{"id":106,"date":"2014-02-21T09:02:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T09:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2014-02-23T09:04:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T09:04:54","slug":"statement-akufo-addo-has-not-bowed-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/02\/statement-akufo-addo-has-not-bowed-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement: Akufo-Addo has not bowed out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id_5309b5abdc8c37d19067554\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780701_10152094509831107_53722890_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107\" alt=\" Nana Akufo-Addo \" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780701_10152094509831107_53722890_n-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780701_10152094509831107_53722890_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780701_10152094509831107_53722890_n.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana Akufo-Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attention of the Office of Nana Akufo-Addo has been drawn to a story published on Ghanaweb today, Friday, 21 February, 2014, and sourced to the Al-Hajj newspaper, with the headline: \u2018Akufo-Addo bows out, Kufuor Agrees\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It reads: \u201cNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is cooling off in his \u2018hide out\u2019 in far-away UK has finally thrown in the towel on his wildly rumored third term bid for the presidency due to old age and health concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We wish to assure the good people of Ghana that the story is entirely false. This alleged news item only exemplifies the unacceptable face of creative journalism which seems to be the specialty of the Al Hajj newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Akufo-Addo has made no such decision. As indicated before his departure to London last September, he will make known his future in Ghanaian politics on his return to Ghana, which will be very shortly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2026\u2026signed\u2026\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Kow Essuman<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Aide to Nana Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attention of the Office of Nana Akufo-Addo has been drawn to a story published on Ghanaweb today, Friday, 21 February, 2014, and sourced to the Al-Hajj newspaper, with the headline: \u2018Akufo-Addo bows out, Kufuor Agrees\u2019. It reads: \u201cNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is cooling off in his \u2018hide out\u2019 in far-away UK has finally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[38],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Statement: Akufo-Addo has not bowed out - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/02\/statement-akufo-addo-has-not-bowed-out\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statement: Akufo-Addo has not bowed out - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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