The former President of Ghana, John Mahama has said that despite a country like Ghana have the best of constitutions some government that assume power may want to bend it to be able to achieve whatever ends they have in terms of limiting people’s democratic right.
He made this comment while reacting to the closure of radio stations in Ghana under the Nana Addo administration as he spoke in the Upper East Region of Ghana as part of his thank you tour.
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.
Still speaking on the closure of some radio stations Mr. Mahama implied that the current administration shuut down some radio stations because it didn’t like them.