{
  "id": 19492367,
  "title": "Akufo-Addo had to take tough COVID-19 lockdown decisions – Kow Essuman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/akufo-addo-had-to-take-tough-covid-19-lockdown-decisions-kow-essuman",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T11:26:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/akufo-addo-had-to-take-tough-covid-19-lockdown-decisions-kow-essuman/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former legal counsel to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Essuman, has defended the former government’s COVID-19 lockdown measures, describing them as a difficult but necessary decision that required leadership. Speaking in an interview with JoyNews’ Gemma Appiah, Mr Essuman acknowledged the hardship the restrictions imposed on ordinary Ghanaians, particularly people in rural communities…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}