{"id":272927,"date":"2011-01-06T12:39:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=45053"},"modified":"2011-01-06T12:39:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T12:39:54","slug":"statement-i-did-not-insult-taxi-drivers-james-agyenim-boateng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/06\/statement-i-did-not-insult-taxi-drivers-james-agyenim-boateng\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement: I Did Not Insult Taxi Drivers &#8211; James Agyenim Boateng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My attention has been drawn to publications claiming that I insulted taxi drivers when I appeared on a radio programme on Joy FM on Wednesday.<br \/>\nFor the records, I did not insult nor make any derogatory remark about taxi drivers. My comments, which were in response to attacks on some top government officials by a member of the opposition, has been misconstrued and deliberately taken out of context.<br \/>\nMy interview with Joy FM is still available at the station and I encourage the radio station to play the full extent of that interaction back for the public to appreciate the context within which I spoke.<br \/>\nSigned:<br \/>\nSource: JAMES AGYENIM-BOATENG DEPUTY MINISTER FOR INFORMATION ACCRA [Thursday January 06, 2011]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My attention has been drawn to publications claiming that I insulted taxi drivers when I appeared on a radio programme on Joy FM on Wednesday. For the records, I did not insult nor make any derogatory remark about taxi drivers. 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