Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, , has announced plans for a comprehensive cleanup of Ghana's media space to protect and ensure public safety, especially for children.
Speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Tuesday, August 12, the Minister cautioned media houses to desist from broadcasting content harmful to public safety or risk losing their licences. "We are going to do a proper cleanup of the media space," he warned. "If you are engaged in showing things that are inimical to public safety, we'll serve you a warning.
If you fail to heed with it; we'll withdraw your licence.
I'll suspend licences of media houses that do not take into consideration the proper ethics of broadcasting," he added.
