Anas Aremeyaw Anas, undoubtedly Ghana\u2019s finest and most sought after investigative journalist, Monday night granted Nii Arday Clegg, host of Multi TV\u2019s news and current affairs show PM Express, an exclusive no-holds-barred interview.
\nThis special edition of the PM Express which lasted over an hour and half was occasioned by the imminent release of Anas\u2019 latest investigative piece titled, \u201cEnemies Of The Nation\u201d, a story about the endemic corruption that goes on daily at the Tema Port.
\n\u201cEnemies Of The Nation is a story that I find very close to my heart too. My basic ideal in this particular work was to find out where the revenue leakage of this country was. The basic question to ask is why is it that people are becoming poorer and others are becoming richer in our society?\u201d
\nWith this objective in mind, Anas and his \u2018strong team\u201d went undercover and managed to unearth the rot and damning evidence of corrupt officials at the Tema port and their colluders and how this negatively affects the fortunes of our nation. The resultant documentary is a \u201cpower packed one and a half hour piece where we will see men in uniform taking bribes\u2026 and other men whose acts lead to loss of revenue in this country.\u201d
\n\u201cAs far as I know ,my checking of the electronic system showed a whopping sum of two hundred million dollars all lost over the years through such dubious businessmen and business practices that happen within the port and the greatest thing I love about this investigation is that we have the hardcore evidence to prove that these companies owe the state and we are going after them to bring the money back because what it means is that they stole from us.\u201d
\nTo Nii Arday\u2019s question as to whether Anas found the results of this particular investigation satisfying, he replied thus; \u201cincredible, it will be beautiful and I know that from Wednesday all Ghanaians will get the opportunity to see what I am talking about. The results were satisfying. I think there is more to be done we need to investigate on the electronic system further and I\u2019m sure a lot of money will come back to the state.\u201d
\nNii Arday then posed the questions, \u201cwho is Anas, what is his motivation, how did it start, where did he train, what did he study, who told him that he should do this when he could have been doing something else and enjoying his life, why this brand of journalism?\u201d
\nTo this Anas answered, \u201cyou see, I am a product of my society, I live here in Ghana and it is our society that gave birth to me. In simple terms my kind of journalism is a reaction from the problems of society\u2026 The key issue or the key point why I do what I do is because I want my journalism to affect every single individual no matter your class. It should be a journalism that directly speaks to activities in your life, that affects people\u2026 it\u2019s development oriented, it\u2019s human rights oriented,\u201d he said adding when he set out to \u201cinvestigate any story there are three key components he looks out for; [to] name, shame and jail and this is what makes him different from other journalists.
\nAnas paid glowing tribute to Kweku Baako Junior, editor of the New Crusading Guide, saying \u201cI learnt my journalism under the feet of Kweku Baako Junior, he is my editor-in-chief and forever my mentor because of his principles.”
\nThe interview also profiled the earlier works of Anas which included the following:
\n\u2022 Imam school of shock
\n\u2022 Eurofood scandal
\n\u2022 Soldier bar
\n\u2022 The Chinese sex scandal
\n\u2022 Mad house
\n\u2022 The Osu Children\u2019s Home
\n\u2022 In The Interest of the State among others
\nA special reference was made about the numerous international and local awards that Anas\u2019 works has won as well as special mentions from prominent personalities in society. Key among these was the speech by President Obama when he visited Ghana. In that speech he singled out Anas as a shining example of what a journalist should be and how he risks his life to unearth corruption in our society.
\nAnas is currently collaborating with Al Jazeera on a project that would see him working on about eight stories for the channel.
\nHis latest work, \u201cEnemies Of The Nation\u201d will first break in full in Wednesday\u2019s edition of the New Crusading Guide and on Multi TV\u2019s Joy News and Cine Afrik channels.
\nThe PM Express is telecast every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9pm only on the Joy News Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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