{"id":436953,"date":"2017-11-14T03:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T03:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/14\/ayariga-fires-akufo-addo-for-inviting-shatta-wale-to-flagstaff-house\/"},"modified":"2017-11-14T03:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T03:30:28","slug":"ayariga-fires-akufo-addo-for-inviting-shatta-wale-to-flagstaff-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/14\/ayariga-fires-akufo-addo-for-inviting-shatta-wale-to-flagstaff-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayariga \u2018fires\u2019 Akufo-Addo for inviting Shatta Wale to Flagstaff House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday, 13 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/44560078.295.jpg\" alt=\"Shatta Nana2\" title=\"Shatta Nana2\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Shatta Wale visited President Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057541695353\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057541695353\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510630228_317_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The presidential candidate of the All People&#8217;s Congress (APC) has called out President Akufo-Addo for sending Shatta Wale a birthday message and spending time with him at the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Ayariga believes the First Gentleman should be focused on solving the numerous challenges facing the country rather than making merry with artistes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur President is busy smiling and busy laughing all the time. You can imagine the kind of workload that is lying down\u2026\u201d he told JoyNews\u2019 Emefa Nancy Dzradosi.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his disappointment at the President\u2019s kind gesture to Shatta Wale and described President Akufo-Addo as a birthday reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the President was serious\u2026I would have expected the President to invite leaders of the country\u2026to come and sit with him and ask them 10 months into my government what has gone wrong? How can we help build Ghana rather than being a birthday reporter,\u201d the former presidential candidate said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ayariga indicated that the President has nothing to lose because the Presidency has been offered to him as a retirement package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur President is 73 years old\u2026and the Presidency is a retirement package which he is enjoying. If you watch the President he is always laughing and smiling. He has nothing to lose,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the All People\u2019s Congress described the President\u2019s invitation to Shatta Wale as \u2018unnecessary\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale on October 13 had requested to know what the President will be giving him as a gift on his birthday via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>On October 17, Shatta Wale\u2019s date of birth, the President sent the artiste a tweet in which he wished him a happy birthday and gave him an invitation to the seat of government.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale subsequently visited the President Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House on November 1.<\/p>\n<p>After the visit, a number of Ghanaians shared their thoughts on the event with some describing it as a good sign for Ghana\u2019s music industry while some believe the invite was not necessary.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: 45 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/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>Entertainment of Monday, 13 November 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-11-13 Shatta Wale visited President Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House The presidential candidate of the All People&#8217;s Congress (APC) has called out President Akufo-Addo for sending Shatta Wale a birthday message and spending time with him at the Flagstaff House. 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