{"id":427797,"date":"2017-10-12T01:21:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T01:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/govt-withdraws-zongo-development-fund\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T01:21:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T01:21:18","slug":"govt-withdraws-zongo-development-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/govt-withdraws-zongo-development-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt withdraws Zongo Development Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Osei-Kyei-Mensah-BonsuMinority-Leader-2.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"673\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xOsei-Kyei-Mensah-BonsuMinority-Leader-2-696x673.jpg.pagespeed.ic.UxwhLVlB7u.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Osei-Kyei-Mensah-BonsuMinority-Leader-2\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Government of Ghana has withdrawn the Zongo Development Fund bill from Parliament for further consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal was announced on the floor of Parliament by Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, on Wednesday, October 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill in its current state was found to have been a bit problematic, hence, the decision to withdraw it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is recalled that during the electioneering period, the then candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo \u2013 now President \u2013 promised to establish the fund as a way of uplifting the condition of the Zongo communities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>To the end, the bill was prepared and sent to Parliament for approval, however, it has been withdrawn for further consideration.<\/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>The Government of Ghana has withdrawn the Zongo Development Fund bill from Parliament for further consideration. The withdrawal was announced on the floor of Parliament by Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, on Wednesday, October 11. \u201cThe bill in its current state was found to have been a bit problematic, hence, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt withdraws Zongo Development Fund - 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\/10\/12\/govt-withdraws-zongo-development-fund\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Govt withdraws Zongo Development Fund - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Government of Ghana has withdrawn the Zongo Development Fund bill from Parliament for further consideration. 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