{"id":197025,"date":"2024-07-05T19:44:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/05\/nana-applauds-parliament-for-democracy-cup-initiative\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T19:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:44:28","slug":"nana-applauds-parliament-for-democracy-cup-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/05\/nana-applauds-parliament-for-democracy-cup-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Applauds Parliament&#8230; For Democracy Cup Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>President Nana Akufo-Addo sandwiched by Speaker Alban Bagbin (2nd L) and Chief Opare displaying the silverware at stake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has applauded the Parliament of Ghana for initiating the \u201cDemocracy Cup\u201d competition as part of activities marking 30 years of parliamentary democracy in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited with this special and excellent initiative, because it would deepen and entrench the culture of democracy in the country,\u201d the President said yesterday when the Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin presented the special trophy to him at the Jubilee House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in support of this initiative and I declare my total support for it. I hope it would remain on schedules for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA football match to celebrate 30 years of parliamentary democracy would be an opportunity to bring the youth closer to works of Parliament and also imbibe in them the tenets of democracy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The President noted that, the Fourth Republic had proven to be the most enduring and successful, hence the need to celebrate the achievements under it.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Speaker Bagbin said the purpose of the Democracy Cup match was to use football to engage the youth to join in the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>He added that it was a platform to preach peace and unity ahead of the 2024 elections, as well as promote democratic culture in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Bagbin called on the President to lead the campaign to make democracy relevant to the citizens, and took the opportunity to invite him to the match.<\/p>\n<p>Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko would battle each other in the maiden edition of the Democracy Cup match at the Accra Sports Stadium on Wednesday, July 17.<\/p>\n<p>There would also be special curtain raiser between ex-Black Stars players and Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Sports Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Akufo-Addo sandwiched by Speaker Alban Bagbin (2nd L) and Chief Opare displaying the silverware at stake \u00a0 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has applauded the Parliament of Ghana for initiating the \u201cDemocracy Cup\u201d competition as part of activities marking 30 years of parliamentary democracy in Ghana. \u201cI am excited with this special and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nana Applauds Parliament... 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