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The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Nelson Akatey, has admitted authoring a letter apologizing to an Adom FM\u2019s intern on behalf of his Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, without her knowledge."},"modified":"2019-07-24T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T08:50:00","slug":"sanitation-ministrys-pro-admits-authoring-apology-letter-without-ministers-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/24\/sanitation-ministrys-pro-admits-authoring-apology-letter-without-ministers-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanitation Ministry’s PRO Admits Authoring Apology Letter Without Minister’s Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Nelson Akatey, has admitted authoring a letter apologizing to an Adom FM\u2019s intern on behalf of his Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, without her knowledge.<\/p>\n

The said apology letter which was purportedly issued on behalf of the Minister followed recent backlash from Ghanaians against her, for questioning the propriety of an intern to interview her, insisting that it was \u201cdisrespectful\u201d to her office.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t respect\u2026please go off,\u201d the Minister is reported to have told Rahinatu Abdul Bach who is a student of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish to apologize to the reporter and the media house for any inconvenience caused and hope we all continue to work more closely together,\u201d the apology letter issued on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, said.<\/p>\n

But Madam Abena Dapaah later speaking on Oman FM regarding the letter, denied apologizing to the intern.<\/p>\n

She asked \u201cwhat is there to apologise for?\u201d<\/p>\n

According to her, \u201cthe purported apology letter making round is fake and I intend filing a complaint with the National Media Commision against Multimedia Group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, after coming under pressure from some media houses that published stories based on the letter, Mr. Akatey apologized, saying he authored the letter looking at the trends of the comments that were emanating from the saga without the Minister\u2019s knowledge.<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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