{"id":466246,"date":"2011-07-22T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/22\/we-won%e2%80%99t-render-any-apology-to-ndc-%e2%80%93-metro-tv-md\/"},"modified":"2011-07-22T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T14:12:00","slug":"we-wont-render-any-apology-to-ndc-metro-tv-md-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/we-wont-render-any-apology-to-ndc-metro-tv-md-2\/","title":{"rendered":"We Won\u2019t Render Any Apology To NDC \u2013 Metro TV MD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Metro TV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alhaji Haruna Alhassan, Deputy Managing Director of Metropolitan Entertainment Television (Metro TV)<\/strong> has categorically stated that he has no apology to render to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) because he is innocent of the allegations and issues raised by the ruling party about obvious bias being perpetrated against them by the station.<\/p>\n

The NDC, on Thursday decided with immediate effect to boycott any political discussion programme on Metro TV<\/strong> due to what the ruling party describes as unfair treatment meted out to them by management of the Accra-based commercial television network. According to the NDC, the television station has conspired with some persons close to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to muscle-out NDC representatives from the station\u2019s Good Morning Ghana<\/strong> programme.<\/p>\n

A member of the party\u2019s Communication Team, Kojo Twum Boafo who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Board (GFZB), was atypically prevented from representing the views of the NDC on the station\u2019s flagship programme, \u2018Good Morning Ghana<\/strong>\u2019, on Thursday morning. Reason? That the NPP\u2019s representative on the show, Gabby Otchere Darko, was not comfortable with the person of Kojo Twum Boafo as a co-panelist.<\/p>\n

Haruna Alhassan was accused by Kojo Twum Boafo in an interview during PeaceFM News@6pm<\/strong> of masterminding the whole incident because of his affinity to the NPP and the grand designs he harbours of being named as a possible running mate to the flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026they (Metro TV) only read comments from NPP activists on the show. Even most of the comments they read from their facebook wall are from NPP sympathizers like Olive, Maame Adwoa, even messages from TESCON are read, as if NDC members don\u2019t send in comments\u2026Just last week, he (Haruna) led an NPP delegation to Kumasi to mourn with the family of a Muslim cleric who lost his life recently\u2026I say it on authority that Haruna Alhassan is the brain behind all this\u2026listen, we\u2019ve complained about this over a thousand times\u2026,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

But the Metro TV Deputy Managing Director stridently denies the allegations. He told Shamima Muslim in an interview on Citi Eyewitness News<\/strong> that no-one from the NPP including Gabby Otchere-Darko had asked the television station to prevent some people from the NDC from appearing on the programme.<\/p>\n

He scoffed at demands by the ruling party for an apology, questioning the basis for those demands and posited that the station has faced more challenging situations than this and will definitely scale over its current predicament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s even a problem in the first place. It\u2019s some people\u2019s mind\u2026I have nothing to do with what is going on. I don\u2019t interfere with the selection of people for \u201cGood Morning Ghana\u201d neither do i do for \u201cGood Evening Ghana\u201d\u2026so for a Dep Minister to keep mentioning my name\u2026and also say all manner of things about me is unfortunate\u2026Whatever happened this morning (Thursday), why in heavens\u2019 name are they trying to link it with me? It\u2019s quite strange, Why? Is it because they\u2019ve a problem with me? Is it because Okudzeto has a problem with me? Is it because Twum Boafo has a problem with me?\u2026When have i said no to Twum Boafo?\u2026All i\u2019ve done is i\u2019ve left this program to the producers\u2026I would wish that they keep my name out of it\u2026What has Metro TV done to issue an apology\u2026we have faced major problems than this in the past and we have gone beyond it\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Information Minister<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But Deputy Minister of Information, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa says the party has already been apologized to what transpired on Thursday morning. In an interview with Shamima Muslim on the same platform, Mr. Ablakwa disclosed that CEO of Metro TV, Mr. Talal Fatal, called to render an apology to the ruling party. He, however, pointed out that the NDC will meet to decide whether to go back to the programme or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have our meeting and we will review our decision\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Source: Peacefmonline<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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