The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has issued a five-day ultimatum to Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), to retract and apologise for a threat he allegedly made against journalists earlier this year.
Dr Tenkorang-Twum is said to have made the threats in June this year, during the GRNMA nationwide strike.
Addressing a news conference in Accra on Friday, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, President of the GJA, described those statements as "utterly irresponsible" and "disturbing." "This is not a mere slip of the tongue; it is a blatant threat of violence against journalists in Ghana," he said. "The GJA finds these remarks utterly irresponsible, deeply disturbing, and unbefitting of a leader of a professional health association.
To publicly declare, in an antagonistic tone, that journalists have been 'marked' and will be 'shown' in hospitals is nothing short of intimidation and an attempt to instil fear among media practitioners," Dwumfour said.
