{"id":401404,"date":"2017-07-15T04:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T04:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/15\/learn-from-akufo-addos-modesty-awuku-chides-whining-deputy-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-07-15T04:11:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T04:11:11","slug":"learn-from-akufo-addos-modesty-awuku-chides-whining-deputy-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/15\/learn-from-akufo-addos-modesty-awuku-chides-whining-deputy-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn from Akufo-Addo&#8217;s modesty &#8211; Awuku chides &#8216;whining&#8217; deputy minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 15 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/59248140.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Awuku Fabric\" title=\"Sammy Awuku Fabric\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Sammy Awuku, NPP Youth Organiser<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500091870_365_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> NPP National Youth Organiser Sammy Awuku has chided Deputy Trade Minister Robert Ahomka Lindsay for describing some Ghanaians living in the Diaspora as &#8216;whiners&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He told Joy News Thursday, the appointee&#8217;s comments do not match with the demeanour of his appointing authority, the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody likes whiners, people that spend all the time whining all the time really get on people\u2019s nerves so stop whining,\u201d the Deputy Minister said at a Diaspora Homecoming Summit at the Accra International Conference Centre last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A participant in a livid reaction to the comment by the deputy minister said in a rhetorical question \u201cwho travels 3,000 miles to be a whiner?\u201d The deputy minister has explained his actions but fell short of rendering an unqualified apology.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing disappointment, Sammy Awuku warned that Mr. Lindsay&#8217;s attitude at the conference could chip away the goodwill towards the government and lead to disenchantment among the voting public.<\/p>\n<p>Awuku said Lindsay&#8217;s complaint about his incessantly buzzing phone since his appointment does not mirror the conduct of President Akufo-Addo who works himself off in his service to the public.<\/p>\n<p>He said the President works till it&#8217;s almost midnight and testified that the president left his office at 2 am last Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He said appointees, therefore, should reflect the modesty of the president. 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