{"id":7122,"date":"2019-12-13T16:40:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=7122"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:40:12","slug":"president-answers-a-question-and-journalists-are-clapping-who-does-this-yayra-koku-mocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/president-answers-a-question-and-journalists-are-clapping-who-does-this-yayra-koku-mocks","title":{"rendered":"President answers a question and journalists are clapping, who does this? &#8211; Yayra Koku mocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President responded to questions on various sectors of the economy at the Flagstaff House<\/p>\n<p>H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, on Friday, December 13, 2019, had a media encounter with journalists in the country at the Flagstaff House to respond to questions on various sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Various media houses and online portals across the country were invited to address very pressing issues of Ghana as Mr. Akufo-Addo took his time to answer them.<\/p>\n<p>People from far and near watched the encounter as it was broadcasted live on various TV stations in the country and also streamed live on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>An outspoken member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Yayra Koku, who keenly monitored the event has been punching holes into it.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he was shocked to see journalists who took part in the media encounter, clapping their hands for the President on several occasions whenever he answered a question, saying it is never done anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Switching to his facebook page, the NDC communicator quizzed: President answers a question and journalists are clapping. Like seriously? Who does that?.<\/p>\n<p>Yayra Koku has always termed President Akufo-Addo as &#8220;empty&#8221; for failure on his part to fulfil the many promises he made to the good people of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Editor of The Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Peace FM&#8217;s Dan Kwaku Yeboah, Patrick O. 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