It said the Majority side of Parlia­ment, led by Mr Alexander Kwame Afenyo-Markin, were deliberately trying to sabotage the incoming Na­tional Democratic Congress (NDC) administration and cause disaffection against it.

Mr Kwame Governs Agbodza, the Minority Chief Whip, who raised the concern, said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government must be blamed for any delays in payment of salaries.

He said the NDC Caucus was ready to do business and expected their colleagues from the other side of the aisle to live up to their constitutional mandate of serving the interest of Ghanaians.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Mr Mohammed Amin, was absent for the second time since Parliament returned from recess on Monday.

The Minister was expected to present the mini-budget, which would, among other issues, capture the sala­ries for workers.

Equally absent was Mr Afenyo-Mar­kin and some other NPP MPs.

The MP for Anyaa Sowutuom, Mr Collins Adomako, who held the fort for the Majority Leader, told the House that the Majority leadership did not know the whereabouts of the Minister of Finance.

Earlier, Dr Mathew Opoku Prem­peh, the MP for Manhyia, had urged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to stand down proceedings for three hours for the Majority side to put its house in order.

However, the MP for Wa Central, Dr Rashid Pelpuo, said the call was untenable.

He said the NDC would hold their colleagues to account to ensure the right thing was done.

Dr Pelpuo said the NDC side would use its numbers in the ninth Parlia­ment to make reforms for a better Ghana.

Parliament was recalled on Monday from its indefinite adjournment on November 7 following a no-show by NPP law makers during a high-stake session resulting from an impasse with regard to the decision of the Speaker of Parliament to declare the seats of two NPP MPs, one NDC MP and an Independent vacant.

The recall of Parliament on Mon­day came few days after the Speaker declined a request by the NPP Caucus to an emergency recall of the house ahead of the then upcoming Decem­ber 7 general election, which was so close.

He explained that the parlia­mentary calendar acknowl­edged election campaign periods during which the government and MPs present their manifestoes and hold themselves accountable to the people for the mandate they gave the politicians