Host of AsempaFM�s �Ekosii sen� current affairs programme, Nana Kwabena Bobie Ansah, says the decision by the Communications Team of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to boycott his show has more to do with his disinclination to do the bidding of some NPP activists.
According to him, his unwillingness to fulfill the demands asked of him, led to the boycott of his show by the NPP.
Stopping short of naming those who offered him the �booties�, he stressed however that those who demanded the political favours from him �are individuals close to the hierarchy� of the NPP.
��I have in my possession, tapes that can authentic all the comments I�m making�Those who offered me that booties, they are very close to the (NPP) hierarchy,� he said.
The garrulous host recently had a run-in with the NPP when the opposition party announced that they have boycotted the station�s political discussion programme. According to the New Statesman, �the decision of the party according to sources at the party�s headquarters is borne out of the deliberate policy of the programme, to continually focus its programming agenda on attacking the Presidential Candidate of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the party as a whole.�
�This sustained campaign by �Eko Sie Sen� of attacking Nana Addo has been ongoing for the last couple of years and thus has prompted the party to register its displeasure, firstly through protests to Multimedia group and now the boycott of Asempa FM.
According to the report, though the NPP admits that it is not in a position to determine for any media house how they run their programmes, however, they are at liberty to determine whether or not to continue promoting or participating on a program that they are convinced and, indeed, many well-minded listeners are equally convinced that is designed to unfairly attack the NPP and its leaders, especially our flagbearer.
But the embattled host who rubbished the NPP�s accusation, explained that he does not conjure topics from the air but simply does a follow up of what has already been discussed on other radio platforms in the mornings including Peace FM, Radio Gold, Joy FM and Adom FM. According to him, he was labeled a �devil� by the NPP when he decided to touch on the leaked diplomatic cables from the whistle-blower website, WikiLeaks, for �five days� which he said had already been running consecutively on other stations for �three weeks�.
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