{"id":94575,"date":"2015-02-26T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=94575"},"modified":"2015-02-26T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T13:46:08","slug":"ghanaians-react-to-mahamas-state-of-the-nation-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=94575","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians react to Mahama&#8217;s State of the Nation address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday delivered his third State of the Nation address touching on issues affecting various aspects of the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n<p>Find below the reaction of some Ghanaians on the President&#8217;s speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>37 Military Hospital Kumasi. &#10;Next he will promise to build a beach for Kumasi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Efo Dela (@Amegaxi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amegaxi\/status\/570899369618223104\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>All these small villages he is speaking off . Half of Ghanaians don&#39;t even know what a feeder road is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OluFolaJimieModupe (@moadpo21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moadpo21\/status\/570914551824310272\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MrPresident?src=hash\">#MrPresident<\/a> are we going to say some more about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wastemanagement?src=hash\">#wastemanagement<\/a> please? About attitudes? What of waste-to-energy?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nadia Zeine (@NadiaZeine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NadiaZeine\/status\/570918813404950528\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Our president is now a road contractor, has been talking abt roads for the past one hour <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTN2015?src=hash\">#SOTN2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calum Ospina Sanchez (@paulusaduhene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulusaduhene\/status\/570913486173278209\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>haha the opening address of Mahama&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a> sounded like he is resigning<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ameyaw Debrah (@ameyaw112) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ameyaw112\/status\/570890308386484224\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>In short, Mahama thinks he\u2019s doing us a favour. All hail John Dramani Mahama! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kwabena (@Kwabena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kwabena\/status\/570926162626662402\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Only good thing I have heard in this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a> is the paragraph on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReligiousFreedom?src=hash\">#ReligiousFreedom<\/a>. Really.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kwabena (@Kwabena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kwabena\/status\/570925488702660608\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Topic of responsible citizenship comes up, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDMahama\">@JDMahama<\/a>&#39;s tone finally becomes serious. But sorry,we ain&#39;t the same peeps from 1957 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jemila Abdulai (@jabdulai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jabdulai\/status\/438290026632585216\">February 25, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Stop the roads and talk about borla. Borla, borla. I want to hear about lavendar hill and borla! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTN2015?src=hash\">#SOTN2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Akua Akyaa Nkrumah (@AkyaaN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkyaaN\/status\/570913180249133056\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>What about the 200 SHS that were supposed to be built at the end of last year? Or that Big billboard on the N1 was just setewaa? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Efo Dela (@Amegaxi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Amegaxi\/status\/570896779992027136\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>I am hearing things which should have been said more than ten years ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OyooQuartey (@OyooQuartey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OyooQuartey\/status\/570907521797324800\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Apparently Mahama intended to wear a Dashiki but dumsor happened and he couldn&#39;t iron it so batakari <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; paakotipno (@paakoti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paakoti\/status\/570915302957027328\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Obviously Mahama is in direct charge of the energy situation. The number he dey rattle too much <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; paakotipno (@paakoti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paakoti\/status\/570894113748459520\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Optimistic speech. Well-written. Confidently delivered. And on time. Overall, very presidential. Probably the best SON I&#39;ve heard.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ato-Kwamena Dadzie (@atokd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atokd\/status\/570928094149804032\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Mr. President, cynics are not born, they are made! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thelma T (@thelmatawiah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thelmatawiah\/status\/570926810222993408\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>You can&#39;t buy gas to generate electricity and you are going to contruct and tar every road and footpath in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kwasi Adu (@quasiadu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quasiadu\/status\/570913503265071104\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>oh ok he was scolding us.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blackstars?src=hash\">#blackstars<\/a> should be pampered regardless.. got that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTNGhana?src=hash\">#SOTNGhana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Afia Owusu-Nyantakyi (@msNyantakyi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msNyantakyi\/status\/570926408589041664\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Mahama seems best suited to be president where there is a prime minister. He can look pretty and talk smooth and the PM can do the work.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ekuwa (@SorayaSpeaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SorayaSpeaks\/status\/570928650369040387\">February 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Mawuli Tsikata\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday delivered his third State of the Nation address touching on issues affecting various aspects of the Ghanaian economy. Find below the reaction of some Ghanaians on the President&#8217;s speech. 37 Military Hospital Kumasi. &#10;Next he will promise to build a beach for Kumasi #SOTNGhana &mdash; Efo Dela (@Amegaxi) February [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":94580,"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-94575","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\/94575","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=94575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}