s Vice President touched down from London on a VistaJet, a luxury chartered flight. Cost? Over $170,000 (20 billion old cedis) This is enough to:

1.Pay 250 striking university staff for a month.

2.Complete a CHPS compound or stock a hospital pharmacy for a year.

3.Fund electricity for 50 SHSs for a whole term.

4.Buy 150,000 exercise books for basic schools," the legislator wrote in a Facebook post.

Mr Assafuah has reacted to the recent status of the presidential jet.

He quizzed how the presidential jet could be declared unfit after its use by President Mahama on January 25, 2025, following the continous use of a private jet owned by the president's brother, Ibrahim Mahama.