{"id":460839,"date":"2018-02-02T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T14:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/weve-been-transparent-on-bawumias-health-than-ndc-was-on-mills-abu-jinapor\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T14:40:56","slug":"weve-been-transparent-on-bawumias-health-than-ndc-was-on-mills-abu-jinapor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/02\/weve-been-transparent-on-bawumias-health-than-ndc-was-on-mills-abu-jinapor\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve been transparent on Bawumia\u2019s health than NDC was on Mills\u2019 \u2013 Abu Jinapor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  2 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/56776386.295.jpg\" alt=\"ABU JINAPOR SMILES\" title=\"ABU JINAPOR SMILES\" width=\"295\" height=\"214\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Abu Jinapor, Deputy Chief of Staff<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517582456_698_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Deputy Chief of Staff Abu Jinapor has described the government\u2019s consistent communication with the public on the health status of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as a \u201cmarked departure\u201d from the past.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing comparison from the past regime\u2019s handling of late President John Evans Mills\u2019 sickness, Abu Jinapor said the government has been transparent from the very first day Dr Bawumia was taken ill.<\/p>\n<p>When he was ill the Director of Communications at the Presidency issued a statement and when he went to London on the advice of his doctors the Chief of Staff sent a statement, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, there was no admission that the late president was sick,\u201d he told Kojo Yankson on Joy FM\u2019s Super Morning Show Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The health of Ghana\u2019s president and vice president has been a major political weapon used by the two largest political parties -National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP)- during and post-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Both the governing NPP and opposition NDC have raised issues with the health status of each other&#8217;s presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>But their response to such attacks has been a complete denial as witnessed in the handling of the health of late president John Evans Atta Mills.<\/p>\n<p>When the then president Mills arrived in the country in June 2012 after spending days outside, he said he went for a routine medical checkup.<\/p>\n<p>He jogged on the tarmac of the Kotoka International Airport to dispel rumors that he was terminally ill.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he died on July 24, 2012, exactly five months to the controversial 2012 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>But the consistent communication on the health condition of the Vice president is markedly transparent and departure from the handling of Mill\u2019s health, Mr Jinapor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my view, the level of disclosure is one that is reasonable and sufficient and ought to be commended,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But he would not subscribe to any call to have the actual health situation of Dr Bawumia made public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that one is a public officer does not mean he is not entitled to some privacy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/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 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