{"id":62443,"date":"2014-11-05T18:08:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T18:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=62443"},"modified":"2014-11-05T21:42:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:42:05","slug":"parliaments-china-chairs-already-breaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/parliaments-china-chairs-already-breaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament&#8217;s China chairs already breaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a day after Members of Parliament (MPs) returned to the House to use their luxurious new furnishing, the chairs and tables imported from China have started breaking.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the MPs on Tuesday <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/04\/parliaments-china-chairs-upset-mps\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>raised questions about the quality of the furniture from China<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and questioned why leadership of the House did not allow local companies to produce them.<\/p>\n<p>Just a little pressure on the chairs during Wednesday\u2019s sitting, saw some of the wheels under the swivel chairs fall off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Parlaiment-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61927\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Parlaiment-1.jpg\" alt=\"Parlaiment 1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Parlaiment-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Parlaiment-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Parlaiment-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Umaru Sanda Amadu who was in Parliament, MP for Asukawa, Patricia Appiagyei tried to draw the attention of the Speaker by displaying one of the wheels of a broken chair in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the MP for Lower West Akim, Gifty Klenam said: &#8220;It was Shirley Ayorkor Botwe&#8217;s chair. As soon as she sat on it, it broke and I had to help her up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We tried to get the Speaker\u2019s attention but we couldn\u2019t catch his eye so the bottom line was to get the media to report to them,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/P3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62117\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/P3.jpg\" alt=\"P3\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/P3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/P3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mathew Opoku Prempeh, MP for Manhyia South on Accra based radio station Asemp FM also complained that his table had broken.<\/p>\n<p>Local furniture producers have <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/05\/local-furniture-producers-angry-with-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>lashed out at Parliament for importing<\/strong><\/span><\/a> furniture from China to refurbish their chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The leadership of Parliament explained that the importation was made due to the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/05\/furniture-was-imported-from-china-to-save-time-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>limited time it had to put the chamber<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in order for MPs to resume work.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Majority Leader, Alfred Kwame Agbesi argued in an interview with\u00a0<strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0that the quantity\u00a0of furniture needed for the refurbishment could not have been produced on time by local furniture companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a day after Members of Parliament (MPs) returned to the House to use their luxurious new furnishing, the chairs and tables imported from China have started breaking. 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