As the December 7, 2024 elections approach, the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has called on media practitioners to avoid unsubstantiated and inflammatory comments that could incite tension, violence, and breach of peace.
He said this on the back of the arrest of a Wontumi FM journalist by the police.
Oheneba Asiedu, a programme host on Wontumi Radio and Television in the Ashanti Region had said that voting would occur on different dates for various presidential candidates, a statement Dwumfour condemned as reckless and misleading. "That was a reckless statement and we condemn it in no uncertain terms.
The role of the media is to inform and educate.
