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The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Joseph Yamin has described the �True State of the Nation�s Address� delivered by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as laughable. He indicated that the state of the Nation�s Address is not a prerogative of anybody but the president of the country; in this case President John Dramani Mahama. The Minority Caucus in Parliament, led by Hon Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, on Wednesday presented what they consider to be the �True State of the Nation Address� at a news conference in Parliament. According to the NPP, �The Mills-Mahama administration inherited a total public debt of US$8 billion (paragraph 94 of 2009 budget statement), the equivalent of GH�9.5 billion at the beginning of 2009. Within just 4 years, this debt escalated to GH�33.5 billion. This means every year, from 2009 to 2012, the NDC-led government adds GHC6billion to our public debt, 55% of which is borrowed locally�. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM, Joseph Yamin said it is not just giving the state of the nation�s address but also providing solutions for it; �adding it is only the President who can provide solutions to the problems facing the country. �It is laughable�if all the political parties in the country are to give the state of the nation�s address, there will be chaos. It is a democratic right for everyone to express his mind but everybody cannot just get up and give the State of the Nation�s address. What do they want to achieve with what they came out to say?� he questioned. Yamin added that �even if the country has a lot of debts to pay, the NDC led administration have been able to achieve a lot of things; which is an indication that the money borrowed was used for something substantial. �It is laughable; are the NPP in a position to solve the problems the country is facing? The answer is No. It is only the President who can do that�� he added.