President Akufo-Addo’s Secretary, Nana Asante Bediatuo has strongly denied allegations that he advised the “Canadian Embassy to Reduce Visa Issuance Rate to Ghanaians,” an allegation that recently made rounds on some online portals.
A statement by lawyers for the Executive Secretary to President Akufo-Addo said the story is false and has no substance. It urged the public to ignore it as Nana Asante Bediatuo has not done any such things.
Read the full statement
We act as Solicitors for Nana Bediatuo Asante, the Secretary to the President and write pursuant to his instructions.
Our Client’s attention has been drawn to a false online publication under the headline “Asante Bediatuo Advises Canadian Embassy to Reduce Visa Issuance Rate to Ghanaians” published on amnewsworld.com by Ohene Anochie dated Thursday, 16th May, 2024.
The said publication alleged that our Client; “has secretly advised the Canadian Embassy in Ghana to reduce the rate at which it issues visas to Ghanaian nationals. Bediatuo reportedly made the announcement at a secret meeting with H.E Christopher Thornley claiming Ghana is losing a lot of young vibrant workforce to other countries.”
The same false story has been re-published by Joshua Kwabena Smith on thinknewsonline.com
We are instructed to inform the public that the publication referred to supra is palpably false and same should be disregarded and treated with the contempt it deserves.