{"id":6117,"date":"2019-11-09T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2019-11-09T11:58:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T11:58:01","slug":"nepotism-ndc-npp-are-guilty-lawyer-maurice-ampaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/nepotism-ndc-npp-are-guilty-lawyer-maurice-ampaw","title":{"rendered":"Nepotism: NDC &amp; NPP are guilty &#8211; Lawyer Maurice Ampaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has described as needless the press conference organized by the National Communications officer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi on &#8220;Family and Friends Government&#8221; in President Akufo-Addo&#8217;s administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To him, all the political parties in the country are &#8220;full of family and friends; both the NPP and the NDC are a group of families and when they win power, they share the positions among themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Okay FM\u2019s\u00a0&#8216;Ade Akye Abia&#8217; Morning Show, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw\u00a0said\u00a0\u201cWhen you go to church, we say that we have joined a Christian family and we are one, and so NDC as a family and NPP as a family, when they win elections, are they not the same people who share the positions among themselves?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that, &#8220;that is why the issue of family and friends government to me, is neither here nor there\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC through its National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi on Tuesday accused the New Patriotic Party [NPP] government led by President Akufo-Addo of nepotism in a press conference \u2013 describing the President as the &#8220;most nepotistic President\u00a0in the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The NDC indicated that at least 51 persons related to\u00a0the President\u00a0have been appointed into government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has described as needless the press conference organized by the National Communications officer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi on &#8220;Family and Friends Government&#8221; in President Akufo-Addo&#8217;s administration. 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