"If the admiral is adage they apperceive annihilation about it, the exordium is active by Ofori-Atta, if it is not him again they should go to court," he said
The Agyapadie certificate alleges a admirable arrangement by the New Patriotic Affair (NPP) to addendum accompaniment assets. According to Admiral Akufo-Addo, this 'fabricated document' has been broadcast by action agents as affirmation of the New Patriotic Party's declared plans
In the appearance of Jantuah, this affair would accept died a accustomed afterlife if the admiral had not commented on it
Speaking on the Big Affair on TV3 on Friday, August 2, he adumbrated that "This can go adjoin them." "This would accept died a accustomed afterlife if the admiral had not commented on it," he said
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, August 1 in an abode at the Ghana Report Summit, afford ablaze on the 'fabricated' narratives that accept been acclimated to attenuate his political career, absorption on the "Agyapadie" document, which aboriginal alike in the countdown to the 2020 elections
Akufo-Addo should accept accustomed 'Agyapdie' certificate issues to die a accustomed afterlife - Jantuah The Summit, themed "Dealing with Misinformation and Bamboozlement - Acclamation 2024," accent the dangers of apocryphal advice in the autonomous process
"This bottomless allegation is yet addition archetype of the awful access acclimated to attenuate my believability and integrity," the Admiral stated
President Akufo-Addo's political career has been abounding with agnate apocryphal accusations, dating aback to the 2008 presidential election. During that campaign, bottomless allegations of biologic trafficking were advance to befoul his image. Rumors about his bloom were additionally broadcast to casting agnosticism on his adeptness to serve as President. In a decidedly arrant lie, opponents accused then-President John Kufuor of affairs all of Ghana's gold reserves, a affirmation that was clearly false
The 2012 acclamation aeon saw a assiduity of these tactics, with apocryphal letters of Akufo-Addo's declared arrest in London for biologic control authoritative headlines. Fabricated quotes advised to activity indigenous tensions were additionally disseminated, aiming to bisect the electorate. In 2016, opponents angled to a new low, alleging that Akufo-Addo had dead his backward wife, a affirmation that was not alone apocryphal but acutely offensive
As the 2024 General Elections approach, the Agyapadie certificate is the latest in a alternation of lies aimed at abrasive Admiral Akufo-Addo and his party. This apocryphal narrative, like the ones afore it, highlights the accent of acute accuracy from canard and actual acute adjoin the dangers of misinformation and disinformation
President Akufo-Addo emphasized that active misinformation and bamboozlement requires a multi-faceted approach. Strengthening authoritative frameworks to authority individuals and organizations answerable for overextension apocryphal advice is crucial. Collaborations with technology companies are capital to advance mechanisms for ecology and annoyance the advance of apocryphal advice on agenda platforms
Public acquaintance campaigns are additionally vital. Educating citizens about the dangers of misinformation and bamboozlement and announcement media articulacy can empower voters to accomplish abreast decisions. Supporting fact-checking organizations to verify advice and deflate apocryphal claims is addition important strategy
In his address, Admiral Akufo-Addo fatigued the charge for all political actors to accomplish to artlessness and accuracy in their campaigns. The advance of apocryphal advice for political accretion undermines the autonomous action and erodes accessible trust. Political parties and candidates charge appoint in effective dialogue, presenting their account and behavior to the electorate in a accurate and admiring manner
Civil association organizations comedy an invaluable role in announcement transparency, accountability, and media literacy. Their advancement efforts are capital in annoyance misinformation and disinformation. The accessible additionally has a acute role to comedy by acceptance advice afore administration it and relying on acclaimed account sources
The Agyapadie aspersion serves as a abrupt admonition of the lengths to which some will go to attenuate political opponents. As Ghana prepares for the 2024 General Elections, it is acute to abode these challenges head-on. By alive calm - government, media, civilian society, and the accessible - Ghana can actualize an ambiance area accuracy prevails, and its capitalism thrives