Gina Blay In trouble

…as Fifi Kwetey’s

Wife Clears the Air

…over

Daily Guide Fabricated Story

…Demands

immediate retraction and apology

By Cletus Abaare

Credible

reports reaching your authoritative The Crystal Clear Lens is that Mrs.

Gina Blay, the Managing Editor of the NPP’s mother news outlet, the Daily Guide

is trembling in fears and panic, following a fabricated character assassinating

story carried out by her husband owned paper against Mrs. Naomi W. Kwetey, the

Wife of Hon Fifi Kwetey, a Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.

The paper alleged that Mrs. Kwetey was

involved in a financial scandal withthe Managing Director of The Trust Bank (TTB)

and other top officials

in its Thursday’s edition.

But the rationale behind the allegations

contained in the story allegedly orchestrated by top NPP gurus to use as

propaganda purposes against the NDC Fire Brand, Hon Fifi Kwetey have hit the

rocks sending Gina Blay down to her kneels and into a web of trouble as she is

yet full of doubts as to the steps the Kweteys would take to redeem their

image.

As alleged by the story that Mrs. Kwetey

was six months ago the head of financeof the bank, a

rejoinder issued by her Lawyers said she has never been the Head of Finance at

the Trust Bank, adding “a simple and sincere piece of good journalism would

have revealed that our client is the Business Manager, Institutional Banking of

the said Bank since 2009”.

“Secondly, there is no such position of

the Head of Treasury at the Trust Bank as alleged or at all. What the bank does

have is the office of Treasurer (a position once encumbered by our client). The

redundancy package under discussion was approved by the previous Board of the

said Bank payable to its Executive members and five other selected heads of department

aged approximately 55 years and above upon crystallization of the Merger. Mrs.

Kwetey is not part of the said Executive members as you alleged or at all. How

could she then have been a beneficiary of the redundancy package? This is

irresponsible journalism,” the rejoinder explicitly states.

It continued that the allegation that Mrs.

Kwetey is alleged to have bagged GH¢1.2 million is neither here nor there but a

total lie adding

“this falsehood is nothing but utter fabrication”.

Further clearing the air on the

allegation well calculated to dent the image of the woman, the lawyers noted

that Mrs. Kwetey has never effected

the payment of the GH¢ 9 million on behalf of her colleagues into foreign

accounts alleged by the paper and calls for evidence to that effect.

“It is our considered opinion that news

organisations such as yours have an obligation to provide accurate, fair and

balanced coverage of the news and strive to avoid sensationalism. It is a

regrettable commentary that you opted for character assassination over

responsible journalism with this very malicious and libelous publication.

Reading the opening paragraph of your

article, it became blindingly obvious to our client (and indeed to all

reasonable persons that would have read the article) that what was at stake was

not simply a question of regular and ordinary journalistic duties but a matter

of giving the dog a bad name and hanging it by well calculated untruths. In

fact, our client strongly believes that the aim of the article is to attempt to

collectively damage her reputation and by extension that of her husband and the

government in which he serves

Given the seriousness of the allegations

against our client and the harm it has caused her so far, we have her

instructions to demand and we do hereby demand the immediate retraction of this

false and misleading article against our client coupled with an unqualified

apology.

In addition our client demands that this

rejoinder shall be published in the same forceful prominence and manner in which

you published the mischievous and misleading reportage”, it said.

Below is the

full unedited Rejoinder

RE: ALARM BLOW! TTB MD,

MTN1STERS WIFE

We act as

solicitors for and on behalf of Mrs. Naomi W. Kwetey. Our client has referred

your news article published in the Thursday, January 5, 2012 edition of your

newspaper, with the aforementioned screaming headline, with instructions to

reply thereto as follows:

1.

Mrs. Kwetey is not and has never been the Head of Finance at The Trust Bank as

alleged or at all. A simple and sincere piece of good journalism would have

revealed that our client is the Business Manager, Institutional Banking of the

said Bank since 2009. Secondly, there is no such position of the Head of

Treasury at the Trust Bank as alleged or at all. What the bank does have is the

office of Treasurer (a position once encumbered by our client).

2.

The redundancy package under discussion was approved by the previous Board of

the said Bank payable to its Executive members and five other selected heads of

department aged approximately 55 years and above upon crystallization of the

Merger. Mrs. Kwetey is not part of the said Executive members as you alleged or

at all. How could she then have been a beneficiary of the redundancy package?

This is irresponsible journalism.

3.

In tow is the allegation that our client “bagged GHz’ 1.2 million” We repeat

paragraph 2 above and adds that this falsehood is nothing but utter

fabrication.

4.

In your article you also stated that Mrs. Kwetey “effected the payment of the

GH¢ 9 million on behalf of her colleagues... mto foreign accounts. “This is

false. Our client will welcome any evidence to that effect.

5.

It is our considered opinion that news organisations such as yours have an

obligation to provide accurate, fair and balanced coverage of the news and

strive to avoid sensationalism. It is a regrettable commentary that you opted

for character assassination over responsible journalism with this very

malicious and libellous publication.

6.

Reading the opening paragraph of your article, it became blindingly obvious to

our client (and indeed to all reasonable persons that would have read the

article) that what wa.’át stake was not simply a question of regular and

ordinary journalistic duties but a matter of giving the dog a bad name and

hanging it by well calculated untruths. In fact, our client strongly believes

that the aim of the article is to attempt to collectively damage her reputation

and by extension that of her husband and the government in which he serves.

7.

Kindly be informed that your article regarding our client is a total falsehood.

This has caused and continues to cause incalculable embarrassment and damage to

her reputation. By this false reportage, you have singularly failed in your

basic duty as a news organisation to be truthful and objective.

8.

In conclusion there is no credibility to this article of yours. Given the

seriousness of the allegations against our client and the harm it has caused

her so far, we have her instructions to demand and we do hereby demand the

immediate retraction of this false and misleading article against our client

coupled with an unqualified apology. In addition our client demands that this

rejoinder shall be published in the same forceful prominence and manner in which

you published the mischievous and misleading reportage.

9.

Kindly be notified that our client reserves the right to take any and every

appropriate step to protect and defend her reputation from irresponsible and

reckless claims.

Yours sincerely,

(L)

OASIS LAW OFFICE & CONSULT.

O4Sis L W OF’” • OX.cLILT

P4 0. i K.i 16316

AThPO • ACrP,

Tcl: 03C2 - 7 1 2 0 7

Cc: Mrs. Naomi W. Kwetey

Source: The Crystal

Clear Lens