{"id":754150,"date":"2019-11-28T14:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/have-a-qa-session-with-waakye-sellers-tailors-drivers-not-journalists-alone-yvonne-nelson-to-govt\/"},"modified":"2019-11-28T14:49:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:49:32","slug":"have-a-qa-session-with-waakye-sellers-tailors-drivers-not-journalists-alone-yvonne-nelson-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/have-a-qa-session-with-waakye-sellers-tailors-drivers-not-journalists-alone-yvonne-nelson-to-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Q&#038;A session with waakye sellers, tailors, drivers not journalists alone \u2013 Yvonne Nelson to gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"440\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Yvonne-Nelson-3-696x440.png\"   alt=\"Yvonne Nelson\" title=\"Yvonne Nelson\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yvonne Nelson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has charged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to extend its regular \u201cquestion and answer\u201d sessions to other segments of society and not limit it to journalists only.<\/p>\n<p>The actress says such a move will help the government to touch base with the grass-roots, especially with citizens involved in informal occupation. <\/p>\n<p>It is a regular feature for the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, to meet with journalists at the Jubilee House in what is called a \u201cMeet-the-Press\u201d, to respond to questions on various sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Yvonne Nelson wants the president to extend the meetings to other players within the country\u2019s political space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr President, when are Ghanaians getting a Q&#038;A session\/time with you? Not journalists, or media personalities, I\u2019m talking about students, carpenters, drivers, doctors, waakye sellers, tailors, hair dressers, mothers. etc.; we have a lot of questions,\u201d she wrote on twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne didn\u2019t end there as she continued to talk about the poor state of government hospitals in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ghanaians have QUESTIONS! Mine is about our health sector! It breaks my heart. Hurts. Our public hospitals can\u2019t handle the numbers! Do our leaders visit hospitals like Korle-Bu? There aren\u2019t enough BEDS!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I wonder how our leaders feel when they land at Kotoka after visiting western countries\u2026 I really wanna know their honest feelings<\/em>,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yvonne Nelson Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has charged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to extend its regular \u201cquestion and answer\u201d sessions to other segments of society and not limit it to journalists only. 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