General News of Wednesday, 12 February 2020Source: kasapafmonline.comSONA: NDC MPs threaten to boycott Akufo-Addo over ‘no pay’Minority members in parliamentMembers of Parliament (MPs) from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have threatened to boycott the President’s message on the State of the Nation which has been scheduled for February 20, 2020. This follows the non-release of the MP’s share of the Common Fund which is purposely meant for Monitoring and Evaluation of projects being executed by the Assemblies with Common Fund releases. The Minority MPs contend that the third quarter of 2019 Common Fund has been disbursed to all the Assemblies with the District Assemblies’ Common Fund Secretariat failing to release the share of the MPs to enable them monitor and evaluate the projects. However, the second deputy Majority Whip, Moses Anim, responding to the issue said the Minority MPs has no case to boycott the President’s message on the State of the Nation. They can’t tie the non-release of their share of the Common Fund to the President’s message on the State of the Nation and boycott it”.

Source: GhanaWeb February 12, 2020 14:37 UTC