[ 2021-02-16 ]

Closure of radio stations was politically motivated – Sulemana Braimah
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for
West Africa (MFWA) says the National
Communications Authority was discriminatory in its
decision to shut down some radio stations.

Sulemana Braimah who was speaking on Joy FM’s
Top Story Monday, noted that the process leading
to the shutdown of radio stations such as Radio
Gold, Radio XYZ among others was politically
motivated.

“From our investigations since the decision to
shut down a number of radio stations was taken, we
have always said that the action was politically
motivated. Starting from the evidence that was
available,” he said.

His comment comes after the Communications and
Digitalization Minister-Designate, Ursula Owusu
Ekuful during her vetting insisted that the
closure of some radio stations was the NCA was
working within the remit of the law.



According to the Ablekuma West MP, those who fell
short of the law were caught in the web.

But Mr Braimah stressed that the NCA’s own data
indicates that over 100 radio stations in the
country hadn’t renewed their license, yet, they
have been captured as authorize stations.

As such, the ‘politically motivated’ move was
meant to cut off a selected few.

“Nobody will hold a grudge against any
institution if it seeks to enforce our laws.
Indeed, laws are made to ensure that we live in a
society that is orderly and justice prevail.

“But in enforcing the law, if A does something
and it’s punished and B does the same thing, it
is expected that the same punishment is meted out
to it.

“So the issue is actually not the NCA deciding
to apply the law, but the NCA in applying the law
being discriminatory,” he explained.

Source - Joyfm

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