{"id":443977,"date":"2017-12-05T18:21:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/osafo-maafo-tried-to-do-damage-control-in-akufo-addos-gaffe-emile-short\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T18:21:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:21:28","slug":"osafo-maafo-tried-to-do-damage-control-in-akufo-addos-gaffe-emile-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/osafo-maafo-tried-to-do-damage-control-in-akufo-addos-gaffe-emile-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Osafo Maafo tried to do damage control in Akufo-Addo\u2019s gaffe \u2013 Emile Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  5 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96179611.295.jpg\" alt=\"Emile Short Speaks Lls\" title=\"Emile Short Speaks Lls\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Emile Short, Former Commissioner of CHRAJ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512498088_94_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Chair of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Francis Emile Short suspects that the Senior Minister\u2019s statement that it was not right for President Akufo-Addo to compliment the CEO of the JOSPONG Group if wrongdoing is established against the businessman, may have been designed to minimise the negative response the President\u2019s comments received.<\/p>\n<p>According to Justice Short, the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo was trying to &#8220;undo the damage&#8221; done by the president in making complimentary remarks about Chief Executive of JOSPONG Group, Joseph Siaw Agyapong, whose businesses are under an investigation for alleged inflation of contracts.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo on a tour of one of the subsidiaries of JOSPONG Group, the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant at Adjen Kotoku on November 10, lauded the Group Chairman, Joseph Siaw Agyepong, urging him to deal with the controversies surrounding his business models.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are witnessing here is the modern way of providing service, the collaboration between the State and private sector to deliver public goods. And, in this case, the most important in any city is sanitation,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo speaking Monday at the launch of the National Anti-corruption and Transparency week observed, the president\u2019s endorsement of the JOSPONG Group of Companies cannot be right if the alleged corrupt deeds of Joseph Siaw Agyapong\u2019s company are found to be true.<\/p>\n<p>He said it will be inappropriate for the president to be seen to be endorsing a wrongdoer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s certainly not right. It will give the wrong signals if you are seen to be pampering or endorsing a known wrongdoer. That one is not right,\u201d he said.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCommenting on the Senior Minister\u2019s remark on Joy FM Tuesday, however, Justice Emile Short expressed surprise that \u201cthe president will make complimentary remarks about someone who is under investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t understand why he should make such an error. That in my mind was an error of judgement,\u201d the former CHRAJ Boss told Daniel Dadzie, the sit-in host of the Super Morning Show.<\/p>\n<p>He remained convinced that Mr. Osafo Maafo\u2019s intervention is an attempt to repair the damage the president\u2019s remarks have caused.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI think that\u2019s an error and I\u2019m not surprised that it hasn\u2019t gone down well with anti-corruption campaigners and the minority members in parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Short maintained the damage would be completely erased if President Akufo-Addo himself comes out to clarify the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president himself ought to come back and correct the error\u201d because \u201cthe Senior Minister may not have completely erased the damage\u2026He has done so to some extent but the President must come out and do some kind of damage control,\u201d Justice Short further advised<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: 57 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/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>General News of Tuesday, 5 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-05 Emile Short, Former Commissioner of CHRAJ Former Chair of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Francis Emile Short suspects that the Senior Minister\u2019s statement that it was not right for President Akufo-Addo to compliment the CEO of the JOSPONG Group if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":403598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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