{"id":606678,"date":"2019-04-10T08:13:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n2019-04-10\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/978"},"modified":"2019-04-10T08:13:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:13:46","slug":"govt-did-not-sponsor-charles-bissue-to-u-k-town-hall-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/govt-did-not-sponsor-charles-bissue-to-u-k-town-hall-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t did not sponsor Charles Bissue to U.K Town Hall Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/97898537.295.jpg\" alt=\"Charle Bissue Gvt\" title=\"Charle Bissue Gvt\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Charles Bissue<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A Deputy Attorney General has said embattled presidential staffer fingered in galamsey bribery saga by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, was not sponsored by government for the UK Town Hall Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Godfred Yeboah Dame said Charles Bissue was in the UK and at the event on his own accord and not representing government in any capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe programme was open to the public, and even some white persons were in attendance, so if any Ghanaian citizen around wants to attend, so be it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He told Evans Mensah on Joy FM\u2019s Newsnight programme Tuesday that, the steps taken by government to deal with the former presidential staffer who has stepped-aside, is \u201cpublic knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Charles Bissue\u2019s issue indeed is being investigated by two independent institutions of the state i.e. the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bissue, then Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) was indicted in an undercover documentary by Anas for accepting cash gifts to allow an unlicensed mining company to operate.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter last month, he argued his innocence of all the allegations of extortion in the \u2018Galamsey Fraud\u2019 documentary.<\/p>\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 Wednesday, 10 April 2019 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2019-04-10 Charles Bissue A Deputy Attorney General has said embattled presidential staffer fingered in galamsey bribery saga by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, was not sponsored by government for the UK Town Hall Meeting. 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