{"id":194369,"date":"2016-02-29T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=194369"},"modified":"2016-02-29T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:35:27","slug":"in-pictures-npps-real-state-of-the-nation-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=194369","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: NPP\u2019s \u2018Real State of the Nation\u2019 address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) led by its Flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday delivered its version of the State of the Nation address, dubbed: &#8216;The Real State of the Nation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-194274 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229034144-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"20160229034144 (5)\" width=\"668\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Nana Addo, the address sought to\u00a0correct an\u00a0erroneous achievement touted by the president during his State of the Nation Address on Thursday, February 25.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194255 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229034144-6.jpg\" alt=\"NPP SOTN freddie blay\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking in Parliament last Thursday, President Mahama boasted about the successes chalked by the NDC administration\u00a0over the past three years, particularly in the education, health, road infrastructure and energy sectors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194250 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229034144-2.jpg\" alt=\"NPP SOTN\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President in presenting what he called an evidence-based address, invited some individuals to the chamber, to show them to the crowd as some of the persons who have benefited\u00a0from his government&#8217;s policies and programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-194353\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229064929.jpg\" alt=\"20160229064929\" width=\"768\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But\u00a0the NPP\u2019s Flagbearer rubbished the said achievements describing them\u00a0as a mere propaganda that does not equate the resources that government has had over the years from oil and other resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194248\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-194248\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229034144-1.jpg\" alt=\"Minority leader, Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minority leader, Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said President Mahama is out of touch with the realities on the ground and has rather resorted to\u00a0painting a glowing picture of\u00a0the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194249 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229034144-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"NPP SOTN\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is obvious the President did not want to tell us the true state of the Ghanaian Economy. This is the good-news-story-telling President. Factual account stories do not interest him. If they did, he would have told us that economic growth for 2015 is projected at 4.1. He could not tell those businesses that are relocating to Cote d\u2019Ivoire that they should continue to engage in Ghana,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194273 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229041721.jpg\" alt=\"20160229041721\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194251 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229034144-3.jpg\" alt=\"NPP SOTN\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-194275 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229041434.jpg\" alt=\"20160229041434\" width=\"630\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194357 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mike-ocquaye-jnr.jpg\" alt=\"mike ocquaye jnr\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194356\" style=\"width: 617px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194356\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CK-Tadem.jpg\" alt=\"C.K. Tadem\" width=\"617\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">C.K. Tadem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194362\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-194362\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/npp-real-state-of-the-nation-address-4.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Mac Manu\" width=\"668\" height=\"445\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Mac Manu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194363 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/npp-real-state-of-the-nation-address-6.jpg\" alt=\"npp real state of the nation address (6)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194368\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194368\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sammy-awuku-at-real-state-of-nation-address.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Awuku\" width=\"612\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sammy Awuku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194366 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/npp-real-state-of-the-nation-address-9.jpg\" alt=\"npp real state of the nation address (9)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194367 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/npp-real-state-of-the-nation-address-10.jpg\" alt=\"npp real state of the nation address (10)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194365 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/npp-real-state-of-the-nation-address-8.jpg\" alt=\"npp real state of the nation address (8)\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194355 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229064932.jpg\" alt=\"20160229064932\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194354 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160229064930.jpg\" alt=\"20160229064930\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-194364 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/npp-real-state-of-the-nation-address-7.jpg\" alt=\"npp real state of the nation address (7)\" width=\"704\" height=\"469\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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