Posted by Business in Ghana on January 6, 2011
By Prof. T. P. Manus Ulzen, tulzen@yahoo.com
The Mills administration is at about the half –way mark of its mandate. Yes, mandate is the word. With a margin that sent the Bush – Gore election to the Supreme Court in Florida, Ghana showed the world that we at least understood democratic elections. However, the nuances of democratic governance seem to have escaped us over the last two years. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Politics, Thad Ulzen | Tagged: Good Governance, Mills, NDC, NPP, Press Freedom, Rawlings | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Business in Ghana on July 25, 2010
The news this week was dominated by the arrest and charge of Ato Kwamena Dadzie, Acting News editor of Joy FM. This actually happened last week, but the real issues raged on through the week. All the pro-freedom of speech institutions in the country had a say. The GJA held a press conference to protest, Mr Blay Amihere, Chairman of the National Media Commission, the Center for Democratic Development also waded into the fray and the hue and cry forced Government to issue a very muddled statement to the public to clear its name and its position on the “invitation” to Joy Fm. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Critical Weekly News, Sydney Casely-Hayford | Tagged: Ato Kwamena dadzie, Blay Amihere, DSP Kwesi Ofori, Ghana, National Media Commission, NDC, PNDC, Press Freedom | 2 Comments »
Posted by Business in Ghana on July 20, 2010
Ghana woke up this morning to the news that outspoken Acting News Editor of Joy Fm, Kwame Ato Dadzie has been charged with the criminal offence of publishing false news with intent to cause fear and alarm to the public. Joy Fm carried a story on GREDA executives who they claimed had pulled out of their disagreement with Government over the Korea STX deal. Parliament subsequently withdrew the contract document on the advice of the President for review. However the Police Administration acting on its mandate of protecting the citizens of Ghana invited Ato Kwamena to disclose the persons behind the threat. He refused and a docket has been sent to the Attorney General’s office for “advice”. Speaking on Joy Fm this morning, Prof. Kwame Karikari reminded listeners of previous threats to press freedom, to be guarded jealously after the hard fight of past years. ASP Akwasi Adu of the police PR department was on air with Joy Fm to explain that this is a police initiative and has nothing to do with Government. Government has expressed its displeasure with the news report and last week cautioned about the unsubstantiated news story from Joy FM.
Posted in Politics, Sydney Casely-Hayford | Tagged: Ato Kwamena dadzie, Criminal, Joy Fm, Korea STX, Kwame Karikari, NDC, Police, Press Freedom | Leave a Comment »
