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General News of Saturday, April 27, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-04-27
Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, journalist
Veteran journalist Kweku Baako urged Prime Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo to apologize for his words suggesting that the government, a powerful illegal Chinese miner, had not been sued for commercial interests.
Baako observed the minister's continued silence as public speech begins the third week, tainting his integrity.
He said at the JoyNews Newsfile news badysis show on Saturday that the government "was holding the tightrope" since its remarks made in the UK during the government's open session with Ghanaians abroad have become viral.
The former finance minister said that suing Aisha Huang, who was heavily involved in illegal mining activities and in other crimes, "will not solve your economic problems".
"It's not going to make you happy, nor me happy, it's not important, the most important thing is that she was expelled from Ghana …", did she he declared Sunday, April 14, 2019.
He asked Ghanaians to focus on the economic benefits of Ghana's diplomatic engagement with China, which should result in the provision of $ 2 billion worth of infrastructure.
Critics, individuals and businesses, have lined up to condemn him, as well as the government, while calls for his resignation are simmering on social media.
Baako, editor of the New Crusading Guide last week on Newsfile, condemned Osafo Maafo. But any expectation that the resulting comments and criticisms would die from a quick death in the media was disappointed.
"Why do we come back on these issues?", Said the veteran reporter to a new invitation to comment on the controversy.
He said it was because the prime minister had not taken advantage of the potential for apology and retraction to quell the blitz of condemnation.
Although a prime minister post on Facebook has been trying to clarify, he has done more to avoid criticism than to go away.
Kweku Baako said that if the senior minister in the government keeps his silence and his other regret, "it may be that excuses appear superfluous", if any.
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