{
  "id": 5324463,
  "title": "It was free speech; he spoke as a citizen – Eric Adjei defends CJ’s remarks on SOEs performance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/it-was-free-speech-he-spoke-as-a-citizen-eric-adjei-defends-cjs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T11:08:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/it-was-free-speech-he-spoke-as-a-citizen-eric-adjei-defends-cjs-remarks-on-soes-performance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Eric Adjei, has defended Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie’s comments on the performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), insisting that he spoke as a Ghanaian citizen expressing his honest assessment. His comments come amid criticism of the Chief Justice after he questioned what Ghana had […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "NEIP CEO Eric Adjei donates 1,500 bags of fertiliser to Jaman North farmers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/neip-ceo-eric-adjei-donates-1-500-bags-of-fertiliser-to-jaman-north",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:03:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}