{"id":402566,"date":"2017-07-18T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/akufo-addo-apologizes-for-whining-comment\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T14:34:25","slug":"akufo-addo-apologizes-for-whining-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/akufo-addo-apologizes-for-whining-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo Addo apologizes for \u2018whining\u2019 comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robert-Ahomka-Lindsay.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Robert-Ahomka-Lindsay.jpg.pagespeed.ce.LHiXcGbHEM.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Robert Ahomka-Lindsay\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>President Akufo Addo has apologized on behalf of the deputy Minister for Trade and Industry Robert Ahomka-Lindsay for claiming that some members from the diaspora excessively whine.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ahomka-Lindsay speaking at an event organized by the diaspora community in Accra said \u201cnobody likes whiners, people that spend all the time whining really get on people\u2019s nerves. So, stop whining; stop saying this doesn\u2019t work, that doesn\u2019t work; please, we know it doesn\u2019t work so stop whining all the time saying it doesn\u2019t work. If it worked, you probably won\u2019t be sitting there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments by the deputy minister was strenuously rejected by the community, leading to uneasy friction during the event.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking to journalists at the Flagstaff House vis-\u00e0-vis his first six months in office, the president\u00a0apologized to members from the diaspora for the friction that had been caused by the deputy minister\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Diaspora Summit gave us the opportunity to listen to the diaspora firsthand. 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Mr. Ahomka-Lindsay speaking at an event organized by the diaspora community in Accra said \u201cnobody likes whiners, people that spend all the time whining really get on people\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":400804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Akufo Addo apologizes for \u2018whining\u2019 comment - 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\/2017\/07\/18\/akufo-addo-apologizes-for-whining-comment\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Akufo Addo apologizes for \u2018whining\u2019 comment - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"President Akufo Addo has apologized on behalf of the deputy Minister for Trade and Industry Robert Ahomka-Lindsay for claiming that some members from the diaspora excessively whine. 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