Bawku: NMC 'summons' radio station owners over rising hate speech | 3News.com

The (NMC) is in the next two weeks requesting all owners of radio stations in conflict-prone Bawku in the Upper East Region to submit measures they have put in place to ensure professionalism on the airwaves.

According to the Commission, there is an increasing trend of weaponisation of the media in the Bawku conflict and that has become a major concern.

“In the past couple of weeks, we have noted an escalation in incidences of hate speech, disinformation and incitement on radio of a scale and scope that pose a clear and present danger to the Bawku community,” a statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, George Sarpong, on Sunday, October 2 said.

“Some of the cases are closely reminiscent of the egregious misbehaviour of Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) in the Rwandan genocide.”

It is to curb any major disaster that the owners of radio stations are being asked to submit their measures to ensure professionalism.

The radio station owners have been asked to also “adopt stronger gatekeeping measures to ensure that persons with interests in the conflict do not hijack radio stations to foment trouble”.

“We hope all radio stations shall take advantage of the offer,” the Commission said, commending the two organisations for their effort.