Vincent Oppong Asamoah, the former Deputy Sports Minister, has revealed that he’s not interested in taking up the Minister of Sports position due to the intense criticism and insults that come with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked by the media if he’d consider the role, given that the president hasn’t selected anyone yet, Asamoah declined, citing the unbearable level of criticism and insults that ministers face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asamoah emphasized that even if the president were to appoint him, he wouldn’t accept the nomination, as the backlash and criticism would leave him “empty-handed” without any financial benefits. This statement highlights the challenges and scrutiny that come with holding public office in Ghana. Asamoah’s decision underscores the need for a more supportive environment for government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Deputy Sports Minister Oppong Asamoah Declines Ministerial Role<\/p>\n
Vincent Oppong Asamoah, the former Deputy Sports Minister, has revealed that he’s not interested in taking up the Minister of Sports position due to the intense criticism and insults that come with it.<\/p>\n
When asked by the media if he’d consider the role, given that the president hasn’t selected anyone yet, Asamoah declined, citing the unbearable level of criticism and insults that ministers face.<\/p>\n
Asamoah emphasized that even if the president were to appoint him, he wouldn’t accept the nomination, as the backlash and criticism would leave him “empty-handed” without any financial benefits. This statement highlights the challenges and scrutiny that come with holding public office in Ghana. Asamoah’s decision underscores the need for a more supportive environment for government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4519,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515\/revisions\/4519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}