{"id":393782,"date":"2018-01-22T07:36:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T07:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=393782"},"modified":"2018-01-22T14:05:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T14:05:24","slug":"come-clean-on-bawumias-health-status-minority-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/come-clean-on-bawumias-health-status-minority-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Come clean on Bawumia’s health status – Minority demands"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, is calling for more clarity from the Presidency with respect to the health status of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Floor of Parliament on Sunday, he criticized the government over its communication of what he described as a \u201csensitive matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”eGeVyzAPUN55WH91TNwmD24R5YSGuRtW”]Dr. Bawumia left Ghana for the United Kingdom on Friday night\u00a0on medical leave<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0after the Presidency indicated that he had taken ill earlier in the day and was undergoing medical checks.<\/p>\n Mr. Iddrisu suggested that some of the wording in statements released on the matter were vague.<\/p>\n \u201cMr. Speaker, we are not happy with government communicators at the office of the Presidency. Mr. Speaker, it is a sensitive matter. I could be ill myself, but Mr. Speaker, they should communicate well. I have sighted a letter where they say he is on Medical leave. What medical leave? Words matter,\u201d the Minority leader remarked.<\/p>\n What the gov’t has said so far<\/strong><\/p>\n The first statement<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from the government\u00a0revealing Dr. Bawumia’s condition said: “The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, in the early hours of Friday, 19th January, 2018, reported feeling unwell. He was attended to by his doctors, and is currently undergoing medical tests and observation. Any further information will be duly communicated.”<\/p>\n The second statement, indicating that the Vice President had left Ghana to the United Kingdom on medical leave<\/a><\/strong><\/span> said,\u00a0\u201cThe Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Friday, 19th January, 2018, left Ghana for the United Kingdom for medical leave, on advice of his doctors. He was accompanied by the 2nd Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia.”<\/p>\n