NPP\u2019s bribery allegations are baseless<\/strong><\/p>\nGovernment has described as baseless, ridiculous and shameful the desperate attempts of the New Patriotic Party to accuse it of bribing journalists.<\/p>\n
In a statement from the Ministry of Information signed by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Deputy Minister decried as very unfortunate attempts by the NPP to insult and debase Ghanaian journalists as persons who avail themselves to be bribed.<\/p>\n
Government said it was also despicable for the NPP to state that the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission were next to be bribed by the Government and called for an end to the politics of insults, arrogance and fabrications which have characterized the NPP\u2019s campaign thus far.<\/p>\n
Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said that it has become clear that the whole accusation has turned out to be a poorly orchestrated plot which is fast becoming a nightmare for the NPP. For example, a cursory assessment of the names and account numbers the NPP presented to the Press yesterday reveals that the said account numbers are forged. Not only is there no bank in Ghana with such account numbers which is also why the NPP could not state any bank their concocted account numbers belong to.<\/p>\n
More pathetically, the NPP\u2019s machination gets even more embarrassing and you cannot help but feel some sympathy for the NPP when you find out that two of the journalists in the NPP\u2019s bribe list namely Samuel Akapule of the GNA and Dalulah Nsarebor of the Chronicle both have the same so-called bank account number being 10743-5323\/11. Certainly, this is only possible in Nana Akomea\u2019s Propaganda Bank.<\/p>\n
Government also emphasized that the tape making the rounds and which the NPP has been fixated on cannot be the voice of Baba Jamal. It is striking to note that so far the NPP has been unable to tell Ghanaians when, where including exact venue, time and who attended the fathom meeting on that tape where Baba Jamal is alleged to have been heard attempting to bribe journalists. So far, not a single, journalist has said he\/she attended the fathom meeting. Isn\u2019t it shameful, the levels at which the political discourse has been reduced to? Government asked.<\/p>\n
Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa appealed to the NPP to leave out the NDC if it is being haunted by its own immediate history. Referring to an audit of the Information Ministry conducted by the Auditor General for the period 1 January 2007 t0 31 December 2008 in which the Auditor General revealed in paragraph 49 \u201cAs stated earlier on, one of the former Ministers of the Ministry \u2013 Hon. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng engaged the services of certain individuals and teams to carry out media-related services for Government under the Communication Strategy Implementation Programme. The names of the teams, as gathered from the Ministry\u2019s records, were as follows:<\/p>\n
Media Executives<\/strong><\/p>\nEditors Forum<\/p>\n
Media Monitoring<\/p>\n
Matters Arising<\/p>\n
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Government says the desperate attempt by the opposition New Patriotic Party to accuse it of bribing journalists is not only ridiculous, but baseless and shameful as well. A statement from the Ministry of Information signed by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Deputy Minister said it was also despicable for the NPP to state that the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission were next to be bribed by the Government. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said that it has become clear that the whole accusation has turned out to be a poorly orchestrated plot which is fast becoming a nightmare for the NPP. He revealed that the Public Affairs Committee of Parliament would in a fortnight be considering a 2007-2008 Audit Report of the Information Ministry particularly on the amount of monies it paid to certain individuals and teams to carry out media-related services for Government under the Communication Strategy Implementation Programme, and muses that perhaps the NPP, feeling haunted by it, has now resorted to engaging “in these poorly hatched suicidal machinations” \u201c Government sincerely hopes that it is not because of this embarrassing record of the NPP in diverting state resources under these shameful guises and the fact Parliament\u2019s Public Affairs Committee would in a fortnight be considering this 2007-2008 Audit Report and so the NPP feels so haunted it will want to engage in these poorly hatched suicidal machinations ,\u201d the statement added. Read below the full statement issued by the Information Ministry . MINISTRY OF INFORMATION PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release NPP\u2019s bribery allegations are baseless Government has described as baseless, ridiculous and shameful the desperate attempts of the New Patriotic Party to accuse it of bribing journalists. In a statement from the Ministry of Information signed by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Deputy Minister decried as very unfortunate attempts by the NPP to insult and debase Ghanaian journalists as persons who avail themselves to be bribed. Government said it was also despicable for the NPP to state that the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission were next to be bribed by the Government and called for an end to the politics of insults, arrogance and fabrications which have characterized the NPP\u2019s campaign thus far. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said that it has become clear that the whole accusation has turned out to be a poorly orchestrated plot which is fast becoming a nightmare for the NPP. For example, a cursory assessment of the names and account numbers the NPP presented to the Press yesterday reveals that the said account numbers are forged. Not only is there no bank in Ghana with such account numbers which is also why the NPP could not state any bank their concocted account numbers belong to. More pathetically, the NPP\u2019s machination gets even more embarrassing and you cannot help but feel some sympathy for the NPP when you find out that two of the journalists in the NPP\u2019s bribe list namely Samuel Akapule of the GNA and Dalulah Nsarebor of the Chronicle both have the same so-called bank account number being 10743-5323\/11. Certainly, this is only possible in Nana Akomea\u2019s Propaganda Bank. Government also emphasized that the tape making the rounds and which the NPP has been fixated on cannot be the voice of Baba Jamal. It is striking to note that so far the NPP has been unable to tell Ghanaians when, where including exact venue, time and who attended the fathom meeting on that tape where Baba Jamal is alleged to have been heard attempting to bribe journalists. So far, not a single, journalist has said he\/she attended the fathom meeting. Isn\u2019t it shameful, the levels at which the political discourse has been reduced to? Government asked. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa appealed to the NPP to leave out the NDC if it is being haunted by its own immediate history. Referring to an audit of the Information Ministry conducted by the Auditor General for the period 1 January 2007 t0 31 December 2008 in which the Auditor General revealed in paragraph 49 \u201cAs stated earlier on, one of the former Ministers of the Ministry \u2013 Hon. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng engaged the services of certain individuals and teams to carry out media-related services for Government under the Communication Strategy Implementation Programme. The names of the teams, as gathered from the Ministry\u2019s records, were as follows: Media Executives Editors Forum Media Monitoring Matters Arising PRIM BLOW GRID Rapid Response First Responders <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
Gov't Reacts To NPP's Bribery Allegations: Your Party Did Worse - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/govt-reacts-to-npps-bribery-allegations-your-party-did-worse\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gov't Reacts To NPP's Bribery Allegations: Your Party Did Worse - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Government says the desperate attempt by the opposition New Patriotic Party to accuse it of bribing journalists is not only ridiculous, but baseless and shameful as well. A statement from the Ministry of Information signed by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Deputy Minister said it was also despicable for the NPP to state that the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission were next to be bribed by the Government. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said that it has become clear that the whole accusation has turned out to be a poorly orchestrated plot which is fast becoming a nightmare for the NPP. He revealed that the Public Affairs Committee of Parliament would in a fortnight be considering a 2007-2008 Audit Report of the Information Ministry particularly on the amount of monies it paid to certain individuals and teams to carry out media-related services for Government under the Communication Strategy Implementation Programme, and muses that perhaps the NPP, feeling haunted by it, has now resorted to engaging "in these poorly hatched suicidal machinations" \u201c Government sincerely hopes that it is not because of this embarrassing record of the NPP in diverting state resources under these shameful guises and the fact Parliament\u2019s Public Affairs Committee would in a fortnight be considering this 2007-2008 Audit Report and so the NPP feels so haunted it will want to engage in these poorly hatched suicidal machinations ,\u201d the statement added. Read below the full statement issued by the Information Ministry . MINISTRY OF INFORMATION PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release NPP\u2019s bribery allegations are baseless Government has described as baseless, ridiculous and shameful the desperate attempts of the New Patriotic Party to accuse it of bribing journalists. In a statement from the Ministry of Information signed by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Deputy Minister decried as very unfortunate attempts by the NPP to insult and debase Ghanaian journalists as persons who avail themselves to be bribed. Government said it was also despicable for the NPP to state that the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission were next to be bribed by the Government and called for an end to the politics of insults, arrogance and fabrications which have characterized the NPP\u2019s campaign thus far. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said that it has become clear that the whole accusation has turned out to be a poorly orchestrated plot which is fast becoming a nightmare for the NPP. For example, a cursory assessment of the names and account numbers the NPP presented to the Press yesterday reveals that the said account numbers are forged. Not only is there no bank in Ghana with such account numbers which is also why the NPP could not state any bank their concocted account numbers belong to. More pathetically, the NPP\u2019s machination gets even more embarrassing and you cannot help but feel some sympathy for the NPP when you find out that two of the journalists in the NPP\u2019s bribe list namely Samuel Akapule of the GNA and Dalulah Nsarebor of the Chronicle both have the same so-called bank account number being 10743-5323\/11. Certainly, this is only possible in Nana Akomea\u2019s Propaganda Bank. Government also emphasized that the tape making the rounds and which the NPP has been fixated on cannot be the voice of Baba Jamal. It is striking to note that so far the NPP has been unable to tell Ghanaians when, where including exact venue, time and who attended the fathom meeting on that tape where Baba Jamal is alleged to have been heard attempting to bribe journalists. So far, not a single, journalist has said he\/she attended the fathom meeting. Isn\u2019t it shameful, the levels at which the political discourse has been reduced to? Government asked. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa appealed to the NPP to leave out the NDC if it is being haunted by its own immediate history. Referring to an audit of the Information Ministry conducted by the Auditor General for the period 1 January 2007 t0 31 December 2008 in which the Auditor General revealed in paragraph 49 \u201cAs stated earlier on, one of the former Ministers of the Ministry \u2013 Hon. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng engaged the services of certain individuals and teams to carry out media-related services for Government under the Communication Strategy Implementation Programme. 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A statement from the Ministry of Information signed by Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Deputy Minister said it was also despicable for the NPP to state that the Ghana Police Service and the Electoral Commission were next to be bribed by the Government. Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said that it has become clear that the whole accusation has turned out to be a poorly orchestrated plot which is fast becoming a nightmare for the NPP. He revealed that the Public Affairs Committee of Parliament would in a fortnight be considering a 2007-2008 Audit Report of the Information Ministry particularly on the amount of monies it paid to certain individuals and teams to carry out media-related services for Government under the Communication Strategy Implementation Programme, and muses that perhaps the NPP, feeling haunted by it, has now resorted to engaging \"in these poorly hatched suicidal machinations\" \u201c Government sincerely hopes that it is not because of this embarrassing record of the NPP in diverting state resources under these shameful guises and the fact Parliament\u2019s Public Affairs Committee would in a fortnight be considering this 2007-2008 Audit Report and so the NPP feels so haunted it will want to engage in these poorly hatched suicidal machinations ,\u201d the statement added. Read below the full statement issued by the Information Ministry . 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Stephen Asamoah-Boateng engaged the services of certain individuals and teams to carry out media-related services for Government under the Communication Strategy Implementation Programme. 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