{"id":611094,"date":"2019-04-29T02:11:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 29 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaguardian.com<\/p>\n2019-04-29\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/34853"},"modified":"2019-04-29T02:11:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:11:20","slug":"speak-for-your-integrity-is-at-stake-the-silence-is-worrying-baako-to-osafo-maafo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/29\/speak-for-your-integrity-is-at-stake-the-silence-is-worrying-baako-to-osafo-maafo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak, for your integrity is at stake; the silence is worrying \u2013 Baako to Osafo Maafo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 29 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaguardian.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/34853803.295.jpg\" alt=\"Osafo Maafo Senior\" title=\"Osafo Maafo Senior\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Senior Minister Osafo Maafo&#8217;s silence over his galamsey queen comment will create &#8216;integrity challenges for him&#8217;, according to the Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako.<\/p>\n<p>The senior Minister courted controversy when he said: &#8220;\u2026 Putting that lady [Aisha Huang \u2013 the Chinese galamsey queen] in jail in Ghana is not going to solve your economic problems. It is not going to make you or me happy, that\u2019s not important\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>This was after he was asked why Ghana deported &#8216;Chinese galamsey queen&#8217; Aisha Huang without prosecuting her.<\/p>\n<p>He further indicated: \u201ctoday, the main company that is helping develop the infrastructure system in Ghana is Sinohydro, it is a Chinese company. It is the one that is going to help process our bauxite and provide about $2 billion to us\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many are those who have called for the head of Osafo Maafo. While some are saying he should apologise, others are asking him to resign. His comment has also been described as an affront to the fight against illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>It may be recalled that Kweku Baako while speaking to this for the first time had urged the Senior Minister to retract and apologise.<\/p>\n<p>However, no one has heard from Osafo Maafo days after making those comments.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing these issues further on Saturday&#8217;s Joy Newsfile programme, Kweku Baako said &#8220;Mr Osafo Maafo\u2019s continuous silence is what is worrying me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, &#8220;he would have helped himself if had done some clarification that will involve retraction and apology (because) government is now walking a tight rope, very difficult\u2026If he had spoken\u2026we would have moved on&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The delay is creating more integrity challenges for him; it&#8217;s unfortunate&#8221; he added.<\/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 Monday, 29 April 2019 Source: ghanaguardian.com 2019-04-29 Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister Senior Minister Osafo Maafo&#8217;s silence over his galamsey queen comment will create &#8216;integrity challenges for him&#8217;, according to the Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako. The senior Minister courted controversy when he said: &#8220;\u2026 Putting that lady [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speak, for your integrity is at stake; the silence is worrying \u2013 Baako to Osafo Maafo - 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\/2019\/04\/29\/speak-for-your-integrity-is-at-stake-the-silence-is-worrying-baako-to-osafo-maafo-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Speak, for your integrity is at stake; the silence is worrying \u2013 Baako to Osafo Maafo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Monday, 29 April 2019 Source: ghanaguardian.com 2019-04-29 Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister Senior Minister Osafo Maafo&#8217;s silence over his galamsey queen comment will create &#8216;integrity challenges for him&#8217;, according to the Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako. 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