Radio personality and the host of \u201cJohnnie\u2019s Bite,\u201d Johnnie Hughes has questioned the deafening silence of President Nana Akufo-Addo in relation to the recent investigative report by Al Jazeera on the gold mafia in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report which has caused a stir in Ghanaian political and public discourse was the subject of a segment on 3FM\u2019s Sunrise show, \u201cJohnnie\u2019s Bite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Johnnie\u2019s Bite\u2019 has taken a keen interest in the gold mafia documentary released by Al Jazeera with its investigative team on the segment probing further into rising matters concerning Al Jazeera\u2019s report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the show, Hughes questioned the reluctance of President Akufo-Addo to respond to Al Jazeera\u2019s report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was gathered that the Presidency had earlier written to the news firm requesting an apology for including the President\u2019s name in the documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Al Jazeera has refused to retract or apologize for the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response to an email inquiry by the Johnnie\u2019s Bite investigative team, Al Jazeera stated that they have corrected and clarified portions of the letter they wrote in response to the Presidency\u2019s request for an apology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Johnnie\u2019s Bite investigative team received a response from Al Jazeera regarding an email sent to them regarding a letter cited on April 25th, 2023, through President Akufo-Addo\u2019s secretary, Mr. Nana Bediatuo Asante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Presidency had earlier written to Al Jazeera, requesting that the news firm write an apology for including President Akufo-Addo\u2019s name in the gold mafia documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnnie Hughes, who could not understand why the Presidency was feeling reluctant to announce Al Jazeera\u2019s response, said, \u201cOn social media, they are saying that if it had been a Ghanaian media, they would have caved in because one manager would have called the other and withdrawn the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Narrating Al Jazeera\u2019s response, Johnnie said, \u201cObroni says I won\u2019t retract, and I won\u2019t apologize. And in that letter, the presence of a certain tweet by one of the President\u2019s lawyers found presence(spurious) in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAl Jazeera says they have written back to the Presidency to suggest to them that they have actually paid attention to everything. They have corrected and clarified portions of the letter they wrote,\u201d Johnnie announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other media houses tried their possible best to claim that they were the first to probe further from Al Jazeera, but Johnnie has told them what should have been done instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we saw the response yesterday, we put it out there, and other media houses were claiming to have written to Al Jazeera, but the focus shouldn\u2019t be on who wrote first. The focus should be on demanding from the government the real answers before the issue gets flushed down the drain,\u201d he hammered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response to Johnnie\u2019s Bite investigative team, Al Jazeera said they have written and responded to the President, correcting parts of the content and clarifying points raised in the President\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghanaians are itching to hear a response from the Presidency after Al Jazeera refused to offer an apology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The big questions everybody is asking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why is President Akufo-Addo reluctant to respond to Al Jazeera?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where are all the people fighting back for the President before Al Jazeera\u2019s response?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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