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The attention of the office of the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Catherine Ablema Afeku, MP has been drawn to a story carried on the online portal of Adom FM with the above headline which in totality misrepresents statements made by the Minister in an interview granted the said media house earlier.

The Minister in responding to a question from the journalist on the benefits of the funeral of the late UN Chief Kofi Annan to our tourism industry mentioned that the display of our rich culture at the event which is being attended by hundreds of delegations and dignitaries from across the world, ranging from incumbent and past Heads of States and Governments, incumbent and past iconic officials of the UN, Commonwealth, AU, ECOWAS and other diplomatic institutions as well as other global icons, will help export a cherished intangible asset like our culture.

The Minister didn’t in any way attempt to translate the death of our illustrious son, Kofi, as a good omen that has become a blessing to our tourism industry, like how the headline of the story on adomonline.com mischievously portrays.

The outfit of the Minister will entreat the general public to listen to the attached audio on the said story and disregard the mischief carried in the headline of the story which obviously is couched to harm the public appeal of the hardworking Minister.

We will also like to extend our condolences to the family of the late Kofi Annan, his country Ghana and the world at large.