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General News of Monday, 29 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n2019-04-29\n\n

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General News of Monday, 29 April 2019<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n

2019-04-29<\/p>\n

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\"RocksonRockson Ayine Bukari<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Minister of State at the Office of the President, Rockson Bukari has resigned from his position, days after he was caught on a leaked tape attempting to bribe a journalist to \u2018kill\u2019 a story.<\/p>\n

According to a statement from the presidency, Mr Bukari\u2019s tendered in his resignation letter to President Akufo-Addo on Monday 29th April, 2019.<\/p>\n

His decision to resign, according to the statement was \u201cin order not to allow the tape to disrupt the focus on government in delivering on its mandate\u201d.<\/p>\n

Rockson Bukari was caught on tape trying to prevent the Starr FM Upper East region correspondent from publishing a damning story against a Chinese mining company when he was the Upper East regional minister.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bukari tried bribing the journalist with GH\u00a25,000 cash in a brown envelope and a brand new motorbike to stop the story from going public.<\/p>\n

The regional minister was reassigned to the presidency when the story first made waves in 2018, but after it resurfaced about a week ago, Mr Bukari who failed to convince Ghanaians that he was trying to make peace and not bribe the journalist has resigned. <\/p>\n

The communique from the office of the president said Rockson Bukari \u201cresigned as a matter of principle\u201d.<\/p>\n

Find the full statement below<\/b><\/p>\n