The President Nana Akufo Addo has demanded an apology and retraction from Al Jazeera over ‘inaccurate and unfair’ reportage on the Government of Ghana and the President over its Gold Mafia documentary.

This was contained in a statement signed by Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante on Thursday.

According to the President the aired documentary on Gold Mafia documentary contained unsubstantiated allegations against the Government of Ghana with claims that he acted as a Lawyer for one Alistair Mathias and implied that he personally benefitted unlawfully from an alleged 100million dollar state infrastructure contract purportedly awarded to Mr. Alistair Mathias.

”The documentary in question made baseless claims that the President acted as a lawyer for one Mr. Alistair Mathias and implied that the President personally benefitted unlawfully from an alleged $100m state infrastructure contract purportedly awarded to Mr. Mathias. In his letter dated 11th April, 2023, responding to Al Jazeera’s letter of 2nd April, 2023, which was received on April, 2023, containing these vague and defamatory allegations, the Legal Counsel to the President, Mr. Kow Abaka Essuman, acting on the instructions of the President, informed Al Jazeera that the President had not been in private practice since the year 2000 and that the President had no recollection of acting as a lawyer, either personally or through his law firm, Messrs. Akufo-Addo, Prempeh and Co, for a Mr. Alistair Mathias or his company, Guldrest Resources” a statement from the Presidency reads.

Full Statement here: