The National Media Commission (NMC) has instructed the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to appoint an acting Director-General as investigation relating to the setting up of courts to prosecute TV licence defaulters goes on.
The Director-General of GBC, Dr Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow was asked to proceed on indefinite leave after he single-handedly took a decision to charge TV users license fee, without consulting GBC board.
The decision greeted public outcry where a section of Ghanaians threatened not to pay even if they are jailed.
In a statement signed by the Chairman of NMC Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, it said, ‘In the interim, the NMC has also asked the GBC board to appoint an acting Director-General from within the management of the corporation in place of the current arrangement of an Interim Management Committee (IMC)’.
The statement assured all parties and the public that the NMC remains committed to insulating the state-owned media from governmental control.
Read details of NMC’s statement:
DEVELOPMENTS AT GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION
The National Media Commission (NMC) has noted developments at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and has been in communication with all the parties in the current dispute.
The reason given by the board was to enable it to investigate matters relating to the setting up of courts to prosecute TV licence defaulters.
The NMC recognizes the board’s authority to determine matters of leave relating to the Director-General.
However, the Commission has directed the board to determine the matters before it and to report to the Commission within one month in order to inform NMC’s decisions relating to all the issues at stake.
In the interim, the NMC has also asked the GBC board to appoint an acting Director-General from within the management of the corporation in place of the current arrangement of an Interim Management Committee (IMC).
The Commission assures all parties and the public that the NMC remains committed to insulating the state-owned media from governmental control.
At the same time, the commission shall at all times ensure that proper corporate governance principles pertain in all the state-owned media.
NANA KWASI GYAN-APENTENG
CHAIRMAN
By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM
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The National Media Commission (NMC) has instructed the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to appoint an acting Director-General as investigation relating to the setting up of courts to prosecute TV licence defaulters goes on. The Director-General of GBC, Dr Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow was asked to proceed on indefinite leave after he single-handedly took a decision to charge […]
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