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Communications Director for the NDC in the Central Region, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, says he is opposed to the decision by government to boycott all programs run by the Multimedia Group Limited (MGL), which comprises Joy FM, Multi TV, Adom FM, Asempa FM and other sister media houses across the country. To him, boycotting MGL is not the best option for government and will not resolve whatever differences that have cropped up between the two bodies, adding that government at this stage needs every available platform to propagate and market its initiatives and achievements. "To be sincere, i dislike the boycotting of the media by any political party and i want to tell my government that we should rather go and resolve the problem...We are losing time and we won't have the chance to tell the electorate about our good works to retain us in power...we need to resolve this as quickly as possible," Allotey Jacobs said. The Government of Ghana officially announced this week its decision to boycott all programs run by media houses operating on the license of the MGL. A Deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim Boateng, said among other considerations, the media group has not been fair to the ruling NDC. He told Peace FM�s Kwami Sefa Kayi in an interview that in light of the recent incident on Asempa FM which led to a mob of NPP supporters led by Anthony Karbo storming the precincts of the station, and the fact that that incident did not find any space in the news bulletin of Joy FM, the station, by their conduct has shown that they cannot be fair and neutral. As a result, the deputy Information Minister said, government will not be granting interviews on any Multimedia platform.