The government is set to meet with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) next week to discuss concerns over attacks on journalists in the country.
The scheduled meeting follows a press conference by the GJA in Accra on Tuesday over seven attacks the Association said journalists have suffered since inception of the current government. "It is disheartening to note that just about 50 days into the second John Mahama's administration, we have witnessed seven cases of assault against journalists, and this is unprecedented," GJA president, Albert Dwomfour, said.
But addressing presidential reporters at the Presidency in Accra yesterday, Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, while condemning the alleged attacks underlined that linking it same to government was regrettable. "It is a most regrettable narrative.
We do not think that it is fair to President Mahama, it is not fair to government, it is even not fair to the GJA or even to the journalists who are reported to have been attacked," he stated.
