{"id":276297,"date":"2011-02-19T19:10:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=52908"},"modified":"2011-02-19T19:10:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T19:10:19","slug":"stop-foot-soldiers-from-besieging-parliament-mp-tells-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/19\/stop-foot-soldiers-from-besieging-parliament-mp-tells-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Foot Soldiers From Besieging Parliament \u2013 MP Tells Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-32481\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/11\/central-region-ndc-calls-for-calm-within-the-party\/ndc_youth_footsoldiers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32481\" title=\"ndc_youth_footsoldiers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ndc_youth_footsoldiers.jpg\" alt=\"NDC\" width=\"280\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>The Member of Parliament for  Takoradi, Hon. Kwabena Otchere-Darko Mensah, on Friday February 18,  provoked the majority front bench after he called on President Mills to  stop NDC foot soldiers from making future incursions into the law-making  House.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday during the President\u2019s delivery of the 3rd  State of the Nation Address, irate foot soldiers attacked ushers,  waitresses and waiters attached to Parliament after they were prevented  from taking snacks that had been prepared for the lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Citing  Thursday\u2019s incidence, Hon Otchere-Darko told Parliament that President  John Mills must call foot soldiers of the party to order before they  take over the nation\u2019s Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>He later spoke to Citi News  and cited recent foot-soldier actions which involved the locking-up of  District Chief Executives, National Health Insurance Scheme offices and  the seizure of public toilets to back his concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,  Majority Chief Whip, Hon Gershon Gbediame, has taken strong exception to  the Takoradi MP\u2019s reference to the NDC in the matter of Thursday&#8217;s  foot-soldier action within the premises of the legislature. \u201cWhat shows  that they are NDC foot soldiers? Anybody at all can wear NDC T-shirt and  say he or she is an NDC member\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Although some of the  foot soldiers exhibited their ID cards, the MP still doubts if they were  NDC members. The Majority Chief Whip, Hon Gershon Gbediame however  blamed the security personnel at Parliament for allowing uninvited  guests to evade a place meant for MPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament for Takoradi, Hon. Kwabena Otchere-Darko Mensah, on Friday February 18, provoked the majority front bench after he called on President Mills to stop NDC foot soldiers from making future incursions into the law-making House. 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