The Minority in Parliament is asking for the whereabouts of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ranting his absence from Ghana without prior notification to Parliament is “disrespectful”.
President Akufo-Addo is currently in Belgium attending the United Nation’s Advocacy Group of Eminent Personalities on the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, in his capacity as co-Chairperson of the Group. He will leave for Germany to attend the G-20 Partnership for Africa Summit in Germany. He will return June 17, 2017.
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) is furious over the Presidency’s failure to officially inform Parliament ahead of the president’s foreign trip which is a Constitutional requirement. Articles 59 and 60 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana says: “The President shall not leave Ghana without prior notification in writing, signed by him and addressed to the Speaker of Parliament. 60. (1) There shall be a Vice-President of Ghana who shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him by this Constitution or by the President.”
“Mr. Speaker… the people of Ghana deserve to know the whereabouts of the No. 1 person of the country,” Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said on the floor of Parliament Wednesday. “We do not know his whereabouts.”
“The constitution says ‘prior notification’ and not an after-thought… Majority Leader where is your President and where is the official communication? Mr. Speaker the President has sworn an oath and an oath is to uphold the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and he is showing disrespect to the provisions and Article 59 and 60 of the Constitution. We must know who will act in his stead,” the MP for Tamale South opined.
The official communication was presented to the Speaker after the Minority leader’s rant.
Akufo-Addo will also be in the US. In America, President Akufo-Addo will participate and address the UN Oceans Conference, the high-level UN Conference being held in New York to support the Implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Life under Water). The President will also have his first formal meeting with UN Secretary General, António Guterres.
In Germany, President Akufo-Addo will pay a courtesy call on the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and participate in the G-20 Africa Partnership Summit, being held in Berlin to deliberate on Germany’s “Marshall Plan” for Africa, at the invitation of the German Chancellor.
He will also deliver a speech on the theme “Ghana, Africa’s Rising Star”, at an event organised by the Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung.
President Akufo-Addo will then pay a two-day private visit to the United Kingdom, and return to Ghana on Saturday, 17th June, 2017.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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NANA GO HIGH!! let them cry blood. They will cry aaa till after 50 years in opposition.
are u serious at all? think and stop following blindly
stop disturbing our ears with triffles NDC
we don't even have the respect for our constitution, a whole president. No body can take Ghanaians for granted anymore.
That certificateless lawyer is just an arrogant bloke, he has no respect for no one
NDC is a dead party..... These NDC cr!m!nals must stop disturbing our ears.
It seems the NDC have not gotten over the pain of loosing the last elections which they thought they had in the bag, because of that, whatever move the president makes is wrong. Tweaaa.
What do you mean by the people of Ghana? You call ndc the people of Ghana? Ndc become Ghanaians only when they are in opposition so they deserve to be there forever. When these people were in power in default and were doing their own thing who did they account to? If the accounted to Ghanaians their government wouldn't be the most corrupt in the history of Ghana for their founder to be crying of the ndc leaving their core values for greed and selfishness. What has happened yo the ndc to be preaching accountability and probity in their party now? Opposition is the best place for them since fo*ls regret only when they are in trouble and come back to their fo*lishness even worst when they are freed. Ndc Ghanaians have known you and no amount of tricks,gimmicks will change their minds. Ndc haven't changed a bit even in opposition they still display their folly eg Koku Anyidoho,Solomon Nkansah,Kofi Adams,Asiedu Nketiah, Ablakwah,Suhuyini, Ayariga the liar etc and with these people in that party who do you think will listen to you? Only die hard ndc and they can't bring you to power. The anger in the people against you people when you speak to accuse and make everything political make your party unattractive and goes down by the day. Ft Lt Rawlings the founder and maker of that party you mac denigrated,vilified,insulted and called him and his wife all sorts of names can never have a magic wand to turn things around for you unrepentant disrespectful and arrogant species. We remember all that you said about President Rawlings whom you are desperately relying to get you power to come back and ste*l,insult,show of power, arrogance,boisterous and impunity to the good people of Ghana.There is nothing like ndc born again like you did in 2008 calling yourselves new ndc which was the most wicked and callous ever happened to this nation. Look at what has happened to our water bodies and farms because of your greed and selfishness,your hate and env*ness. What legacy did you leave for Ghanaians to take advantage of to benefit them to enjoy? and you think your kpokpogbligbli attack due to your disgraceful defeat will let you come back that will be over the dead bodies of Ghanaians.
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Inside mahama's ford...goats !!!