General News of Saturday, 18 January 2020Source: mynewsgh.comJournalist ‘fights’ Information Minister over GHC10,000Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong NkrumahA journalist with A1 Radio in the Upper East Region, Samuel Maura, has accused the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah of dishonesty and deception for failing to honour a pledge of GHC10,000 he had made to the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association(GJA) even after numerous reminders have been sent to him. According to the journalist, the mnister had made the pledge of GHC10,000 towards the celebration of the maiden edition of the Upper East Region GJA awards but failed to give the money to the organising committee weeks after the awards ceremony was held. “I’ve admired Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah since his days in the Media and to his appointment into government but he is becoming dishonest for my liking. "You’ve always admonished journalists to always be circumspect in their reportage and factual while you are doing the opposite. "Again, I would’ve allowed this to go if you were on a usual campaign ground but deceiving the media is the worst crime an Information Minister can ever commit in which I think you’ve defeated the purpose of your office.

Source: GhanaWeb January 18, 2020 06:06 UTC