{"id":611505,"date":"2019-04-29T20:25:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 29 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n2019-04-29\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/79850"},"modified":"2019-04-29T20:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T20:25:28","slug":"rockson-bukari-resigns-over-journo-bribery-saga-aufo-addo-wishes-him-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/29\/rockson-bukari-resigns-over-journo-bribery-saga-aufo-addo-wishes-him-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockson Bukari resigns over journo bribery saga; Aufo-Addo wishes him well"},"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>classfmonline.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\/04\/79850503.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rockson Bukari Upper East Regional Minister\" title=\"Rockson Bukari Upper East Regional Minister\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minister of State at the Presidency, Rockson Bukari<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Akufo-Addo has accepted the resignation of Rockson Bukari, a minister of state at the presidency following a bribery allegation levelled against him by a journalist with Starr FM.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bukari was caught on tape attempting to compromise the journalists to drop a bad story concerning a judge and Chinese mining firm Shaanxi in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Director of Communication at the presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin on Monday, 29 April 2019, said the president accepted the former Upper East Regional Minister\u2019s resignation after Mr Rockson Bukari submitted it on Monday because he had \u201ctaken note of the tape circulating in the media\u201d and had, therefore, taken the decision to resign \u201cin order not to allow the tape to disrupt the focus of government in delivering its mandate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bukari stated in his letter that he resigned \u201cas a matter of principle\u201d having \u201cexercised judgment contrary to what I have known you to stand for and require of your servants in running this country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The President, according to statement wished Mr Bukari well in his future endeavours.<\/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: classfmonline.com 2019-04-29 Minister of State at the Presidency, Rockson Bukari President Nana Akufo-Addo has accepted the resignation of Rockson Bukari, a minister of state at the presidency following a bribery allegation levelled against him by a journalist with Starr FM. 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