The media in Ghana have been accused of turning a blind eye to the “mismanagement” of the country’s economy by President Akufo-Addo and his Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Assessing the vibrancy of the media under the NDC administration vis-à-vis the NPP, Mr. Benjamin Kofi Quashie, Chairman of the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress in South Africa, asserted that the media are bias in their reportage in favour of the Akufo-Addo-led government.
According to him, the ills in the current administration far surpass that of the Mahama-led administration but most have remained unreported by the mainstream media.
Speaking in an interview on Class TV, Mr. Quashie noted that Mahama didn’t do even one-third of the negative things happening under the current government which the media, he said, have shied away from.
He therefore admonished journalists to be truthful to themselves and expose the wrongs of the Akufo-Addo-led government.
“Journalists in the country put Mahama on his toe to demand accountability but today they have gone to sleep”, said, claiming that the media is silent because they have been influenced by the government.
Benjamin Quashie noted that building the country is a collective responsibility, hence the need for all including journalists to help grow Ghana collectively irrespective of the party one belongs.
Mr. Quashie who pointed to the unparalleled contributions of the Mahama-led administration to Ghana’s development, accused President Akufo-Addo of using deception to win power.
“Though Akufo-Addo told us in the past that if you want to enrich yourself go to the private sector and not in his government, we have seen that that is the biggest scam,” he stressed.
He added, “He himself has presided over a number of fraud that are hampering our development”.
The NDC guru has also canvassed for support for the Office of the Special Prosecutor to execute its job effectively.
Touching on the coup in Niger, Benjamin Quashie advised the leadership of ECOWAS to adhere to calls by their citizens and security experts to abort any plan to invade that country.
“At any day and any point I will frown on coup d’état,” he said, however, supporting the position of Ghana’s main opposition party, NDC, that ECOWAS should not rush into deploying military to Niger.
He noted that ECOWAS should continue to dialogue with the junta to avoid any war that would lead to unnecessary deaths of civilians who have nothing to do with what is going on.
