The Presidency has vowed to deal with the editors, publishers and distributors of the Africawatch Magazine for publishing a story against President Nana Akufo-Addo which it (Presidency) believes contains “manufactured lies.”
It would be recalled that the Magazine carried in its June 2019 edition a story headlined: “The Inside Story of the Oslo Scandal: Conspiracy To Steal.”
The story apparently sought to implicate President Akufo-Addo in the Oslo Chancery scandal in which the Minority National Democratic Congress in Parliament had alleged that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration had tried to spend $12 million to buy a building in Norway which in 2017 was priced at $3.5 million.
However, government in 2018 denied that it was seeking to spend such an amount on the chancery as alleged by the Minority Ranking Member for the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
Surprisingly, Africawatch Magazine came out in June 2019, ‘linking’ President Akufo-Addo to the scandal.
But the Presidency in a statement signed by its Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, said “the allegations in the publication are baseless, libelous, and scurrilous, and contain nothing but manufactured lies.”
It said “we are aware of this magazine’s notoriously established agenda of defaming the President through deliberate publication of such false stories about him.”
In 2016, it would be recalled, Africa Watch reported that Mr. Akufo-Addo was suffering from cancer or kidney problems.The report turned out to be false.
Source: Daily Guide
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What is the difference between JJ Rawlings scrapping people's hair to criticizing, him overturning taxis for road traffic offenses what nana addo who claims to have expunged the criminal libel law is doing? This man claims he is the most democratic politician Ghana has ever had, yet he cannot stand any smidgen of criticism. He has been closing radio stations who criticize him, chase journalists out and arresting editors. What sort of dictator is that? In fact he is worse than JJ who was even killing people, because he was not dishonestly doing it, but this one says one thing and does another, that is how dangerous nana addo is. Satan himself, the deceiver general.
IGNORE THEM ? ONCE YOU IGNORE THEM THEIR PARTNERS IN GHANA, THE NDC WILL USE IT AS PROPAGANDA SAYING "IF ITS NOT TRUE WHY DIDNT THE PRESIDENCY CHALLENGE THEM IN COURT ?" THE PRESIDENCY SHOULD LEGALLY PURSUE THEM UNTIL THEIR VERY PANTS ON THEM IS SOLD OFF. WE ALL KNOW THAT JM IS SPONSORING THEM TO BE SPEWING LIES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND EX PRESIDENT RAWLINGS.
IF U IGNORE THEM THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SPEW LIES HATRED AND PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE PREZ, WE ALL KNOW THEY V BEEN PAID BY DESPERATE NDC TO DAMAGE THE REPUTATION ON THE PREZ, THEY MUST BE SUED AFRICA WATCH IS THE INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF POWER FM RADIO GOLD RADIO XYZ ACCRA FM JOY FM PALAVER AND ALL THE PROPAGANDA MOUTH PIECES OF JM
I think the government should simply ignore them. These are the same people who claimed they had Nana Addo's medical records, and that he had cancer, and was not expected to survive up to the time of the 2016 elections. Guess what? Nana Addo is president of Ghana today? Ha Ha!