{"id":611575,"date":"2019-04-30T04:23:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T04:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n2019-04-30\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/30668291."},"modified":"2019-04-30T04:23:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T04:23:21","slug":"how-dare-you-criticize-osafo-marfo-over-aisha-huang-deputy-minister-to-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/30\/how-dare-you-criticize-osafo-marfo-over-aisha-huang-deputy-minister-to-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"How dare you criticize Osafo Marfo over Aisha Huang \u2013 Deputy Minister to NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/30668291.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei 1\" title=\"Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Deputy Minister of Information in charge of Policy Communication,  Nana Dokua Asiamah Adjei<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Deputy Minister of Information in charge of Policy Communication,  Nana Dokua Asiamah Adjei has chided the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on its position about a statement made earlier by Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo about galamsey queen, Aisha Huang.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Osafo-Marfo during a town hall meeting in the USA said jailing the Chinese lady who had flouted the laws of the country by engaging in illegal mining and other crimes would not solve Ghana\u2019s economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Just after the minister\u2019s statement, the opposition NDC and most Ghanaians have lashed Mr Osafo Marfo who they say is seeking to confirm government\u2019s lukewarm attitude in fighting illegal mining in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The government of Ghana has however come out to dissociate itself from the minister\u2019s \u201cirresponsible\u201d statement.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking in an interview with GBC\u2019s Behind the New Programme Thursday monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Nana Dokua Asiamah Adjei reprimanded the NDC saying they have no moral right to criticize the government and its ministers on the fight against illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me the NDC has no moral right to condemn anything about the fight against galamsey because they were not able to list even a pin towards that kind of fight\u201d, she noted<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the NDC has been in government for eight years but Ghanaians never really saw any upfront charge taken to cure the menace of illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this illegal mining had been allowed to go on, from the way it was going on right from 2015, I\u2019m sure a lot of our situation would have been a lot worse. It took a visionary leadership of Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo- Addo to be able to put his presidency on the line. He is preparing the country for the next generation and not himself for the next election. So he took a step that several presidents were not able to\u201d. 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