{"id":72555,"date":"2014-12-08T17:31:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T17:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=72555"},"modified":"2014-12-08T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T17:54:08","slug":"government-agencies-banned-buying-hampers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=72555","title":{"rendered":"Government agencies banned from buying hampers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government has reinforced a ban on the procurement of Christmas gifts and presents with state funds.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Minister for Communications, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, said the 2013 directive banning all MDAs from buying Christmas gifts using resources\u00a0from the consolidated fund \u201cis still in force and all concerned are expected to comply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hamper2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72540\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hamper2.jpg\" alt=\"Hamper2\" width=\"954\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hamper2.jpg 954w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hamper2-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Mahama in 2013 directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to desist from using public resources for Christmas and New Year gifts such as hampers during the Christmas festivities.<\/p>\n<p>The decision which initially affected only Ministries was extended to include the Departments and Agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Government asked Ministers of State to ensure strict compliance with the directive at all levels of government, adding that \u201cHeads of MDAs which flout the directive would be surcharged with the cost of same to serve as a deterrent to others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has reinforced a ban on the procurement of Christmas gifts and presents with state funds. A statement signed by the Minister for Communications, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, said the 2013 directive banning all MDAs from buying Christmas gifts using resources\u00a0from the consolidated fund \u201cis still in force and all concerned are expected to comply.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":28559,"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":[],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-72555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72555","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=72555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}