The Editor of Pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) newspaper, the Informer Andy Kankam has threatened to rip the Council of State apart and expose them for peddling what he described as falsehood.
He insists that there are attempts by the Council of State to compel the Minority side in Ghana’s Parliament to withdraw a petition at the U.S.A Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the infamous $2.25Billion bond issued by Ghana.
“They should not provoke me, because if they do I will expose them. Did they not meet with the some of the minority members yesterday at 11am”, he asked on Adom TV on Monday
He has promised to serialize their response to his article which suggested there were moves by the Council of State to compel the minority withdraw the petition in subsequent publications.
He was reported as saying that “Some members of The Council of State have met with some members of The Minority in Parliament on May 29, 2017 at The Council of State office, State House, Accra. At about 12:20pm, the said ‘special meeting’ was in session discussing some pressing issues”
The Council of State on Monday in a release signed by Peace A. P. Okantey (Mrs) who is Secretary to the Council of State however refuted the claims describing the publication as concocted.
Read their response below;
RE: COUNCIL OF STATE BEGS NDC TO DROP CASE
The attention of the Council of State has been drawn to a false publication on the front page of The Informer newspaper of Monday, May 29 – Tuesday, May 30, 2017, which subsequently became the subject of various media discussions on Monday, May 29, 2017.
The Council of State wishes to state categorically and unequivocally that neither its Chairman Nana Otuo Siriboe II, nor any of its members has been approached by the Minister of Finance or the President of Ghana to negotiate with any group of people on the matter of the $2.25 billion bond transaction.
The Council is indeed scandalized that any media organisation can concoct a story to deceive the citizens of Ghana and to seek to tarnish the hard-won reputations of its members.
For emphasis, as at the time of reading the above-referenced publication, there had been no meeting between the Council of State and any minority group.
The Council wishes to counsel all who want careers in journalism to first educate/train themselves on the ethics and principles of journalism in order to be useful to themselves and to society.
Peace A. P. Okantey (Mrs)
A/G SECRETARY TO THE COUNCIL
Source: mynewsgh.com
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These guys are still living in ***barred word*** paradise, until when will their propaganda stop? They shall keep long in opposition, for it is their befitting position.
Go ahead and reveal whatever you have. Desperados striving hard to be heard. Tweaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Who buys that piece of gabbage they think is a newspaper. Don't waste our time
WHAT HYPOCRACY BY SOME GHANAIANS !!!!!!; this story is TRUE!!!!!! ; the minority met a selection of the council to discuss the $2.5 bond issue because there are implications for the petition to the SEC in the US because the SEC will investigate this bond issue and will expose the skeletons in the cudboard of the finance Ofori-Atta ; the question is why can not the Ken Ofori -Atta make all the documentation availble to Ghanaians ;WHY ALL THIS SECRECY ABOUT THE ISSUE of the bonds issue and why on earth would Ken Offori Atta use Ghana to borrow for over 125 years and pay 7 times the original loan and why was the whole bond issue allocated to FT ; these are simple questions that Ken Ofori-Atta the Finance minister should answer and why on earth did he go out and sign a financial contract with FT with the AG's knowlegde ; NEVER TRUST ANY POLITICIAN BECAUSE THEY ALL THIFFS OUT TO FILL THEIR POCKETS FOR THEIR FAMILIES !!!!
Very Strange threat. Just go ahead and publish the story you have. We are tired of this I have the information, I have the information journalism. Knowing how an avowed critic you are of this government I wonder what on earth would restrain you for a microsecond if you have something concrete to paint the government black. you would gleefully publish it.... so just go ahead
Imagine a big liar saying that he will expose another person's lies. What credibility do you have that you think we will believe you and not the council of state?
Just finding ways to sell your paper without paying attention to the ethics of the profession. You said something, they responded that it is not true, so instead of coming out with your evidence, you merely want to extend the issue by making threats. What do you expect the council to do or say now? You people did all these mischievous things against Nana Addo and the NPP, yet you lost the elections. This should tell you that Ghanaians are more interested in their daily livelihoods than empty allegations hoping to score some points
The minority should come clean on this issue. For all you know, a member or some of them might have given andy kankam that false information. They (minority) are capable of that!
provide the evidence if you have it
This is another Ayariga anase story again from the Informer
Who and who met,they don't have names or what? How many were the minority Members of Parliament? Can't you for once be specific for the sake of truth? Stop issuing Fiats and threatening messages. Just mention their names and then let them sort things out with you.