{"id":1122527,"date":"2022-06-15T07:55:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T07:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/15\/i-wont-criticise-akufo-addo-on-my-tv-show-is-the-programme-for-you-adom-otchere-to-ndc-critics-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T07:55:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T07:55:28","slug":"i-wont-criticise-akufo-addo-on-my-tv-show-is-the-programme-for-you-adom-otchere-to-ndc-critics-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/15\/i-wont-criticise-akufo-addo-on-my-tv-show-is-the-programme-for-you-adom-otchere-to-ndc-critics-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Won\u2019t Criticise Akufo-Addo On My TV Show, Is The Programme For You?&#8217; \u2013 Adom-Otchere To NDC Critics | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Journalist Paul Adom-Otchere has said publicly on his TV programme Good Evening Ghana that he will never use his show to criticise President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government because he has direct access to him to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI support Akufo-Addo, your support John Mahama; that\u2019s no problem\u201d, Mr Adom-Othcere told his National Democratic Congress critics, adding: \u201cPeople write to me and say: \u2018Why don\u2019t you use your programme to criticise the government?\u2019 Is the programme for you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo your programme and criticise the government. I don\u2019t understand it. This is private sector\u201d, he fumed.<\/p>\n<p>The Board Chair of the Ghana Airport Company Limited said: \u201cWhen the Supreme Court ruled in NPP v GBC, they said that the obligation is on the state broadcaster and then you tell me that: \u2018Why don\u2019t you criticise the government?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther people are criticising the government, watch that one\u201d, he retorted.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cToday, we all have media; today we\u2019re all television, so, go on Facebook and ciriticise the government, there\u2019s no problem with that\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The government, Mr Adom-Otchere noted, \u201cought to be criticised\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernments are there so that they are criticised\u201d but noted: \u201cIf I support Akufo-Addo because of my conviction and I feel there\u2019s something in there that\u2019s not good, that\u2019s not working well, I will not criticise him on this television because I have access to him; I\u2019ll go to him and tell him and say: \u2018Mr President, I think so so and so, so so and so\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat some of you might not know is that some of the greatest friends of Akufo-Addo are harder critics of him in camera than you are but you write it on Facebook but they don\u2019t write it on Facebook. That\u2019s the only difference\u201d, Mr Adom-Otchere explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you will not ask me that \u2018come out and criticise the government; I will not do that, OK\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: class fm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of . Please report any inappropriate  to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Featured Video\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wB2-NHndouE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Fight Against Sim Card Registration Is Unending- Hon. 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