The Office of the Vice President has demanded that Multimedia Group retract and remove quotes that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is attributed to making that were part of a story about the 2.1 million jobs that the current administration has created compared to what was allegedly a high rate of unemployment under the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The office also requests an apology from the media outlet for misrepresenting and misquoting the vice president in a response written by Dr. Gideon Boako.
The demand made on Multimedia, according to the statement, is to make sure that people who do not have access to the Vice President's full address are not misled.
The Vice President claimed in an address at Kwahu Mpraeso that the NPP had created about 2.1 million jobs. He was quoted to support the report by Multimedia subsidiaries myjoyonline.com and Joy News.
However, according to the Vice President's Office, he did not say that "jobs are available everywhere these days," and as a result, they are requesting a retraction, a deletion, and an apology.
Read the full statement below:
The attention of the Office of the Vice President has been drawn to a quote in a myjoyonline.com news report titled: “We’ve created 2.1m jobs unlike the NDC who created unemployment – Dr. Bawumia”, which was published on Saturday, April 7, 2023.
The story quoted Dr. Bawumia as saying: “During the NDC administration, there were no jobs, they created unemployment instead of employment, BUT THESE DAYS THERE ARE JOBS EVERYWHERE.”
The Office of the Vice President wishes to state for the record that portions of the quote were fabricated, as nowhere in the Vice President’s address at Mpraeso did he say, “These days there are jobs everywhere,” as was reported by myjoyonline.com and shared by its social media handles.
The Office finds it strange that comments he did not utter, found their way into the story and were attributed to him in a direct quote.
The misrepresentation is still highlighted on some social media platforms of multimedia such as Joy News.
We have been compelled to set the records straight, as many unsuspecting readers may not have the benefit of the full address of the Vice President’s address. We ask that a media house of the stature of Joyfm retract and delete the fabricated quotes and apologize for what can only be described as unprofessional conduct on the part of some of its employees who engaged in this fabrication.