{"id":274956,"date":"2011-01-27T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T10:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=49663"},"modified":"2011-01-27T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T10:24:42","slug":"i-hear-there-is-somebody-called-tawiah-and-i-am-looking-for-that-tawiah-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/27\/i-hear-there-is-somebody-called-tawiah-and-i-am-looking-for-that-tawiah-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Hear There Is Somebody Called Tawiah And I am Looking For That Tawiah &#8211; MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_33494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33494\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-33494\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/13\/npp-begs-for-kofi-jumah\/maxwell_kofi_jumah\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33494\" title=\"maxwell_kofi_jumah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/maxwell_kofi_jumah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maxwell Kofi Jumah<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIn a dramatic and comical twist to what was evidently a charged demonstration against the Mills government over standards of living, the Member of Parliament for Asokwa Maxwell Kofi Jumah said the protesters were in search for a mythical Tawiah to convey the messages of hardship to an Atta.<br \/>\n\u201cI hear there is somebody called Tawiah and I am looking for that Tawiah because I hear that he can reach Atta, even if Atta is asleep, he can wake Atta up so that he can tell Atta my story. \u201c\u2026 Every Atta I hear has a Tawiah. So I am looking for Tawiah and when I walked down the street of Accra I saw so many people also looking for Tawiah,\u201d he said, sarcastically in an interview with Joy News\u2019 Fiifi Koomson.<br \/>\nHe was part of hundreds of protesters of the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) who hit the streets Wednesday in protest over worsening living standards. In Akan tradition, a twin is called Atta and a male child who immediately follows the twin is named Tawiah.<br \/>\nKofi Jumah insists John Atta Mills, a twin, has reneged on his campaign promise and needs to be reminded of his promises by a Tawiah. The MP\u2019s comments were culled from a famous Ghanaian musician, Lucky Mensah, whose recent album titled \u2018Nkratuo\u2019 or message seems to be making waves in the political arena.<br \/>\nMensah in \u2018nkratuo\u2019 sends a message to a mythical Tawiah to tell an Atta that Ghanaians are suffering. The Asokwa MP, Maxwell Kofi Jumah obviously dazzled by the lyrics of the song did not hesitate in drumming home what he claims to be broken promises of the Atta Mills government and its attendant hardships.<br \/>\nAsked what he wanted Tawiah to tell Atta, the MP said: \u201cFirst of all he promised me that my life is going to be better but what I see is the reverse the direct opposite of what he promised.<br \/>\n\u201cI went to buy rice they told me the price of rice has gone up. So I say well if I can&#8217;t buy rice at least let me drink water, the price of water has gone up. I got so angry and frustrated and said let me drink beer, the price of beer has gone up. Then when I went home the electricity price has gone up\u2026\u201d he pontificated.<br \/>\nMember of Parliament for Weija Shirley Ayorkor Botchway who was also part of the demonstrators said the attendance is enough testimony to the worsening living standards in the country.<br \/>\nThe Minority in Parliament were also reported to have donned red arm bands in solidarity to the demonstrators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic and comical twist to what was evidently a charged demonstration against the Mills government over standards of living, the Member of Parliament for Asokwa Maxwell Kofi Jumah said the protesters were in search for a mythical Tawiah to convey the messages of hardship to an Atta. \u201cI hear there is somebody called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cI Hear There Is Somebody Called Tawiah And I am Looking For That Tawiah - MP - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/27\/i-hear-there-is-somebody-called-tawiah-and-i-am-looking-for-that-tawiah-mp\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u201cI Hear There Is Somebody Called Tawiah And I am Looking For That Tawiah - MP - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In a dramatic and comical twist to what was evidently a charged demonstration against the Mills government over standards of living, the Member of Parliament for Asokwa Maxwell Kofi Jumah said the protesters were in search for a mythical Tawiah to convey the messages of hardship to an Atta. \u201cI hear there is somebody called [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/maxwell_kofi_jumah.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/27\/i-hear-there-is-somebody-called-tawiah-and-i-am-looking-for-that-tawiah-mp\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/27\/i-hear-there-is-somebody-called-tawiah-and-i-am-looking-for-that-tawiah-mp\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cI Hear There Is Somebody Called Tawiah And I am Looking For That Tawiah &#8211; 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