{"id":2860,"date":"2019-02-26T17:23:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2019-02-26T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:23:59","slug":"muntaka-seeks-action-against-trade-minister-for-disrespect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/muntaka-seeks-action-against-trade-minister-for-disrespect\/","title":{"rendered":"Muntaka seeks action against Trade Minister for disrespect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Member of Parliament for Asawase, who doubles as the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed says he will file a sensor against Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng for his failure to attend upon the house to answer questions in relation to his outfit by some three members of the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Muntaka noted\nthat for the minister to decline invitation to answer questions on the floor\nfor three consecutive times is a sign of disrespect to the house and therefore\nthe necessary actions ought to be taken so ministers of state take businesses\nof the house seriously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2019Mr. Speaker he\ndoesn\u2019t want to come and answer to the people but when it came to the President,\nthey were all sitting here\u2019\u2019. Muntaka added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Deputy Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Sarah Adwoa Sarfo in response to Mr. Muntaka\u2019s claims says the minister has written to parliament asking permission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/23\/bawumia-attends-uk-ghana-business-council-meeting\/\">travel to the United Kingdom (U.K) with Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia for a summit<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also stated\nthat the Minority Chief Whip is blowing the issue out of proportion. &nbsp;She\nbacked her claims with order 93(2) of the standing orders of the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that the\ntrade minister Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng is only attending to functions equally\nimportant to him as a minister and the nation as a whole and hence the minister\nwill come and answer the questions put in his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playing the devil\u2019s\nadvocate, Speaker of Parliament Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye directed that\nleadership of the house should discuss the issue at hand and help the house\ndeal with matters of such nature in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THERESA ADEZEWA\nAYITTEY||APTNEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Member of Parliament for Asawase, who doubles as the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed says he will file a sensor against Trade and Industry <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/26\/muntaka-seeks-action-against-trade-minister-for-disrespect\/\" title=\"Muntaka seeks action against Trade Minister for disrespect\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-2860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-parliament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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