National Communication Officer of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has poked the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for attaining an abysmal score under the World Press Freedom Index.
"President Akufo-Addo will go down as the worst-performing President in Ghana’s history," he said in a statement.
The World Press Freedom Day was declared by the United Nations General Assembly and celebrated on May 3rd to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression of the media.
Sunday, May 3, 2020 marked this year's World Press Freedom Day.
Following the celebration of the Press Day, the NDC Communications Officer has copied a statement to Peacefmonline.com disclosing how President Akufo-Addo and his government have performed in observing the freedom of press.
In the statement, the government scored 22.26 which is the worst score ever since 2013.
"This international disgrace has been occasioned by the gruesome murder of investigative Journalist, Ahmed Suale and government’s nonchalant posturing towards investigations into that heinous crime, the high-handed closure of radio stations and the harassment of journalists like Manesseh Azuri Awuni and Edward Adeti, under the watch of President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo who prides himself as a vainglorious paragon of free speech'', the statement highlighted.
Read full statement below:
As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, it’s important that we take stock of our performance under the World Press Freedom Index, compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders.
Note that the higher the score, the poorer one’s performance. See https://rsf.org/en/detailed-methodology
YEAR - SCORE
• 2013 - 17.27
• 2014 - 16.27
• 2015 - 15.50
• 2016 - 17.95
• 2017 - 17.95
• 2018 - 18.41
• 2019 - 20.81
• 2020 - 22.26
It can be gleaned from the above, that Ghana’s poorest score/performance under the World Press Freedom Index, is a score of 22.26, recorded this year, 2020, under the leadership of President William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
This international disgrace has been occasioned by the gruesome murder of investigative Journalist, Ahmed Suale and government’s nonchalant posturing towards investigations into that heinous crime, the high-handed closure of radio stations and the harassment of journalists like Manesseh Azure Awuni and Edward Adeti, under the watch of President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo who prides himself as a vainglorious paragon of free speech.
This is why President Akufo-Addo will go down as the worst-performing President in Ghana’s history relative to the protection of press freedom.
SAMMY GYAMFI Esq.
Source: peacefmonline.com
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THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GHANA WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF NANA ADDO AND DR. BAWUMIS. IT IS NOT YOUR BEEN LOQUACIOUSNESS THAT WILL DECICE THE POLLS..
the government has done so well i do not know what to say except THANK YOU.
ANYTIME I GO ON MY KNEES TO PRAY FOR NANA ADDO AND THE NPP IN TERMS OF DEVELOPEMENT, I COME ACROSS THIS BOY SAMMY GYAMFI.I WISH SAMMY GYAMFI CAN SPEND HIS TIME TO READ ABOUT AUSTRIA AND ITS CHANCELLOR KURZ. THIS MAN IS THE YOUNGEST CHANCELLOR EVER IN AUSTRIAN POLITICAL HISTORY ,JUST 31YEARS OLD .I BELIEVE YOU ARE OLDER THAN HIM -HE IS IN CHARGE OF A POPULATION OF OVER 8,8MILLION SOULS.THE WAY WE CHEERISH AND APPRECIATE HIM IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN GHANA.A LAWYER WITHOUT SE-N-SE,MY FOOT.ghana politics is so cheap that you claim to be a politician
This baby with sharp teeth what is wrong with him? I always said "Politice is a dirty game" if not how can this boy, he is a man but this boy keeps on talk about The Whole President.
I wonder if this guy will ever get clients if he ever tries to go into private practice. He will loose most of his cases with absurd analogies. Press freedom goes with rule of law, you can't break laws in the name of press freedom. President says go and rectify your issues with NCA. You want him to interfere like what you guys did with Maase and co at the court to show that he is tolerant? That will rather be interference. Wise up!!
we know thanks for the reminder
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