US Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Gene Cretz
The United States embassy in Ghana has issued an apology to President John Dramani Mahama and the people of Ghana over what it describes as “errant tweets” posted via its official Twitter account to President Mahama’s official Twitter account.
According to the embassy, “the earlier errant tweet was a private message mistakenly sent out on our account. The views expressed in no way reflect the views of the United States Government or the U.S. Embassy.”
The embassy further stated that steps have been taken “to ensure that all of our employees fully understand their responsibility toward carefully managing our public outreach through social media.”
This was contained in a series of tweets released on the official twitter account of the US Embassy in Ghana (@USEmbassyGhana), on Friday, July 18, 2014.
The tweet from the US Embassy has elicited fierce responses and condemnation from some state officials who felt the Embassy was unduly interfering in the politics of the country and showing disrespect to the President. However, no official statement has been issued by the office of the Presidency.
Meanwhile, Ghanaians continued to express their personal views on the issues on social media.
While some vehemently condemned the US Embassy and urged the government to take ‘diplomatic action’ against the Ambassador, others were of the view that the issue be put to rest.
The US Embassy in Accra, Ghana
Below is the full statement of the apology rendered by the US Embassy:
“The earlier errant tweet was a private message mistakenly sent out on our account. The views expressed in no way reflect the views of the USG or the U.S. Embassy. We have taken steps to ensure that all of our employees fully understand their responsibility toward carefully managing our public outreach through social media.
We have apologized to the Presidency and we offer an apology to the Ghanaian people.”
By: Diplomatic Call News Desk
