General News of Thursday, 27 December 2018Source: Starrfmonline.comJournalists barred from covering Oti referendumThe Oti referendum sample ballot sheetThe Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned moves to prevent media personnel from covering the referendum in the proposed Oti region. Local journalists said the police and locals asked them to vacate polling centers or risk being attacked. GJA-Volta, however, finds the development unfortunate in view of Ghana being an icon of democratic growth and development, following the referendum that ushered in the Fourth Republic. The country is also noted to have undertaken a number of major national elections and survived predictions of threats and violence unscathed. By this statement, the Association urges media practitioners covering the Oti referendum to be highly professional, conscious of their safety but not be intimidated.

Source: GhanaWeb December 27, 2018 15:11 UTC