The Executive Director of the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation and Former Minister of Gender,Children and Social Protection Mrs. Otiko Afisah Djaba is demanding a retraction and an unqualified apology of a false news publication purported to have been sanctioned by her.
In the said false publication attributed to her, Mrs. Djaba is alleged to have called the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Benard Antwi Bosiako, alias Chairman Wontumi a ‘bushman’ over his comments against the National Democratic Congress(NDC) running mate Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman.
But in a statement sighted by A1 NEWS, Mrs. Djaba urged the public to treat the false publication with the greatest contempt it deserves.
Mrs. Otiko expressed that, though such false and malicious publication has caused embarrassment to her person, she will consider legal redress when necessary.
Below is the Press release
For Immediate Release
To All Media Houses
12th July 2020
My attention has been drawn to your publication captioned “Otiko fires at Wontumi as ‘bushman’ for his anti-women comment”. Let me place on record that I have not published, spoken, or issued any such statement about Mr. Wontumi or the NPP as attributed to me.
I demand an immediate retraction of the publication, and an unqualified apology to me for the embarrassment caused me by this false publication.
I am in the meantime referring the matter to my lawyers for advice.
Thank you.
Signed
Dr. Otiko Afisah Djaba
Executive Director
Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation
Cc: National Media Commission
Source:|A1radioonline.com|101.1MHZ|Frederick Yinbil|Ghana
