{"id":272980,"date":"2011-01-06T13:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=45165"},"modified":"2011-01-06T13:53:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:53:19","slug":"afotey-agbo-demands-apology-from-joy-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/06\/afotey-agbo-demands-apology-from-joy-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Afotey Agbo demands apology from Joy FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Afotey Agbo, Minister of State  at the Presidency, has denied warning of adverse consequences if  President John Evans Atta Mills did not reassign former Tourism  Minister, Mrs Zita Okaikoi.<br \/>\nIn a statement to the press,  the Minister wrote: \u201cMy attention has been drawn to a false story on  JoyFM\u2019s website attributed to me, Joseph Afotey Agbo, Minister of State  at the Presidency, claiming that I have warned of adverse consequences  if the President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, does not reassign  former Minister for Tourism, Zita Okaikoi.<br \/>\n\u201cIn response to a  question during an interview on CitiFM on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, I  indicated that after a number of years as Minister, the former Tourism  Minister has garnered enough experience that if she is left out of  government, it will cost us. In stating my reason, I emphasized that it  will cost us because she has learnt on the job and we will be losing the  experience she now has.<br \/>\n\u201cContrary to the JoyFM website  story, I never cautioned the President, nor the NDC Party against  leaving Mrs. Okaikoi out of office.<br \/>\n\u201cI spoke on CitiFM, and  wonder why JoyFM chose to twist and report falsely the details of my  interview that I \u2018noted that President Mills will be doing his  government and the NDC party a great disservice if he throws out Zita  Okaikoi\u2019\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cI am by this statement demanding a withdrawal and apology from JoyFM\u2019s online division.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Afotey Agbo, Minister of State at the Presidency, has denied warning of adverse consequences if President John Evans Atta Mills did not reassign former Tourism Minister, Mrs Zita Okaikoi. 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