Be discriminatory in what you publish –Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah tells the media

The Chief Executive Officer of the John A. Kufuor Foundation, Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah has asked the media to be discriminatory in what they prioritize in their media spaces.

He made the comment in reaction to the petition made by the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service to investigate Bryan Acheampong, ex-President, John Dramani Mahama and Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia over what they described as treasonable comments.

NDC petition CID to arrest Bryan Acheampong

The NDC on Tuesday April 11 petitioned the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)  of the Ghana Police Service to immediately arrest and prosecute the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong over what they say is a treasonable comment made by him.

The MP while addressing a charged party supporters at Kwahu said the NPP will never hand over power to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) come 2024.

According to him, the party will do everything possible to make sure it retains its position as the ruling government of the country.

“It will never happen for we the NPP party in power now, to stand on a platform and hand over power to the NDC, it will never happen, it will never happen, it will never happen, it will never happen. It will not,” Bryan Acheampong said.

“Anything possible that we will do to ensure that 2024 elections NPP will be in power, we will,” he added.

He also stated if the NPP will show the NDC they have the men should they attempt any, violence aggressiveness and foolishness in 2024.

Petitioning the CID, the NDC said “That Your Petitioner says that the said Bryan Acheampong continued to say that they-NPP will show the NDC that the NPP have the men, and that the NPP will do everything possible-fair or foul means to remain in power come what may in the 2024 general elections. I enclose herein, audios and videos of the utterances of Hon Bryan Acheampong for your perusal”.

“That, in the estimation of Your Petitioner and those of the general public, the statements uttered by Bryan Acheampong could be interpreted to mean that the NPP has conceived a grand scheme to subvert the will of the people of Ghana in the 2024 elections and any attempt to resist them would be met with violence,” the petition further stated.

NPP petition CID to arrest Mahama, Asiedu Nketia

Barely 24hours after the NDC’s petition, the NPP also did same calling for the arrest of the party’s former leader and ex-President, John Dramani Mahama and Chairperson, Johnson Asiedu Nketia for same.

Be discriminatory in what you publish – Prof Agyeman-Duah tells media

But Prof Agyeman-Duah speaking on TV3 News360 monitored by GhanaPlus.com said it is the media who put those issues on the spot light.

He said left for him alone, some of such issues will not make it to the news and urged media houses to be picky in choosing what they publish.

Prof Agyeman-Duah is sure there will be more of such confrontation between the two parties over what he said are flimsy matters, especially, as the country approaches the 2024 elections.

“First of all, it is you the media who pick it up, put it on the front page and call people like me to discuss it. So to give me some credibility, I wish this issue is not pick up at all”.

“I think in the contest of what we are witnessing, what we are  beginning to see towards the elections,  the media should be a little bit discriminatory in terms of what issues they put on the front burner,”Prof Agyeman-Duah.

“This is not an issue. That is why I said if you have watched elections in the this country through this republic , this is nothing at all and so if the media want frontliners like this one then be prepared for more. We are just about a year 8months away as we go closer, a year, eight, six month to the time, we going to find more of these theatricals by political parties,” he added.

Source: GhanaPlus.com