Castle Militia: My friend Manasseh ignored my advice – Oppong-Nkrumah

General News on Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-07-31

Minister of Information, the Hon. Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said that his friend Manbadeh Azuri Awuni was insensitive to his advice before the broadcast of a documentary titled "The militia at the heart of the nation".

He said that, knowing the government's innocence in the documentary broadcast by Joy FM, he had previously persuaded the documentary's chief investigator to abandon him.

"I talked to him on the phone and I said no … Work you'll be interesting [sic]. If you say that you have found a militia operating in a security zone, you must prove it, "he said.

According to the former broadcaster appeared on Newfile at the MyNewsGh.com round table last Saturday, he did everything to give Manbadeh Azuri Awuni a better explanation as a spokesman for the government, but the latter rejected all answers requested by the investigative reporter.

"Manbadeh is my good friend and I understand today [27th July] his birthday. I told him that President Akufo-Addo will never tolerate such illegality and that he must seek out more information, "said Kojo Oppong Nkrumah to host Simpson Lardy Ayenini.

Context

Recall that on March 7 this year, a subsidiary of the multimedia group, JoyNews, aired a 22-minute documentary titled "The Militia at the Heart of the Nation" to "reveal" the government's tolerance for 39, a self-defense group trained and operating since the former seat of government.

The government disapproves of some of the content of the documentary and is appealing to the National Media Commission for redress. Among other things, the CNM stated in its decision that the inclusion of gunshots from the violence in Ayawaso West Wuogon and the Ashanti regional security coordinator's attack was at odds with the activities of the D-Eye group captured at the castle.

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, however, urged the country's media outlets to be inspired by the decision of the National Media Commission to soberly reflect on the role of the media and the need for of responsible journalism in the country.

According to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, journalists must remain ethical in the process and not sensationalize their work.

"We are not interested in going to town and gloating about it. I think that what has happened is for us an opportunity for sober reflection. Indeed, it gives us all the opportunity to reflect and think about the problems. "