{"id":3430,"date":"2024-02-27T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2024-02-27T14:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:17:52","slug":"were-prepared-to-debate-minority-on-akufo-addos-sona-majority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3430","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Prepared To Debate Minority On Akufo-Addo\u2019s SONA \u2013 Majority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that his side of the house is prepared to debate the Minority over the State of the Nation address delivered by the President on Tuesday February 27.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said this while moving a motion for the debate to be scheduled to Wednesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are ready to debate Mr President\u2019s message, considering the situation we find ourselves as a country, we are ready to debate this message now however as has been the place members will want to prepare, i noticed the Minority leader was plotting his note. I have<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will face him with optimism and remind him of the lamentations of 2014, 2015, and 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further asked the Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson to second the motion to debate the address on Wednesday, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Forson accordingly seconded the motion after criticising the president for not touching on the unemployment situation in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnemployment is at a critical point yet we did not hear a work from our president this matter. The state of our nation is hopeless,\u201d he said among other tings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added \u201cI second the motion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speaker, Alban Bagbain accordingly adjourned the sitting to Wednesday February 28 after the \u2018eyes\u2019 won the voice vote for adjournment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo among other things that the 1992 Constitution has entrusted executive powers into the hands of the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, he said \u201cthe buck stops with the president. He or she takes the blame for the challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-5dc581683505524285fe750c68c37917 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZYEH7EMB3c?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Akufo-Addo said this while delivering the State of the Nation address in Parliament on Tuesday, February 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stressed that the president takes the blame for all the challenges the country is facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said \u201cthe president and his appointees are not universally loved, and it will be strange and unproductive if they were. It is probably worthwhile making what I consider to be important observations at this stage on some of the issues in our public discourse, in the lead up to the elections for a new President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder the Constitution, the executive power of the state is vested in the President of the Republic. He or she is the Executive. There is no ambiguity about where the buck stops, when it comes to responsibility for what happens in the government. It stops with the<br>President, he or she has ultimate responsibility. It would be an unwise President that would pretend to have all the answers, and refuse the advice of his officials, but the fact remains that the President holds the executive power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Cabinet, the Ministers of State all act in an advisory manner. Of course, a member of the government might take an idea, be it generated by the President or the official or a committee, and turn it into a huge success, and the honours would be claimed or shared where public perception falls. But, ultimately, the President is responsible, and, therefore, takes the credit or the blame for whatever happens in his or her government.<br>Let me make a second point. The programmes that come from the Executive benefit from the rigorous public examination and debates to which they are subjected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments come at a time when Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said that the Economic Management Team (EMT) which he heads does not have decision-making powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-f453beadc0b70bbcf615784060a14b85 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SupoGFCWLL0?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Bawumia said the EMT only advised the cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As head of the EMT, he had been blamed for the economic challenges that Ghana is facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But delivering his address at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Wednesday, February 7, Dr Bawumia said \u201cThankfully, I was appointed as chair of the EMT, as a sub-committee to Cabinet we do not have decision-making powers, but I am very proud of the quality of advice we have been providing over the years to Cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs vice president, I was asked by the president to assist in solving the problems that were inhibiting the economy. my approach was to help formalize the economy through digitalization as stated in our 2016 manifesto,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: 3news.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that his side of the house is prepared to debate the Minority over the State of the Nation address delivered by the President on Tuesday February 27. 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