{"id":28399,"date":"2014-06-30T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T11:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=28399"},"modified":"2014-06-30T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T12:12:32","slug":"ashanti-ndc-to-welcome-yamin-with-a-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/ashanti-ndc-to-welcome-yamin-with-a-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti NDC to welcome Yamin with a party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ashanti Regional Branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is planning to throw party\u00a0to welcome its\u00a0former Secretary, Joseph Yamin back to the region as a Deputy Minister.<\/p>\n<p>President John Mahama on Saturday moved Joseph Yamin from the Sports Ministry to the Ashanti Region as Deputy Regional Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has generated huge outcry from some Ghanaians who firmly believe Mr. Yamin should have been out rightly dismissed from government.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Sports Minister came under attack when he publicly announced that government was airlifting $3million cash to the Black Stars in Brazil to curb player agitations.<\/p>\n<p>Many deemed government\u2019s decision as an embarrassment to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Reports on issue\u00a0in the international media reports\u00a0has increased calls for the dismissal of the Deputy Sports Minister.<\/p>\n<p>However Mr. Yamin took to social media thank President Mahama for his mercy in re-assigning as Deputy Minister for the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Raymond Tandoh in an interview with <strong>Citi News,<\/strong> the region needs Joseph Yamin to improve the party\u2019s fortunes in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that Yamin\u2019s presence in the region will \u201cimprove our systems, our programmes and our organizational structures we have put in place for the 2016 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Tandoh insisted that the welcome party will take place \u201cwhether he [Yamin] likes it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ashanti Regional Branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is planning to throw party\u00a0to welcome its\u00a0former Secretary, Joseph Yamin back to the region as a Deputy Minister. 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