Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister for Information has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo on the 2019 State of the Nations Address (SONA) describing the message as “apt and fit for purpose”.
According to him, the message delivered by the President on the SONA was appropriate and gave the people the state of affairs of the country, which parliament was required to examine.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah made commendation when he moved the motion for the House to start a debate on the State of the Nations Address (SONA) delivered by President Nana Akufo-Addo to Parliament.
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, February 21, 2019, appeared before Parliament to present the 2019 SONA in line with the constitutional obligation to update Ghanaians on the State of Affairs in the country.
The event provides the President the platform to recount salient happenings in different segments of society, stretching from security, industry, services, social sector, such as education, healthcare delivery and sanitation, to agriculture and the economy.
Mr. Nkrumah also commended his colleague MPs for the decorum and comportment they showed during the President’s SONA.
According to him, the peace and security of every nation was key for its development as it was not guaranteed by mere rhetoric, but investments in logistics.
He said 4000 additional personnel had been recruited to the Police while government provided over 200 vehicles and communication gadgets to the forces.
Mr Nkrumah said there was a change in the country because the state of education and security were healthy under the Nana Akufo-Addo led administration and announced that the government had expanded the scope of basic education to include; Senior High School (SHS) programme.
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