By Nana Asante Bediatuo, the Executive Secretary to President Akufo-Addo, has vehemently refuted allegations suggesting that he advised the “Canadian Embassy to reduce visa issuance rates to Ghanaians,” as recently circulated by some online portals.
In a statement released on May 21 by Bediatuo Asante’s legal representatives, they categorically declared the reports as false and urged the general public to disregard them.
Bediatuo Asante’s legal team specifically mentioned amnewsworld.com and thinknewsonline.com as the sources of the allegations and urged the public to treat these publications with contempt.
Below is 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.
