{"id":463890,"date":"2018-02-13T08:45:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T08:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/13\/2018-sona-ndc-mps-deserve-no-salary-for-their-conduct-opoku-mensah\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T08:45:20","slug":"2018-sona-ndc-mps-deserve-no-salary-for-their-conduct-opoku-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/13\/2018-sona-ndc-mps-deserve-no-salary-for-their-conduct-opoku-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 SONA: NDC MPs deserve no salary for their conduct &#8211; Opoku Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 13 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-13<\/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\/91660508.295.jpg\" alt=\"Suhuyini Plaster\" title=\"Suhuyini Plaster\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Alhassan Suhuyini MP for Tamale North with his mouth plastered<\/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\/1518511520_239_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A communications team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Yaw Opoku Mensah has taken on the minority  National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) calling for a freeze on their salaries and other emoluments as lawmakers of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHon. Alhassan Suhuyini and all the NDC Minority in Parliament deserve no salary for their recent conduct in Parliament. \u2026how can a lawmaker be in black attire and use plaster to seal his mouth because he does not want to talk?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the NPP apologist, this has dragged the country\u2019s name into disrepute before the international communities and they must apologize to their constituents and the people of this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Speaker of Parliament should summon MP for Tamale North and his colleagues before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee for necessary punishment\u201d, the outspoken NPP Communicator admonished Speaker Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the Minority Leader to the last man standing, all the NDC members in the house should be punished\u201d, Mr. Yaw Opoku Mensah spoke on Kumasi-based Nhyira FM morning show \u201cKroyimunsem\u201d hosted by Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin.<\/p>\n<p>NDC caucus in Parliament showcased varying symbols of protest during President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s State of the Nation address last week Thursday<\/p>\n<p>A number of them were seen in black apparel, whilst others had pieces of plaster on their mouths, symbolizing some sort of gagging.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEliycSix9M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, was himself, wearing black traditional Dagomba wartime regalia.<\/p>\n<p>During the national anthem, the Minority MPs made sure they empathized the parts of the verse that said: \u201c\u2026and help us to resist oppressors\u2019 rule with all our will and might for evermore.\u201d<\/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><!-- uploaded by: 50 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 Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Source: mynewsgh.com 2018-02-13 Alhassan Suhuyini MP for Tamale North with his mouth plastered A communications team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Yaw Opoku Mensah has taken on the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) calling for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":463891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}