[ad_1]
General News of Monday, March 25, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-03-25
Parliament
Parliament observed a minute of silence for the victims of the tragic shootings in New Zealand, but no tribute to the Ghanaian tragedy was made that would have killed 62 pbadengers.
Deputies also paid tribute to the victims of a natural disaster in southern Africa during which a cyclone caused more than 750 deaths and displaced people in devastated infrastructure.
This tragedy occurred on March 14, 2019, more than a week ago.
The New Zealand tragedy occurred on March 15, 2019, about ten days ago.
The carnage on the Kintampo-Techiman road in the Northeast region took place last Friday. Another accident that occurred on the same day on the Cape Coast road brought to more than 60 the deaths of both accidents.
On Monday in Parliament, Ben Abdallah Banda, MP for the New Patriotic Party in the Offinso South constituency, read a statement in which he made a statement to the New Zealand government.
The MPP MP said that the killing of Muslims inside the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, "was aimed at killing 50 families and sending about 15 countries whose nationals were victims, crying and lamenting.
"Mr. Speaker, the Ghanaian Parliament is mourning New Zealanders," he said in a four-page statement expressing concern that "world peace seems on the brink of collapse." ".
He decried what he called growing radicalization, terrorism, extremism and xenophobia, traits badociated with the suspect, Brenton Harrison Tarrant.
Okudzeto Ablakwa, NDC North Tongu MP, read a statement on the tragedy in southern Africa that killed at least 259 people in Zimbabwe, 56 in Malawi and at least 417 in Mozambique.
Addressing the House in his three-page statement, the northern Tongu MP described the situation in these countries as a blazing urgency.
"I very humbly suggest, Mr. President, if it suits you, that we, MPs, all make voluntary donations, in cash or in kind, that will be collected and given to our fellow Africans in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. "
He quoted a quote from Mother Theresa: "If you can not feed a hundred, give one," and spoke of Ghana's aid to Japan after the devastating earthquakes of the 1990s, 3 million dollars for Haiti for earthquakes and badistance provided in 2014 to countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus.
Ghanaians are still shocked by the outrageous record on Friday. A mother said she lost her husband and son in the Kintampo-Techiman carnage.
Source link
