The Communication Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin has discredited claimed that President Akufo-Addo caused the dismissal of a Journalist known as Gh Mouthpiece from Kingdom FM.
In a post on his facebook page, the Communication Director referred of a news story published by Ghanaweb as “nothing but a fabricated, baseless lie.”
“I have seen a story on Ghanaweb where a radio presenter, referred to as “Gh Mouthpiece”, claims she was dismissed from Kingdom FM on the orders of President Akufo-Addo. For the avoidance of doubt, this is nothing but a fabricated, baseless lie, simple as that.” he said.
According to the news story published by Ghanaweb, Gh Mouthpiece said, “the President could not sleep throughout the night, and had texted him (Jonathan Amofah) at 1:00am. He (President Akufo-Addo) sent him the video I had recorded. My Director told me he was under pressure because of my video”
However, debunking the claims made by the journalist, Eugene Arhin said the president could not be responsible for her dismissal as Akufo-Addo do not have Whatsapp or send text messages to anyone.
“Anyone who knows President Akufo-Addo knows that he is not on Whatsapp, neither does he send text messages to anyone, let alone stoop so low as to demand that a journalist be dismissed from her employment.”
Eugene Arhin added that, the CEO of Kingdom FM has denied the claims made by the journalist as there has been no exchanges between him and the President.
“Indeed, I have spoken to the CEO of Kingdom FM, Jonathan Kwame Amofah, who has stated categorically that he has never received a text message from the President before, has never received any directive from the President to dismiss anyone, and goes on to describe “Gh Mouthpiece” as peddling nothing but falsehoods.
“If this “journalist” wants to trend, she is free to do so, but she should be guided by the ethics of journalism, which are truth, accuracy and objectivity. As the President has always said, he prefers, on any day, the noisy, boisterous, sometimes scurrilous media of today to the monotonous, praise-singing, sycophantic one of yesteryear. He will not be the one to ask for the dismissal of a journalist who criticizes him.” he added.
source: theGhanaianvoice.com