{"id":396276,"date":"2017-06-19T05:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T05:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/19\/jon-benjamin-debunks-rumors-of-having-bad-relationship-with-mahama\/"},"modified":"2017-06-19T05:45:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T05:45:58","slug":"jon-benjamin-debunks-rumors-of-having-bad-relationship-with-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/19\/jon-benjamin-debunks-rumors-of-having-bad-relationship-with-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Benjamin debunks rumors of having bad relationship with Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/8366762712183_5766216939056.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/x8366762712183_5766216939056.jpg.pagespeed.ic.pFaN7LSwrr.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jon Benjamin\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1402974889\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>UK High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin, has denied claims that he had a troublesome working relationship with former president John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>He says he had a pretty good working relationship with the former head of state and his government.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UK High Commissioner who\u2019ll be ending his term in office come this July, even though he came to loggerheads several times with elements of the erstwhile Mahama administration he had a good working relationship with Ghana\u2019s immediate former head of state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a very good relationship with President Mahama\u2026I enjoyed working with President Mahama and the relations with this government is also very good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outgoing head of the British diplomatic mission noted that as it stands, diplomats are expected to work well with whatever government currently in place and that he had enjoyed working with both the John Mahama, and Nana Akufo Addo administrations.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that since Britain and Ghana were both democracies, diplomats across board had to work well with each other\u2019s elected government officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is never a complete agreement on anything but what is important is honesty and a good relationship so you can deal with difficult issues when they come up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Touching on the problem of corruption, he stated that the problem is deeply ingrained in Ghana and is causing major damage to her people. As far he is concerned, he said the issue \u201chas gotten worse in Ghana and that is my honest opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin, has denied claims that he had a troublesome working relationship with former president John Dramani Mahama. 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