{"id":412952,"date":"2017-08-29T20:53:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T20:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/29\/deputy-agric-minister-william-quaitoo-resigns\/"},"modified":"2017-08-29T20:53:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T20:53:12","slug":"deputy-agric-minister-william-quaitoo-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/29\/deputy-agric-minister-william-quaitoo-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Agric Minister William Quaitoo resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/William-Quaitoo-475x267.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"mashsb-box\">\n<p>Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture\u00a0William Quaitoo has resigned, a statement from the Flagstaff House has said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, this evening accepted the resignation from office of the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Quaitoo, MP, which takes immediate effect. The President wished him the very best in his future endeavors,<\/em>\u201d the statement read Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. William Quaitoo had in the past few days come under heavy criticism and pressure from a section of the public to resign over his tribal comments against people from Northern Ghana describing them as \u201cdifficult people\u201d.<\/p>\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 Minister for Food and Agriculture\u00a0William Quaitoo has resigned, a statement from the Flagstaff House has said. \u201cThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, this evening accepted the resignation from office of the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Quaitoo, MP, which takes immediate effect. 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