{"id":1199617,"date":"2022-09-06T16:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/06\/ashanti-region-npp-boycott-nhyira-fm-over-2000-bribery-claims\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T16:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T16:01:22","slug":"ashanti-region-npp-boycott-nhyira-fm-over-2000-bribery-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/06\/ashanti-region-npp-boycott-nhyira-fm-over-2000-bribery-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti Region NPP Boycott Nhyira FM Over $2,000 Bribery Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/037d4a6204af499693f88cf42db54f74\" alt=\"NPP Will Win 24 Seats Come December 7 -Mr. Odarlai Parker\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region has announced a boycott of Kumasi-based Nhyira FM\u2019s political shows dubbed \u201cKro Ye Museum and Kurantimi\u201d hosted by Kojo Jantuah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Over the weekend, Appiah Stadium, a sympathizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in a leaked audio, alleged that an amount of $2,000 dollars and GH\u20b52,000 cedis had been given to Kojo Jantuah as bribe by an unnamed businessman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">The said bribe, he further alleged, was to influence the morning show host, Kojo Jantuah, to project the NDC party\u2019s agenda in the Ashanti Region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">When the said allegations were made, the Multimedia group, owners of Nhyira FM, issued a statement to exonerate their staff and rubbished the claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Mr Appiah Stadium himself has come out to clarify issues, saying that his claims were untrue, adding that they were directed at tarnishing the image of NDC Communication Officer, Abass Nurudeen to the benefit of Asafo Agyei who is contesting the incumbent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">\u201cThe things I said in the audio are part of the dirty work to unseat the incumbent, Abass Nurudeen. Even if it was true that there was some money to bribe him I would have spent it because I don\u2019t know what Nana Jantuah has done to help our quest for power\u201d, he explained on Nhyira FM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Despite Multimedia\u2019s denial and Mr Appiah Stadium\u2019s U-turn, the NPP at press conference dubbed \u2018two thousand dollars, two thousand cedis\u201d to announce their boycott maintain that the allegations were true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Communication Director of the NPP in Ashanti Region, Dennis Kwakwa rubbished, the statement from the Multimedia group exonerating their staff, describing the media House as a clearing agent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: OEntertainment (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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