{"id":462744,"date":"2018-02-08T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/08\/president-delivered-state-of-promises-address-minority-leader\/"},"modified":"2018-02-08T17:40:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T17:40:58","slug":"president-delivered-state-of-promises-address-minority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/08\/president-delivered-state-of-promises-address-minority-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"President delivered \u2018State of Promises\u2019 address- Minority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  8 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/69965725.295.jpg\" alt=\"Haruna Iddrisu   \" title=\"Haruna Iddrisu   \" width=\"295\" height=\"170\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu<\/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\/1518111658_111_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu has remarked that President Akufo Addo\u2019s State of Nation Address was the usual promises given by presidents and politicians on campaign platforms which failed to address the actual issues confronting the nation. The minority leader stated this when he was commenting on the president\u2019s speech on the floor of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar development, Mr Amon Quartey, a Local Government Expert on Pink 96.9 FM, a Kasoa-based Radio station supported the minority leader\u2019s remarks, stating that the president failed to address the actual issues currently confronting the nation and what he has achieved. In his view, the president failed to talk about the one-village-one-dam, one-district-one-million-dollars, vigilantism and other issues confronting the nation. He further stated that, the president restated some of the promises in this year\u2019s budget but he scored him high on the economic stability indicators the president reported in his speech.<\/p>\n<p>In other related developments, the Minority in wore all black to welcome His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana as he delivered the state of the Nation address today. They jeered and heckled as the President delivered the State of the Nation Address while their counterparts on the majority side of the chamber cheered on.<\/p>\n<p>The members of the Minority have over the past weeks boycotted parliamentary sittings in protest over the Cash-for-seat report, which they said didn\u2019t take into account the views of its members.<\/p>\n<p>They staged a walkout from Parliament over the Committee report following a probe into claims that the Trade Ministry extorted $100,000 from expatriates to allow them to sit close to the President during the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards in December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to second the motion for adjournment of parliament after the president had finished delivering the State of the nation address, Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu told the house: \u201cI\u2019m in all black because I am not happy and I\u2019m protesting what you may call tyranny and abuse of political power and disrespect for minority rights and opinions.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized the president\u2019s address saying \u201cI hope that you can arrive in the train from Paga and that you see the 50 factories on the way. There are only 2 things that this government can celebrate: the setup of the special prosecutor\u2019s office and the struggle to finance the noble Free SHS. Free SHS is noble, but it is struggling. We\u2019ve seen headmasters and headmistresses of schools being intimidated because of this initiative. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presides over the largest govt in the world. Show me another country that has 110 ministers. In Ghana, oversight over the minority is more than oversight over the whole of parliament. It is not about minority not supporting motions\u201d, the Minority Leader said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/kP1mL6T7-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/YM9oqKrx-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/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 Thursday, 8 February 2018 Source: mynewsgh.com 2018-02-08 Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu has remarked that President Akufo Addo\u2019s State of Nation Address was the usual promises given by presidents and politicians on campaign platforms which failed to address the actual issues confronting the nation. 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