Today, Friday, January 03, 2025, is the day President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be delivering his final State of the Nation Address (SoNA) to Ghanaians.
The address is to be delivered prior to the dissolution of the 8th Parliament before the 9th Parliament will be inaugurated on January 07, 2025.
The address, as contained in Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution, grants the President the opportunity to let Ghanaians know the state in which the country is, before exiting office as President.
The 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic will officially be dissolved on Monday, January 6, 2025. On that same day, the 9th Parliament will convene at 11:00 PM to elect a Speaker and two Deputy Speakers.
A Monday, December 30, 2024 statement issued by the Parliamentary Service noted that the Speaker-elect and the newly elected Members of Parliament will take their oaths at midnight, marking the transition to the next legislative term.
