Edward Adeti fires back, says Bognaab will perform better at company’s gate as a security officer than a PRO
Edward Adeti of Media Without Borders has written a response to Earl International hours after Ebenezer Bognaab the company’s Public Relations Officers (PRO) releases a response following Adeti’s publication about him and the company on September 22, 2023. Apexnewsgh.com reports Adeti captured in his recent response that Ebenezer Bognaab is not visible in the media. “He is only visible in courts. It appears he is only being paid to represent the company in courts. I am not suggesting to you (the company) to sack Bognaab. But I think he will perform better at your gate as a security officer. Maybe head of security. Or a security coordinator. Because he has the stamina it takes to man the front for you. And I can see that he is passionate about attacking people (as demonstrated in his response) and barking orders” He was responding to an earlier response issued by the PRO with the title “RESPONSE TO EDWARD ADETI’s FALSE AND VINDICTIVE DRAMATIC REPORT” Below is Adeti’s full response SHAANXI RATHER NEEDS EBENEZER BOGNAAB AT THE GATE AS A SECURITY OFFICER Dear Shaanxi, I trust this message finds you well. I was about to go to bed on Friday, 22 September 2023, when a friend gave me a call and asked me to check a message he had sent to me on WhatsApp. Before he ended the call, he laughed derisively. And when I checked, a piece of garbage said to have been scribbled by an overfed juvenile who took over from Maxwell Wooma as your public relations officer, perhaps for want of a suitably qualified successor, was what I found. After sparing some time to glance at the content, I concluded it was not worth a second look. It was then I realised why my friend ended his call with a laugh. When I was just about to fall asleep, another friend called. The call was on the same subject. And he laughed, too. But unlike the first caller, he suggested I respond because my response may serve you good as a company. I wrote a story about you (Shaanxi) and your “public relations officer” just today. The laughable stuff was what he wrote in response. So, this is my response to that response. It is a piece of advice, or an opinion. And I hope it serves you some good. Of course, I am not oblivious to the fact that my right to offer you any humble advice ends at your right to reject it. At present, you do not have someone you can call a public relations officer. You may think you do have. But what you have, as we speak, is a public relay-race officer. An officer who runs away with a baton of contempt to dodge when the press want answers from him on serious developments that happen in the company. That is what you currently have in Ebenezer Bognaab as your public relations officer. Your company has been recording tragedies with casualties this year. When a call is placed by the press to the person you pay to speak to these developments on your behalf, he refuses to answer. And when messages are sent to him on WhatsApp, he reads them (as evidence shows on my phone for example) but he declines to reply. He is not a quarter as smart as Wooma, his predecessor. When Wooma was in charge as public relations officer, he understandably preferred to see the press turn a blind eye to any accidents recorded in Shaanxi’s yard, but I do not remember even one occasion where Wooma ignored a call or a message from any journalist regarding any accident that was linked to the company. It was rare. Even in the wake of the worst ever mining disaster in 2019, where sixteen people died from an explosion for which Shaanxi was held responsible by the government of Ghana, an overwhelmed Wooma kept talking to media houses nationwide, day and night on that issue until another issue took over. And he kept talking until he ceased to be a Shaanxi mouthpiece. No matter how horrible the issue was and regardless of any personal differences he may have with a media practitioner, Wooma would speak to that issue and to anybody in an astute manner even his critics acknowledged he was cut out for the job. Although I cannot vouch for Wooma as innocent or perfect, he was knowledgeable, eloquent, clever and generally available to the media. It is public knowledge that the same good qualities cannot be seen in Bognaab. Look for the antonyms of the qualities Wooma possesses and match those antonyms against Bognaab; they will fit him. He is not knowledgeable. He is not eloquent. He is not clever. He is not available. He is just the opposite. I guess Bognaab runs away from critical questions because he is not competent and he thinks it is a smart way to do a public relations job. And he thinks the only way to conceal his incompetence is to attack anyone who is holding the company’s feet to the fire of accountability. He is not visible in the media. He is only visible in courts. It appears he is only being paid to represent the company in courts. I am not suggesting to you (the company) to sack Bognaab. But I think he will perform better at your gate as a security officer. Maybe head of security. Or a security coordinator. Because he has the stamina it takes to man the front for you. And I can see that he is passionate about attacking people (as demonstrated in his response) and barking orders. A public relations officer who runs away from accountability questions from the media is simply telling the public that the organisation he works for does not care about humanity. That public relations officer is only telling the public that the company he works for cares only about itself. To conclude, I will ask your “public relations officer” some
Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited PRO describes Edward Adeti’s report as ‘false and vindictive’
Ebenezer Bognaab, the Public Relations Officer of Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited, a large mining company in Gbane community of the Talensi district in the Upper East region, has issued a response to a publication by Edward Adeti from Media without Borders. Apexnewsgh report The story published by Media Without Borders on September 22, 2023, after a court ruling on a case between Yenyeya Mining Group, Earl International and Wei Xing titled “Drama unfolds in series as Shaanxi suffers double blow at High Court” was described as a ‘false and vindictive dramatic report’ In his response, Mr. Bognaab further claimed that, in the said publication, Mr. Adeti made several claims which are preposterous and not factual. Read Mr. Bognaab full response below: RESPONSE TO EDWARD ADETI’s FALSE AND VINDICTIVE DRAMATIC REPORT I have taken notice of a malicious news report on some developments at the Bolgatanga High Court by one Edward Adeti on his personal blog called Media Without Borders. This tabloid and its owner have over the period been busily engaged in churning out reports that are aimed only at damaging my reputation and the company I work for, Earl International Group Gold Ghana Ltd. It is obvious from the chronology of reportage and the posturing of Edward Adeti that his website survives on only unfortunate happenings within Talensi and a mining company which has employed over 1000 people. Though I still consider him as a distraction and would ordinarily not respond to his treacherous, mischievous and misguided journalism, I find it important on this instance to correct the inaccuracies and wicked mischief contained in his latest news report titled ‘Drama unfolds in series as Shaanxi suffers double blow at High Court’. In the said publication, he makes several claims which are preposterous and not factual. They include but not limited to: 1.That one Benjamin Ndanbon was forcefully carried or thrown out of the yard of Earl International Group Ghana Gold Ltd by ‘Strong men’ on my instructions as Public Relations Officer of the company. 2.That a High Court bailiff went through some torture before successfully serving writ of summons on the company through me. 3.That the High Court bailiff visited our company premises twice to serve writ of summons. 4.That I refused to see the bailiff on his second visit to the company premises while I sat in an air-conditioned office. 5.That I deliberately refused to accept writ of summons and acted evasively. I wish to state clearly that: 1.Benjamin Ndanbon was NEVER forcefully or physically thrown out of our company premises, neither did I ever issue such instructions. Mr Ndanbon was only denied access to the company premises based on instructions from top management as a precautionary measure following a fall-out between the company and a partner the young man was representing. On the said date of the visit by Benjamin Ndanbon, my attention was drawn to his challenge in entering the premises. As PRO of the company, I made quick inquiries and then reverted to him via phone (because I was far away) to explain the reasons he was being denied access. It is therefore absurd for a journalist worth his salt to cook and dramatize an incident from the comfort of his office as if he was there in person. 2.The High Court Bailiff arrived in Gban on a single occasion and called me on phone to meet me. Unfortunately, I was in Accra on the said day. We cordially agreed to meet when I return. This same High Court Bailiff is shocked at Adeti’s narration. Subsequently, a Circuit Court bailiff came over on a completely different matter. He was received in my office in the company of colleague officers and left after a brief interaction. The desire by the reporter to run with hearsay has manifested in how he presented this mix-up in his report. 3.It is completely outrageous to suggest that I have been evasive in receiving writ of summons. As an employee of the company, I act on instructions on matters of the company. I had explained to the bailiffs on each encounter that writs and summons on the company should henceforth be served on our Lawyers or Directors of the company in an address that has been provided to the courts. 4.The Wednesday September 20 High Court Ruling which formed the basis for the publication equally dismissed an application by Mr Charles Ndanbon for injunction on the operations of Earl International. Strangely, that portion of the court ruling did not find space in the publication. Amazing!! Kindly disregard the spurious claims and reports. I wish to state emphatically that Edward Adeti’s hatred and aversion for Earl International is too glaring to avoid being noticed. Yet, he hides behind the veil of journalism to visit harm and treachery on people and entities he dislikes. That certainly cannot be fair journalism. Issued by: EBENEZER BOGNAAB Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com