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Deputy Minister of Tourism James Agyenim Boateng has been caught in yet another bout of insults during a radio discussion on the controversy surrounding the alleged mansion being built for the President by Regimanuel Gray Estates at Spintex. Mr Agyenim Boateng had an encounter with Nana Akomea on Joy FM's News File, where the two traded insults on the alleged Baba Jamal bribery tape. This time round, it happened on Asempa FM when a member of Nana Akufo-Addo's Campaign Team, Abu Jinapor said the President's alleged mansion must be investigated because he is paid with the tax payers' money. But James Agyenim-Boateng interrupted Abu Jinapor and said, 'no Abu, I think you need some education on this, the President does not keep the national purse.� His statements infuriated Mr. Jinapor and he replied saying �James, James, this kind of disrespect you show to your co-panelists is not good. You did it to Nana Akomea and you want to do it to me; shut up and let me make my submission because I don't find you an intelligent person to educate me anyway.� Even though he tried to stop Mr. Agyenim in his tracks, James reiterated his stand that Mr Jinapor had to correct his statement that the President holds the national purse. This notwithstanding, Mr. Jinapor went on to say that, �in fact when you become deputy ministers you become too arrogant. You should emulate your so called humble President � if you say your president is humble then you should learn from him.� Earlier in the programme, James had asked the critics of the President not to party over the Daily Searchlight newspaper's allegations that the President had built a mansion at Regimanuel Gray Estates because the evidence deflates that allegation. But Abu Jinapor insisted that the conflicting stories that have been put out by Koku Anyidoho, and the letters that had come out since the news broke pointed to only one thing: �Koku Anyidoho has goofed big time- he got it wrong and must resign.� He said the whole matter itself needed to be investigated properly because there were too many disparities in the communication put out so far.