{"id":740840,"date":"2022-01-08T17:37:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/the-ministry-of-gender-will-catch-my-attention-if-i-were-in-government-today-joyce-bawah-mogtari\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T17:37:08","slug":"the-ministry-of-gender-will-catch-my-attention-if-i-were-in-government-today-joyce-bawah-mogtari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/the-ministry-of-gender-will-catch-my-attention-if-i-were-in-government-today-joyce-bawah-mogtari\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry Of Gender Will Catch My Attention If I Were In Government Today &#8211; Joyce Bawah Mogtari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/b05eae14408044c1a8e2d5ee445ee221\"\/>The special aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has hinted that if she were in government today, one of the ministries that will catch her undivided attention will be the ministry of Gender and Social Interventions because nothing is happening at that ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Joyce Bawah Mogtari made this statement on &#8216;ALHAJI &amp; ALHAJI&#8217; on Pan Africa television this morning, 8th December 2022, when she complained about the neglect of the mandates of the Ministry of Gender and Social Interventions.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/88494ee2b75a4b5a870b9edf512fe81b\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Joyce Bawah Mogtari, if she were in government today, one of the ministries that will probably catch her undivided attention will be the ministry of Gender and Social Interventions because it is one of those ministries that was set up to cater to the most vulnerable in our societies, but its duties have been neglected.<\/p>\n<p>Joyce Bawah Mogtari revealed that when Nana Oye Lithur was in that ministry, the interventions that were put in place were all measures going directly to the beneficiaries, and were all measures introduced to protect the poor which included the school feeding program.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/3fe215a0bd434bc085c35a99a301d490\"\/>&#8220;Currently, nobody knows what is happening at the ministry. A whole minister that was appointed, and vetted, we are being told that she is unwell and is unable to be at work. Nobody is telling us what is going on at the ministry.So, what has happened to that key component of social protection?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joyce Bawah Mogtari stated that there has been a social protection bill that has been in the works for quite some time now, but there is no substantive minister who is going to push the agenda of that arm of social protection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the same wanton dissipation of state funds that all of these state agencies are in limbo.There cannot be accountability because there is no custodian and no trustees.&#8221; She added.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Hope360 (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nALHAJI&#8217;<br \/>\nJohn Dramani Mahama<br \/>\nJoyce Bawah Mogtari<br \/>\nMinistry Of Gender<br \/>\nPan Africa<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The special aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has hinted that if she were in government today, one of the ministries that will catch her undivided attention will be the ministry of Gender and Social Interventions because nothing is happening at that ministry. 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