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The Presidency has called on the Africa Watch Magazine to retract its publication which referred to Ghana as a republic of corruption. The Flagstaff House has also demanded that the Editor, Steve Mallory, render an unqualified apology to Ghanaians. Besides describing Ghana as a Republic of corruption, the latest edition of the magazine also said under President John Mahama, corruption has become a viral phenomenon. It said: �While corruption has dogged all of Ghana�s post-independence government�s, President Mahama�s administration seemed to have suffered most in the eyes of the public because of what some described as the �laissez-faire attitude� of the President to the canker. The Magazine, which solicited views from the clergy, parliamentarians among others on corruption in the country, nonetheless stated that corruption in Ghana was as old as the country�s modern political history. Presidential Staffer, Dr Clement Apaak, in an interview with XYZ News said the publication is very misleading and an insult to the nation. He said the presidency took extreme exception to �this attempt to mislead the good people of the global community, to misinform them when, in fact, the facts on the ground show that President John Mahama has adopted the most progressive approach to fight the canker of corruption.�