Politics of Sunday, 19 January 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comState-owned media not giving NDC enough publicity - Okudzeto AblakwaSamuel Okudzeto AblakwaThe Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has lamented that the state-owned media has failed to give the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) media publicity under the leadership of President Nana Akufo-Addo . According to the MP, who doubles as a ranking member of Parliament's Foreign Affairs committee, Mr. John Mahama and the NDC government while in power, did not sabotage the NPP using state-owned media companies including GBC, GNA, Graphic Communication, among others but the opposite seems to be happening under the current government. He said this at a press soiree held in Ho on Saturday 18, January, where both present and former appointees of the party were present including party activists. "They (NPP) are always on the front pages of the state-owned media, given prominence (on) the electronic state-owned media, GBC, GNA and we didn't dismiss anybody or criticize anybody or raise hell and that is how it should be but now, President Mahama can even be at Dagbon Yaa Naa outdooring ceremony for more than two hours and the GTV camera will not even pan for a second" he lamented. It would be recalled that, some section of Ghanaians and party activists of the opposition NDC party criticized the country's main broadcaster, GTV for allegedly "blacking out" flagbearer of the party, John Mahama at the Ghana at sixty-two anniversary and the Dagbon chieftaincy ceremony.

Source: GhanaWeb January 19, 2020 12:33 UTC