{"id":607807,"date":"2019-04-16T23:52:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T23:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/Kofi-Adda-600x330.jpg\" alt=\"Aviation Ministry moves to priv"},"modified":"2019-04-16T23:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T23:52:19","slug":"aviation-ministry-moves-to-privatise-management-of-kotoka-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/16\/aviation-ministry-moves-to-privatise-management-of-kotoka-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Ministry moves to privatise management of Kotoka International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/Kofi-Adda-600x330.jpg\" alt=\"Aviation Ministry moves to privatise management of Kotoka International Airport\"\/><span class=\"featured-image-caption\"><br \/>\nAviation Minister, Kofi Adda <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"mom-ads-wrap  \">\n<div class=\"mom-ads ads-layout-rotator ads-rotator-id-721\" style=\"width:728px; 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