{"id":404012,"date":"2017-07-21T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/ndc-now-a-laughing-stock-obiri-boahen\/"},"modified":"2017-07-21T19:32:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:32:02","slug":"ndc-now-a-laughing-stock-obiri-boahen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/ndc-now-a-laughing-stock-obiri-boahen\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC now a laughing stock &#8211; Obiri Boahen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ndcpressss-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"470\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ndcpressss-696x470.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"NDC - Comfortable lead\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is now a laughing stock.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, a political party which is just six months old in opposition has proven beyond reasonable doubt that it has nothing to contribute to Ghana\u2019s body politic.<\/p>\n<p>Obiri Boahen\u2019s comment is in reaction to the NDC\u2019s claim that the security of the state is under threat.<\/p>\n<p>National Chairman of the party, Kofi Portuphy at a press conference said \u201cthe state of insecurity has given rise to fear-filled anxiety amongst innocent Ghanaians who are struggling to make ends meet under the current excruciating and suffocating economy,\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cthe fact that lawlessness has been allowed to fester and run riot, with an unprecedented upsurge in violent crimes to the disbelief of Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Nana Obiri Boahen on Accra based Okay FM Friday, said the actions of the NDC proves they are fatigued just six months on opposition.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that, Ghanaians no longer take the NDC serious because all hey do now is \u201ccomic relief\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP deputy scribe noted that, attempts by the opposition party to frustrate the Akufo-Addo led administration will fall flat in their face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want Kofi Portuphy, Asiedu Nketia, Koku Anyidoho and their gang, to know that majority of Ghanaians have reposed their confidence in Akufo-Addo therefore we will not allow them to accuse our President. They are now a comic relief to Ghanaians\u201d he said on .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nana Obiri Boahen therefore called on the leadership of the NDC to show respect to the president of the republic and desist from denting his image.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is now a laughing stock. According to him, a political party which is just six months old in opposition has proven beyond reasonable doubt that it has nothing to contribute to Ghana\u2019s body politic. Obiri Boahen\u2019s comment is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":396433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404012","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>NDC now a laughing stock - Obiri Boahen - 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\/21\/ndc-now-a-laughing-stock-obiri-boahen\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NDC now a laughing stock - Obiri Boahen - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is now a laughing stock. 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