General News of Thursday, 25 October 2018Source: thefinderonline.comNMC 'fights' gov’t over plan to appoint board, CEO to manage DTTChairman of the NMC, Nana Kwasi Gyan-ApentengThe National Media Commission (NMC) has kicked against moves by government to establish a company under its tutelage and appoint the board members as well as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to manage the platform of the impending Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT). The regulator is of the view that the DTT platform constitutes a media and the power to appoint board members and CEO is vested in the NMC by the 1992 Constitution. He stated that Article 167(c) of the Constitution enjoins the NMC to insulate the state-owned media from governmental control. What they are trying to do will send us back to the era before the 1992 constitution,” he added. This issue of management and appointment of the Board and CEO of the new entity is at the core of the NMC’s anxiety.

Source: GhanaWeb October 25, 2018 01:18 UTC