A statement issued by the Ministry of Information in Accra and signed by Mr John Tia Akologu, Minister of Information, said government had directed the security agencies to investigate the claim because death threats were not to be handled lightly.

"Government has taken note of a Joy FM report that claimed that its sources have confirmed to it that the Ghana Real Estate Developer's Association (GREDA) withdrew its petition against the STX Housing Project from Parliament because of death threats received by executives of the Association," the statement said.

It said "Government is deeply offended by the Joy FM publication and demands that the management of the station substantiates its claims immediately or retracts the allegations and apologises to the President, Government and people of Ghana accordingly.

It said "Government finds it curious that the radio station presented no shred of evidence to support its false claim. GREDA Executive Secretary Sammy Amegayibor, speaking ironically on a Joy FM sister station, Asempa FM on the same day (July 6, 2010) denied the claim of death threats, explaining that they came to their decision after further interactions with the Parliamentary Select Committees on Finance and Housing". The statement noted that despite these denials, management of the radio station went ahead to rebroadcast severally the false claim and published it on its news website.