{"id":451092,"date":"2017-12-31T10:05:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T10:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/nana-addo-makes-fun-of-expatriates-saga-at-musiga-ball\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T10:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T10:05:16","slug":"nana-addo-makes-fun-of-expatriates-saga-at-musiga-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/nana-addo-makes-fun-of-expatriates-saga-at-musiga-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo \u2018makes fun\u2019 of expatriates saga at MUSIGA ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 31 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/11978008.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Addo EP Church1\" title=\"Akufo Addo EP Church1\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514714716_768_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> President Nan Akufo-Addo literally made fun of the controversy that enveloped the Trade and Industry Ministry following claims that monies were extorted from expatriates,  at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Minority, expatriates were charged between $25,000 and $100,000 to sit by the President at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the MUSIGA Presidential Ball on Friday, he jokingly said he hoped persons who sat close to him at the event did not pay to sit on the same table with him. \u201cI hope that it will not be said that I asked people to pay GHc 1,500 to come and have dinner with me tonight. This is a MUSIGA presidential Ball and it should stay as such or I will be the subject of a parliamentary inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo has already said the allegations were baseless following a query to the Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, demanding answers from him over the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>This was after the Trade and Industry Ministry, and the President of the Millennium Excellence Foundation, which organized the awards, had denied the allegations, which first came from the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak.<\/p>\n<p>The matter continues to unravel as the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has summoned Parliament for an emergency sitting on Friday, January 5, 2018, after the Minority in Parliament called on the House to investigate the allegations.<\/p>\n<p><b>Support for Arts<\/b><\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo also reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to give the Arts and Entertainment Industry the needed push.<\/p>\n<p>Among other other things, the President said the \u201cgovernment will protect and support anti-piracy laws for the industry to protect our musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2018, we will, amongst others, continue with initiatives to improve the creative arts sector with the setting up of a fully functional creative arts secretariat and the commencement of feasibility studies to set up a creative arts fund all under the leadership of the dynamic Catherine Afeku, the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: -1 --><\/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>General News of Sunday, 31 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-31 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nan Akufo-Addo literally made fun of the controversy that enveloped the Trade and Industry Ministry following claims that monies were extorted from expatriates, at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards ceremony. 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