Audio Attachment:Listen Perry Okudzeto, Deputy Information Minister |
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is set to meet journalists today to render an account of his stewardship within the past six months.
However, reports rife indicate that Radio Gold, a media house affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was not invited.
Responding to these reports, Perry Okudzeto, Deputy Information Minister said it was not only Radio Gold that was not invited.
According to him, it was not intentional and that they couldn’t have invited all the media houses in the country because of the numbers.
He revealed said there were a total of over 350 radio stations, over 150 newspapers and close to 20 television stations in Ghana, therefore, “it was not a possibility that we will have a representative from every single media house.”
Explaining why Radio Gold was not invited, Mr Okudzeto said it was not done with a motive to discriminate against media houses and their political affiliations.
“There is no discrimination as to particular media houses that have been invited,” he said, and added that the Ministers at the Ministry of information when they took office visited all media houses including Peace FM, Radio Gold and Montie FM to interact and see how they could collaborate because, “they also represent a section of the Ghanaian society.”
He however assured that those media houses that were not invited will get the opportunity to be invited another time.
“Media houses in the country are many and so we found a way of pruning down the number. It was not because of any political affiliation . . . we had to send out invitation to some and not all. It is not only Radio Gold that was not invited; other stations in Accra were also not invited. It is not under his (Akufo-Addo) presidency that we are going to discriminate against a particular media house. Another opportunity will come again and some media houses will be invited, others will not be invited. We cannot invite or call every journalist or media house to come. It is about Ghana and how we move forward as a nation. It is not about whether or not a particularly media house was invited,” he added in an interview on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo'.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo at the encounter is expected to touch on security, illegal mining, the economy, the National Health Insurance (NHIS), infrastructure, education, good governance among others.
According to Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, the President will use the event to solicit for ideas, suggestions and constructive criticisms that would smoothen the rough edges of his vision for Ghana.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Sorry Perry but this is not wisdom. Your explanation is moot ab initio. You courted unnecessary controversy. Even if you wanted to segment invite Radio Gold and Montie. Its for your own good. At least it will give you some semblance of tolerance and balance. What is this?
u can decide to invite radio Gold or not still ''3fo konkonsa'' will find his way out to get the news for us. "underline, any33333333!
The table shall surely turn one day. Proff Mils fought so hard to end this level of intolerance and vindictiveness but it s obvious this gvmnt want continuity To all those spewing trash and ill worth trading good governance to partisan politics, we all dey inside this ***barred word***
Ndc and ***barred word*** and ***barred word***. Why are you worried radio gold is not there? But do you people call yourselves Ghanaians? When has that radio station talked something better for Ghana apart from inviting people to insult their opponents and singing praises for the republic of ndc. Give us a break! And you Time Will Tell an ndc fo*l be careful with your utterances okay! You were on another platform insulting Hassan Ayariga like you were an NPP member and you are here spewing your nons* nse about the NPP. You were running on that platform like a mad dog commenting on every comment and insulting the Northerners and showing great hate and you are with a changed dipicting an ndc for mahama guy.Onyame betua woka
KWESI PRATT WAS THERE SO AM SURE RADIO GOLD PRESENTERS CAN LET HIM ASK THEIR QUESTIONS FOR THEM, AFTERALL THERE IS NO SERIOUS PRESENTER THERE WHO CAN ASK ANY RELEVANT QUESTION
AHHHH IS RADIO GOLD STILL IN EXISTENCE? EVEN MONTIE FM IS MORE ACTIVE THAN RADIO GOLD. IF PEACEFM,JOYFM AND CITIFM WERE THERE I MEAN WE ARE FINE. PLS DONT USE THIS PLATFORM TO MAKE RADIO GOLD POPULAR
It would have done the NPP government a lot of good and present them as tolerant and matured if they had invited Radio Gold among this first batch.
If npp has decided to write exams and marked by their own lecturers so be it, if your mother is dead and you said she is sleeping, she will soon smell. Where is contaminated borromia, now that the cedi is falling? eletricity bill is still higher than rentoo...
At least if you have informed radio stations like peacefm, joyfm, citifm, starrfm and tv stations like tv3, GTV, Metro tv, GhOne Joytv, TV Africa then I think we are fine.. As for Radio Gold the least said about them the better..One sided analysis..Look at the other radio stations they have been very consistent with their critic of all Governments..
NPP & NDC which of these two parties is better for Ghana? None! This is why same arrogance attitude, same repeating mistakes & finally selecting family & friends to government the Country. Nothing wrong with that but if you have the best of best to be Education ministers are sidelined & they end up in developed Countries you don't sing the hymns come home for investing or whatever. Those brainy folks will rather have nothing to share because politicans don't listen. They only humble themselves when they want folks to queue in 100 degrees temperature to elect them or help them feed their ego.4 years is like a day so NPP tame your arrogance & listen to those that gave you job.