Peacefmonline.com can confirm that Mr Rockson Bukari, Minister of State at the Office of the President has tendered in his resignation letter .
Mr. Bukari’s resignation, according to our sources, takes effect Monday, April 29
His decision to step down from office follows an alleged leaked conversation between him and the Upper East Regional correspondent for EIB Network’s Starr FM, Edward Adeti.
President Akufo-Addo Accepts Hon. Rockson Bukari’s Resignation From Office
Meanwhile, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has accepted the resignation from office of Hon. Rockson Bukari.
This was after, Minister of State at the Office of the President submitted his letter of resignation to the President on Monday, 29th April, because he had “taken note of the tape circulating in the media”, and had, therefore, taken the decision to resign “in order not to allow the tape to disrupt the focus of government in delivering on its mandate.”
He further stated, in his letter, that he resigned “as a matter of principle”, having “exercised judgment contrary to what I have known you to stand for and require of your servants in running this country.”
The President accepted his resignation, and wished him well in his future endeavours, Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Presidency, said in a statement.
Kill the story
The embattled former minister was in the news for all the wrong reasons a few days back after the said telephone conversation on an attempt to bribe the reporter to ‘kill’ a story about a judge went viral on social media and main stream media.
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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