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The Fourth Estate’s Manasseh Azure Awuni has had his work tagged as “false misrepresentation” for the second time in his career after his latest exposé.
The latest investigation piece by the Fourth Estate titled, ‘The GH¢ 3 Billion Lie’, accused the Ministry of Finance of awarding a $100 million 10 year contract to Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML), to monitor Upstream Petroleum Production and to Audit the value chain of Minerals and Metals Resources.
The investigation raised concerns about SML’s lack of experience in the petroleum industry and also getting paid for no work done.
Responding to the claims, the Ghana Revenue Authority and SML stated that Manasseh deliberately misrepresented the contract details, emphasising that the contract was for five years, not the reported ten years.
They also accused Manasseh of “redacting and manipulating information to create a false narrative”.
They also categorically denied receiving $100 million annually from its contract, labeling such claims as “purely a figment of the author’s imagination and not factual.”
Apologize for Misleading Documentary – NMC to Manasseh
According to the NMC, although the documentary was in the public interest, the author, Manasseh Azure Awuni breached the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) code of ethics.
This was because the government said the contents of the said documentary was “misleading.”
The NMC after sitting on the matter made its ruling public in a statement issued on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 and signed by the Chairperson of the NMC, Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh.
It added that the inclusion of shots from the Ayawaso West Wuogon violence and attack on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator were at variance with the activities of the D-Eye Group as captured at the Castle.
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