General News of Monday, 8 January 2018Source: peacefmonline.comIt 'gets embarrassing' when government says 'we're unaware' – Kojo Oppong Nkrumahplay videoDeputy Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong NkrumahDeputy Minister of Information and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has called on government appointees to desist from actions that embarrass the government and have the potential to bring down the image of the current administration in the eyes of Ghanaians. According to him, it is becoming embarrassing when you "continuously have to explain" that government is "not aware" of a particular issue, which has incurred the wrath of the public. it gets embarrassing as you continuously have to explain that we were not aware of this . Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who was contributing to a panel discussion on Joy FM’s newsfile programme indicated that “there are a lot of state owned agencies that sometimes forget that the job they are doing is not as of right unto them, they have been appointed into some of these roles by political head . According to him, the issue is not whether or not Ghanaians are willing to pay, however “when something doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t make sense no matter how you rap it, toast it, burn it, it doesn't make sense”.

Source: GhanaWeb January 08, 2018 16:00 UTC