{"id":5910,"date":"2025-02-25T16:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=5910"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:08:12","slug":"thomas-nyarko-ampem-clarifies-national-service-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/thomas-nyarko-ampem-clarifies-national-service-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Nyarko Ampem Clarifies National Service Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman, has addressed the public to clarify his decision not to participate in the Mandatory National Service assignment \u00b9. Ampem took to social media to express his feelings, stating that he was exempt from the program because he is a trained teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This clarification comes after Ampem was questioned by Minority Leader Afenyo Markin during his vetting. When asked if he had completed his National Service, Ampem confidently replied, &#8220;No!&#8221; Ampem&#8217;s response sparked controversy, prompting him to provide further explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a trained teacher and a seasoned politician, Ampem&#8217;s contributions to his constituency have been notable. He has served as the MP for Asuogyaman for over eight years, with a record that surpasses the efforts of local government initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Nyarko Ampem Clarifies National Service Controversy<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman, has addressed the public to clarify his decision not to participate in the Mandatory National Service assignment \u00b9. Ampem took to social media to express his feelings, stating that he was exempt from the program because he is a trained teacher.<\/p>\n<p>This clarification comes after Ampem was questioned by Minority Leader Afenyo Markin during his vetting. When asked if he had completed his National Service, Ampem confidently replied, &#8220;No!&#8221; Ampem&#8217;s response sparked controversy, prompting him to provide further explanation.<\/p>\n<p>As a trained teacher and a seasoned politician, Ampem&#8217;s contributions to his constituency have been notable. He has served as the MP for Asuogyaman for over eight years, with a record that surpasses the efforts of local government initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5910","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\/5910","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=5910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5915,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions\/5915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}