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Graphic Corporation Should Fire Disgraced Kenu

Feature Article Graphic Corporation Should Fire Disgraced Kenu
OCT 1, 2014 LISTEN

I remember a few years ago when Real Tamale United (RTU) Football Club were in top form, so were their fans supporters, who were very violent and will intimidate, assault and beat many visiting teams and referees to the Kaladan Park in Tamale.

This went on for quite sometime until one day , they took their hooliganism on and assaulted Graphic correspondent Emmanuel Kojo Sam during, one of the league matches at their Tamale park .

The management of the corporation took a decision to protect Kojo Sam and their staff members as well as making it very clear to the management and the RTU club that the company has treated them with kids gloves for far too long and it was time they are treated with adults gloves.

Graphic made a management decision not to cover any of their league matches both at home or away and they were blacklist on the league table. Their name RTU and points never appeared any where in the pages of both the Graphic Sports pages or the Graphic Sports newspaper for a long time, until the management of the team led by Jones Abu Alhassan led a powerful delegation to apologized to the management of Graphic Corporation. During President John Agyekum tenure, the Central Regional Minister, Essumadzie took upon himself to assault Graphic Correspondent Joe Okyere, the company took a strong stand and boycotted all his assignments and eventually he was removed from office and that was the end of his political career.

This is to educated readers that the management of Graphic Corporation will always protect their staff who are on the field from any form of abuse or assault. Equally important is they will not entertain irresponsible behavior from their staff member while on the field. Ato Sam now known as Baby Ansaba during his internship at the company embroiled himself in many controversies including a brush with the Ghana Armed Forces which eventually led him out of the company.

Based on these standards and stands of Graphic management. both at protecting their staff and in the discharge of their duties, I believe they have set the bar high enough for everyone.

Daniel Kenu the Ashanti Regional Editor of Graphic Corporation was attacked by errand boy for Asamoah Gyan Samuel Anim Addo, Baffour Gyan, brother of the captain of the Ghana national team the Black Stars and some macho men. His crime was he professionally gave the Black Stars captain an opportunity to tell the Ghanaian public his side of the rumour making rounds that he has spiritually sacrificed hip hop musician, Theophilus Tagoe popularly known as Castro during escapees at the Ada Resort. Till this day Castro and Janet Bandu are presumed missing.

Disgraced Kenu had gone to the Baba Yara Stadium to pick up his accreditation for AFCON qualifier between Ghana and Uganda when he was attacked first by Baffour Gyan followed by macho men who have become nausance in Ghana to the extend that their pay masters used them for all kinds stupid behaviours.

The civil and the educated population in Ghana, Graphic Corporation, Ghana Journalist Association (GJA), National Media Commission, Ghana Sports Writers Association and the Ashanti Regional chapter of the GJA condemned the attacked and threw their weight behind Kenu to make sure these unprovoked, barbaric act of violence and attack on professionals in the discharge of their duties is stopped.

The only avenue open for these irresponsible and unintelligent group who see themselves as demigods and untouchable to seek redress is violence.

The GJA, SWAG and the Graphic management went further to sound a word of caution that they will resist ant attempt or over turnes to settle the case out of court.

Then came the BOMBSHELL . Daniel Kenu without any discussion with any of these bodies ,associations and organisations including his managing director Ken Ashigbe who had flown in from Accra to support him in court, withdrew the case on health and family reasons. Daniel Kenu is deficit and economical with the truth, and now his credibity is in the balance.

In those days it was known as SOLIDARITY ( SOLI) , then the longest serving finance minister, Dr Kwesi Botchwey introduced a programme to cushion the effect ecomonic reforms of the IMF program, whose acroymin was PAMSCAD. So after assignment journalist received what was known as PAMSCAD for transport back to their offices..

Kenu, I believe has misconducted himself, deceived many bodies and associations who took sides with him to ensure that these educated idiots, faced the law and punished for their crimes to both serve as a warning to those who think because of their money and influence can get away with everything wrong action they took.

Kenu has betrayed the trust his employers reposed in him, he is also very treacherous regarding the manner he went about withdrawing the case, not even informing his managing director and the regional chapter of the GJA who was with him makes him a very wicked not trustworthy in the discharge of his duty as Graphic correspondence.

It is very obvious that some SOLI or PAMSCAD has exchanged hands , but maybe next time he might not be very luck to escape serious injury.

Based on the standards and stands of Graphic Corporation , Kenu needs to be fired, considering his betrayal and the treacherous manner, he has conducted himself.

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