{"id":472198,"date":"2011-08-05T09:25:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T09:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/05\/multimedia-group-our-reporters-don%e2%80%99t-accept-monetary-rewards-for-their-work\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T09:25:06","slug":"multimedia-group-our-reporters-dont-accept-monetary-rewards-for-their-work-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/multimedia-group-our-reporters-dont-accept-monetary-rewards-for-their-work-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimedia Group: Our reporters don\u2019t accept monetary rewards for their work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Multimedia Group Limited, owners of Joy FM and its sister stations, has issued a strongly worded statement dissociating the company from recent allegations of bribery by government officials to some journalists, including a correspondent of the station.<\/p>\n

An audio tape recording making rounds in the media allegedly has the voice of Deputy Information Minister, Baba Jamal telling journalists to publish good stories that would boost the image of government.<\/p>\n

However Baba Jamal has consistently denied the allegations and threatened court action.<\/p>\n

Among the journalists who were alleged to have been approached with the offer is a correspondent of Joy FM in the Upper East region, Joseph Osei, who claimed in an interview on Top Story Thursday that he was given a letter with a National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) letterhead with an account number on it by a reporter of the Enquirer newspaper named Samuel Abaane.<\/p>\n

According to him, the letter requested that he appended his signature to indicate his acceptance of an offer to be enrolled under the NYEP module for freelance journalists.<\/p>\n

Joseph Osei told Joy News\u2019 Dzifa Bampoh that he did not understand why he was being offered the appointment letter and asked Abaane for explanation. He said the Enquirer reporter asked him to attend a meeting where things would be clarified as to why he was being offered a job though he had not applied for it.<\/p>\n

Joseph Osei claims he rejected the offer since he already has a job.<\/p>\n

The opposition New Patriotic Party has waded into the fray, accusing government of trying to buy journalists.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Joy FM in a statement said it is investigating the matter to ascertain the level of involvement of its correspondent.<\/p>\n

The statement further stated that throughout Joseph\u2019s engagement with the station, his work has always been checked by gatekeepers to ensure his stories are fair, credible and balanced, insisting that \u201cour guidelines are very clear\u2026we do not accept monetary rewards for the job that we do \u2026 if any worker accepts monetary rewards for whatever work he does, he will be sacked, that one there is no compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company, however, noted that though it did not want to make judgments on the case it was going to investigate further to ascertain Joseph\u2019s real involvement.<\/p>\n

Source: Myjoyonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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Multimedia Group Limited, owners of Joy FM and its sister stations, has issued a strongly worded statement dissociating the company from recent allegations of bribery by government officials to some journalists, including a correspondent of the station. An audio tape recording making rounds in the media allegedly has the voice of Deputy Information Minister, Baba Jamal telling journalists to publish good stories that would boost the image of government. However Baba Jamal has consistently denied the allegations and threatened court action. Among the journalists who were alleged to have been approached with the offer is a correspondent of Joy FM in the Upper East region, Joseph Osei, who claimed in an interview on Top Story Thursday that he was given a letter with a National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) letterhead with an account number on it by a reporter of the Enquirer newspaper named Samuel Abaane. According to him, the letter requested that he appended his signature to indicate his acceptance of an offer to be enrolled under the NYEP module for freelance journalists. Joseph Osei told Joy News\u2019 Dzifa Bampoh that he did not understand why he was being offered the appointment letter and asked Abaane for explanation. He said the Enquirer reporter asked him to attend a meeting where things would be clarified as to why he was being offered a job though he had not applied for it. Joseph Osei claims he rejected the offer since he already has a job. The opposition New Patriotic Party has waded into the fray, accusing government of trying to buy journalists. Meanwhile, Joy FM in a statement said it is investigating the matter to ascertain the level of involvement of its correspondent. The statement further stated that throughout Joseph\u2019s engagement with the station, his work has always been checked by gatekeepers to ensure his stories are fair, credible and balanced, insisting that \u201cour guidelines are very clear\u2026we do not accept monetary rewards for the job that we do \u2026 if any worker accepts monetary rewards for whatever work he does, he will be sacked, that one there is no compromise.\u201d The company, however, noted that though it did not want to make judgments on the case it was going to investigate further to ascertain Joseph\u2019s real involvement. 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