The NDC Presidential candidate in the 2020 general election has accused the current administration of deliberately shutting down some radio stations in the country just because it didn’t like those stations.
Recall that years ago some radio stations in the country were shut down on the basis that they failed to renew their license but Mr. Mahama believes it was a deliberate attempt by the government to eliminate some stations it doesn’t like.
“The constitution guarantees freedoms, human rights, freedom of association and so many other things, freedom and independence of the media and indeed there is a whole chapter on media freedom.
“Unfortunately, even when you have the best constitution you can have governments that try to bend it to be able to achieve whatever ends they have in terms of limiting our democratic rights. So today government can say that a radio station has delayed in paying its license fee and so we are shutting you down.
“When I talk about it I talk about it because of the precedence it can set .Because the shoe can be on the other foot the next day, they say the stick that is used to beat Takyi, it is the same stick they will use to be Baah. So the stations you don’t like you can close them down today, when another government comes and it decides to do the same thing to the stations they don’t like too, what kind of country will we be building?”. he stated.
The former President made this comment while speaking in the Upper East Region of Ghana as part of his thank you tour in the country.