Government To Form Committee To Monitor Unethical Broadcast Content - Oppong

The Ministry of Information has announced that a joint stakeholder group will be set up to address the issue of unethical broadcast content in Ghana. On the Friday, this month Ministry of Information held a Stakeholders’ Consultative Meeting on emerging issues relevant to broadcasting in Ghana. Minister for Information, Kojo

Oppong Nkrumah in a statement said the stakeholders agreed to also set up the joint stakeholder group to examine reports of unethical content and invoke the powers of the National Communication Authority the (NCA), to also take punitive action against offending broadcasters. Committee comprise of representatives

of the National Media Commission (NMC), the National Communications Authority (NCA), the National Security Secretariat, the Bank of Ghana, the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) and also the Ghana Journalists Association the (GJA) and the Office of the Attorney-General. The committee will also among other

things monitor the broadcasting landscape to identify and also examine complaints of unethical broadcast content. These include content that is offensive to the National Security, public order, public morality, against the reputations, rights and freedoms of other persons. It is also expected to provide an early warning system for flagging the unethical broadcast content. The joint stakeholder group will also recommend appropriate

remedies to all the relevant regulators also including recommendations for the issuance (and publication) of warnings, the recommendations for the suspension of the frequency authorization and also the withdrawal of frequency authorization by the NCA. The regulation of the broadcasting space has has received more scrutiny recently following the reported role a spiritualist on TV played in the killing of an 11 year old in a suburb in the Ga South municipality.