“More worrying is the fact all this goes on in the face of guidelines on religious broadcasting in the country. The National Media Commission (NMC) in 2018 launched the Guidelines on Religious Broadcasting in Ghana which sought to define the principles and clarify the rules governing religious broadcasts in the country. “The Guidelines, for being what media practitioners may call ‘self-regulating’, may not have far-reaching effects in terms of commanding respect. “Instilling moral and ethical values in society is a multi-stakeholder responsibility, including the home, the school, the church (faith-based institutions), and the media. “There is, therefore, the need for stakeholders to refocus on our ethical and moral values as a nation and to sanitise the airwaves, accordingly.
