Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, is urging the public to disregard a press release purported to be signed and issued by him claiming that Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia would no longer speak to issues on Ghana’s currency and economic issues.
It is a “fake statement”, he says to queries by Graphic Online whether the statement was official and indeed emanated from his office.
“Kindly disregard this false statement. No such decision has been or will be made by the President of the Republic. Any statement from the Presidency can also be found on www.presidency.gov.gh”, he explained on Facebook.
The ‘fake’ statement printed on a presidency letterhead and dated September 12, bears Mr. Arhin’s signature and directs that all queries on currency issues and the economy be forwarded to the offices of the Finance Minister or to the Senior Minister.
“The President has with a heavy heart and with immediate effect appointed Senior Minister Mr. Yaw Osafo Marfo (sic) to chair the meetings of the Economic Management Team.
“The President is hopeful that this measure will bring back investor confidence and shore up the deteriorating state of the economy.”
A number of journalists commenting on the statement had concluded that the fakeness was evident even from a mile away. “The language is horrible and the whole piece, including the obviously superimposed signature, lacked quality to be linked with the presidency”, said one of the journalists.
Meanwhile reactions to Eugene's Facebook post have been mixed, with some claiming it is not fake after all while others link it to the largest opposition, the National Democratic Congress.
Source: Graphic.com
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Stop the news. It never carries votes.
Ghanaian are wiser than this kind of chip propaganda. Is the Senior Minister not part of the Economic Management Team? Does he necessarily have to chair the team before he can contribute to it? An NPP called me and as ***barred word*** as he is also believed this. Ghana paaaaa
Don Biko, the true can be ascertained by using a little bit of common sense. Look at the language in the supposed press statement. A simple glance will show it lack diplomacy in official communication. The back ground of the write up had shadows all over it. The font and page set up completely off compared to other presidency statements. I can go on and on. U can’t just believe everything without first applying a little low level due delegence my friend
We are made to understand that the position as to who heads the economic management team is constitutional, isn't it? So how can we be so vulnerable to believe that the president can issue a statement to remove the Vice president from being the head of the Economic Management Team? The fact that the statement is false/fake stems from the fact that the constitution states the VP heads the Economic Management Team, unless that is not true.