{"id":288356,"date":"2017-01-26T13:45:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T13:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288356"},"modified":"2017-01-26T13:45:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T13:45:20","slug":"lobbying-intensifies-for-deputy-northern-regional-minister-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288356","title":{"rendered":"Lobbying intensifies for Deputy Northern Regional Minister portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lobbying for the portfolio of Northern Regional Deputy Minister has intensified with several names popping up.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the nomination of Salifu Saeed as Northern Regional Minister designate.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;iPfiYwOWlKrICQgvGkofCyB27WbUbZnD&#8221;]The Member of Parliament for Bunkprugu, Hon. Solomon Boa, is among names circulating within the corridors of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the region.<\/p>\n<p>He appears to enjoy the overwhelming endorsement of the Northern Region constituency Chairmen caucus.<\/p>\n<p>The caucus is convinced Hon. Solomon Boa is better placed for the Deputy Regional Minister portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>The caucus Spokesperson, Imoro Issahaku Jamal, told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that the Bunkprugu Legislator\u2019s pairing with Salifu Saeed,will be a perfect combination.<\/p>\n<p>He cited Hon. Solomon\u2019s humility and knowledge of the dynamics of grassroots politics to buttress the caucus&#8217; standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Serving his second term, Hon. Solomon Boa retained the Bunkprugu seat at the 2016 Parliamentary election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lobbying for the portfolio of Northern Regional Deputy Minister has intensified with several names popping up. This follows the nomination of Salifu Saeed as Northern Regional Minister designate. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;iPfiYwOWlKrICQgvGkofCyB27WbUbZnD&#8221;]The Member of Parliament for Bunkprugu, Hon. Solomon Boa, is among names circulating within the corridors of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the region. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[3,3469],"class_list":["post-288356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-ghana-news","tag-northern-region-minister"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}