Parliament Thursday morning hosted the President, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, who was in the Chamber to discharge an important
constitutional assignment to update Ghanaians on the state of affairs in
the country.
Dubbed the State of the Nation Address (SONA), the event normally gives the President the platform to recount salient happenings in different segments of society, stretching from security, industry, services, the social sector, such as education, healthcare delivery and sanitation, to agriculture and the economy.
The SONA is a constitutional obligation that provides a platform for the President to appear before Parliament to state the condition in the country, indicating the progress made and the challenges over the past year, and indicate succinctly what it is that the government intends to do to better the lot of the citizens.
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