{
  "id": 1975533,
  "title": "“If you think I’m a nobody, so be it” – Presidential aide responds after Disability Graduates reject petition handover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/if-you-think-im-a-nobody-so-be-it-presidential-aide-responds-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:59:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/if-you-think-im-a-nobody-so-be-it-presidential-aide-responds-after-disability-graduates-reject-petition-handover/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr Samuel Ayeh, a presidential aide, has responded to the Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities after they declined to present their petition to him. Ayeh, representing the President, told the group that he respected their decision not to hand over the document to him. \"If you think that the President has sent me to receive a petition on his behalf and, in your opinion, I’m a nobody, and because of that you will not give me your petition, well, that’s the position you can have and I respect that,\" Ayeh stated. The presidential aide was responding to the coalition's request for the petition to be delivered to a senior-most government official instead of him. Ayeh, being a senior member of the government at the Office of the President, was present on behalf of the President. He acknowledged the group's statement, saying, \"Just as you have rightly intimated, you are speaking on behalf of your colleagues, who have resolved that they wish the petition was delivered to a senior-most government official.\" Ayeh further informed the group that they could wait until they found an official whom they considered appropriate to receive the petition. \"You can wait till a point in time where you think you’ve met the right person to deliver, you have that opportunity,\" he advised. He also conveyed the President's best wishes to the group, saying, \"Let me convey the President's best wishes to you for the opportunity and for coming.\"",
  "summary": "Presidential aide Dr Samuel Ayeh has responded after the Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities declined to present its petition to him, insisting that it should be received by a higher-ranking government official.",
  "key_points": [
    "Ayeh acknowledges group's statement, stating they can deliver petition to a senior official.",
    "Presidential aide conveys President's best wishes to the group."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}