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World Press Freedom Day Event Theme: “30 Years after the Windhoek Declaration: Information as Public Good” As Delivered Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 10:00am – 12noon Honorable Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Our double Chairman, National Media Commission Chairman Mr. Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh Ghana Journalist Association Vice President Linda Asante Adjei UN Resident Coordinator Charles Abani UNESCO Country Director Diallo Abdouraha...

+ President of the Ghana Independence Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has opined that enacting a broadcasting law is essential for the growth of the media fraternity. According to Andrews Danso-Ahenkorah, these regulations will go a long way to help develop the nation. “We need regulations if we are going to talk about development, we need regulations when we are going to talk about growth, and we need regulations to be able to convince ourselves that this is how we started from and this how ...

  The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, says the efforts to regulate the media is cast in law and falls within international best practices, saying" regulating the media is not unconstitutional". He said the 1992 Constitution architecture anticipated the need to regulate the media landscape, to protect the reputation and rights of the citizens, as well as uphold public morality and order. He noted that after the Constitution granted freedom of expression and i...

  The government has abandoned the current system of collecting TV licence Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said. Instead, the proposed Digital Access Fund would be used to replace TV license fee.  Mr Nkrumah said this when he took his turn to respond to questions from members of the vetting committee of parliament on Thursday, 18 February 2021. The TV License Fees which was established by the Television Licensing Act – 1966 (NLCD 89) was re-introduced in 2015 to ensur...

The government has abandoned the current system of collecting TV licence Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said.

  The government has abandoned the current system of collecting TV licence Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said. Instead, the proposed Digital Access Fund would be used to replace TV license fee.  Mr Nkrumah said this when he took his turn to respond to questions from members of the vetting committee of parliament on Thursday, 18 February 2021. The TV License Fees which was established by the Television Licensing Act – 1966 (NLCD 89) was re-introduced in 2015 to ensur...

Our acts, our arts and the act: an open letter to President Akufo-Addo By Terry Asare Boamah aka Dada Hafco LISTEN JAN 28, 2021 Ghanaian highlife musician Terry Asare Boamah, popularly known as Dada Hafco has penned an open letter to the President Akufo-Addo, detailing some of the problems bedeviling the arts and entertainment industry and how they can be remedied. Read his full article below: OUR ACTS, OUR ARTS AND THE ACT! AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NANA AKUFO-ADDO Your Excellency, Congr...