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Help us, my friends, not to write negative stories about personalities that you will not like,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cthe people who have pass-through this association have been great men and women of the past, and that, I urged you to continue working hard for this country to be transformed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKYENHENE OSAGYEFUO Amoatia Ofori Panin has urged journalists to write positive stories about Ghana rather than propagating negative news about personalities. 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