{"id":1076979,"date":"2022-05-05T11:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/05\/president-nana-addo-wins-africa-peace-award-press-freedom-index-might-be-wrong-true-or-false\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T11:07:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:07:17","slug":"president-nana-addo-wins-africa-peace-award-press-freedom-index-might-be-wrong-true-or-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/05\/president-nana-addo-wins-africa-peace-award-press-freedom-index-might-be-wrong-true-or-false\/","title":{"rendered":"President Nana Addo Wins Africa Peace Award, Press Freedom Index Might Be Wrong? [True Or False]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/80d1b4f7139d48a28f88268c1604a379\"\/>Days after Reporters Without Borders used a methodology different from what it has previously used in the last 9 years to peg Ghana to a shambolic ever low spot on Press Freedom Index Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo just received the Africa Peace Award where vice president Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia received it on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>The algorithm boosted some countries&#8217; scores and dipped in others. Ghana dipped because what pertains in terms of press freedom, compared to other countries is poor.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite unclear how the Young Democrat Union of Africa conferred such a distinguished award to the president?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the ranking is based on a uniform scoring scale making Ghanaians spill out their discontentment over this award to a man whose integrity has become questionable over Ghana&#8217;s position on press freedom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/69a3c74442d243159ab201555dd08ca6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since I think it is useful to state in news reports and made prominent due to the context it can give especially when discussing the details of the report, I do not believe that it changes much about Ghana&#8217;s poor show [in this specific report] and the reason is simple; this methodology applied equally to all 180 countries.<\/p>\n<p>To demand that Ghana&#8217;s poor ranking be excused because of a new methodology is akin to discrediting the methodology and by extension the entire report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaians must swallow the bitter pill over the president&#8217;s real nature in handling matters. The President has indeed laid a foundation for himself in fighting for sanity in this sector.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=537877984365971&#038;id=100044313225180<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: BATACH (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAfrica Peace Award<br \/>\nGhana<br \/>\nGhanaians<br \/>\nNana Addo<br \/>\nPress Freedom Index<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days after Reporters Without Borders used a methodology different from what it has previously used in the last 9 years to peg Ghana to a shambolic ever low spot on Press Freedom Index Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo just received the Africa Peace Award where vice president Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia received it on his behalf. 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