{"id":463164,"date":"2018-02-10T02:39:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T02:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/akufo-addo-must-cut-pretentious-rawlings-love-haruna-iddrisu\/"},"modified":"2018-02-10T02:39:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T02:39:34","slug":"akufo-addo-must-cut-pretentious-rawlings-love-haruna-iddrisu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/akufo-addo-must-cut-pretentious-rawlings-love-haruna-iddrisu\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo must cut pretentious Rawlings love \u2013 Haruna Iddrisu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 10 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/71077227.295.jpg\" alt=\"Haruna Iddrisu Neat\" title=\"Haruna Iddrisu Neat\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader<\/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\/1518230374_929_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of attempting to sow seeds of discord between the minority in Parliament and NDC founder Jerry John Rawlings.<\/p>\n<p>According to  Iddrisu, it is strange that President Akufo-Addo has suddenly found a friend in the former military dictator after the inhumane treatment meted out to Lt. Rawlings during the erstwhile administration of former President John Kufuor.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering his second State of the Nation Address on Thursday to Parliament, Akufo-Addo suggested that minority members no more regard their founder.<\/p>\n<p>But in a response, Iddrisu stated that the President\u2019s claim was only meant to cause disharmony within the NDC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is interesting times that today, the same President John Rawlings, the president of our republic then who was humiliated by them [NPP], you remember them revoking his protocols and courtesies\u2026they called him names today, they have found a friend in him, interesting times in our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we see this expression of pretentious love for former President Rawlings by Nana Akufo-Addo but at least we appreciate the fact that he finds value in our founder,\u201d the MP for Tamale South said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Under the administration of former President Kufuor, Mr. Rawlings was stripped off all his privileges as a former President. He even was reported as saying to foreign diplomats that he was earning only $USD 300 per month and could not take care of his medical bills.<\/p>\n<p>He also complained of several assassination attempts on his life by operatives of the Kufuor government and was denied V.I.P treatment at the Kotoka International Airport.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/OKo5Imko-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/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 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 10 February 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2018-02-10 Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of attempting to sow seeds of discord between the minority in Parliament and NDC founder Jerry John Rawlings. 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