Manasseh Awuni Azure retracts and apologises to Ibrahim Mahama

Journalist and author, Manaseh Awuni Azure has apologised to Businessman Mr. Ibrahim Mahama.

This follows a request by Mr.Mahama through his lawyer to Manasseh Azure concerning  a misrepresentation in his book

 “The President Ghana Never Got” 

In his statement Manasseh Azuri indicated that  Mr.Mahama has, through his lawyers, brought to his attention a fact that needs correction, and  hereby does so unreservedly.

RETRACTION AND APOLOGY

Businessman Mr. Ibrahim Mahama has, through his lawyers, brought to my attention a fact that needs correction, and I hereby do so unreservedly.

i. In my latest book, “The President Ghana Never Got”, I discussed the banking crisis under the Akufo-Addo administration and how some banks were saved from possible collapse.

ii. In providing a background to the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) and the circumstances under which its new owners acquired it in 2013, I mentioned the controversy that arose when it emerged that one of the big debtors of the erstwhile Merchant Bank was Mr. Mahama.

iii. The fact is that the $28 million debt I referenced was owed by his company, Engineers and Planners Company Limited, the legal entity, and not Mr. Mahama personally.  

iv. Consequently, I retract the said reference to Ibrahim Mahama as the debtor and apologise for any adverse effect that may have been occasioned by said publication.

v. It was a genuine oversight, which I am taking immediate steps to correct in the online version of the book and in subsequent reprints.

Manasseh Azure Awuni

August 26, 2024