A account active by the Coalition's leaders said the allegations fabricated by Blessed Godsbrain Smart, aka Captain, on Onua TV and Accra FM, were "baseless and frivolous" and should be disregarded
The Coalition is fabricated up of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), Private Newspapers and Online Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) and New Media Association of Ghana (NMAG)
Albert Dwumfour (GJA President), Cecil Sunkwa-Mills (GIBA President), Edwin Arthur (PRINPAG President), Eugene Osafo Nkansah (NMAG President) in the collective account said a acknowledgment had been beatific to the administration of Onua TV and Accra FM, as able-bodied as Captain Smart for publication
The four Associations explained that the Media Coalition's columnist appointment on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, was accurate by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and was advised to "denounce the accretion access of amateurish practices in the media landscape." According to the Media Coalition, the appointment cited Captain Smart's use of blame and anarchic accent on his morning show
"In acknowledgment to the able self-regulatory alarm by the Coalition, Captain Smart alleged, unfoundedly, on 'The Citizens Show', an Accra FM alive programme transmission on July 17, 2024, that the administration of the Media Coalition calm GH¢ 213,000 from the Jubilee House to organise the columnist appointment beneath reference," it noted
The Coalition said that on July 30, 2024, Captain Smart again the unfounded accusation on his morning appearance on Onua TV and amusing media, damaging the acceptability of the Media Coalition and their corresponding leaders
It stated: "The Media Coalition actually denies accession GH¢ 213,000 or any money from the Jubilee House to organise the said columnist appointment and wishes to accompaniment added and absolutely that there is no atom of accuracy in the accusation fabricated by Captain Smart
"To the admeasurement that the accusation is bottomless and frivolous, the Coalition calls on the accepted accessible to apathy it and amusement aforementioned with absolute contempt." Therefore, the Media Coalition alleged on the administration of Media Accepted to "act actually and accompany Captain Smart to able order." The Coalition additionally bidding disappointment with Kwabena Bobie Ansah, the host of 'The Citizens Show' on Accra FM, for arch his bedfellow on to accomplish the "unsubstantiated allegations." "The Media Coalition wishes to reiterate that whilst it will abide to advance for the aegis of media freedom, it will never cull from the advance of media responsibility," it added