{"id":2748,"date":"2019-02-20T19:49:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2019-02-20T19:49:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:49:58","slug":"president-presents-state-of-the-nation-address-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/president-presents-state-of-the-nation-address-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"President presents State of the Nation Address Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will next week, Thursday, February  21, 2019, present the state of the nation address in Parliament.<br><br> The statement, titled \u201cMessage of the State of the Nation\u201d (SONA) is in  accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana which  states: \u201cThe President shall, at the beginning of each session of  Parliament and before dissolution of Parliament, deliver a message on  the state of the nation.\u201d<br><br> The delivery would be the third under the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) since it regained power to manage the country.<br><br> The delivery of the Message on the State of the Nation is expected to  focus on the performance of the economy, agriculture, social protection,  and politics; and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/19\/ahead-of-sona-2019-industry-leaders-want-president-to-improve-security\/\">tell Ghanaians measures Government was adopting  to deal with national security<\/a> and Ghana dealings with the international  community.<br><br> The announcement that the President would deliver the SONA on Thursday  was made in Parliament by Mr Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh, the Majority Chief  Whip, on behalf of Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, the Majority Leader and  Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, in the Business Statement for the  Week Ending Friday, February 22, 2018, on Friday.<br><br> According to Mr Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, Ministers are expected to attend upon  the House to respond to 13 questions during the week; featuring  questions on Ministries of Communications, Trade and Industry, Food and  Agriculture and Roads and Highways.<br><br> Among the questions to be answered by the Minister of Trade and Industry  are: when the Ministry will operationalize the Ghana International  Trade Commission to help neutralize cheap imports.<br><br> The Minister of Trade and Industry would tell the House, what the  Ministry was doing to ensure that manufacturers of plastic products,  produce recyclable materials; what plans the Government of Ghana has to  revive the Saltpond Ceramic Company, and what steps are being taken to  revamp the Ayensu Starch Factory.<br><br> On the agricultural front, the House would ask the sector Minister among  others, the performance outcomes of the Government\u2019s flagship programme  \u201cPlanting for Food and Jobs\u201d; and the specified locations of the 311  facilities earmarked for the \u201cone district, one dam programme.\u201d<br><br> The House would also want to know from the Minister what measures the  Ministry is putting in place to support the poultry industry.<br><br> According to the Business Statement, Ministers of State may also be  permitted to make Statements of Government policy, as bills may also be  presented to the House for First Reading.<br><br> \u201cHowever, those of urgent nature may be taken through the various stages in one day\u2026,\u201d Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu added.<br><br> Bills, papers and reports may be presented to the House, and motions may  be debated and their consequential Resolutions, if any, taken during  the week. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghananewsagency.org\">ghananewsagency.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will next week, Thursday, February 21, 2019, present the state of the nation address in Parliament. 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