General News of Sunday, 16 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comMy ‘Papa no’ comment in parliament was a joke – Kojo Oppong-NkrumahKojo Oppong-Nkrumah, Minister for InformationKojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the Minister for Information, has said that his use of ‘Papa no’ in parliament on his colleague John Jinapor, was done for amusement and was not meant to offend anybody. In my hometown, we will say, ‘Papa no.’ ‘Papa no.’ I want to encourage ‘Papa no’ to take some time and follow the structure of this conversation and support,” the Ofoase-Ayirebi MP told the House. Haruna Iddrisu, who did not take the comment lightly demanded an immediate withdrawal from the minister or else he would encourage the Minority to refer to him also as ‘Maame no’. He said he did not understand why an ‘informal’ phrase(s) should be introduced into a serious debate in the ‘august’ house. “You come to Parliament to employ those words used on social media, we take strong objection to it.

Source: GhanaWeb August 16, 2020 05:03 UTC