{"id":983505,"date":"2022-02-09T15:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/09\/journalists-now-endangered-species-under-akufo-addo-ndc-youth-leader\/"},"modified":"2022-02-09T15:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:47:44","slug":"journalists-now-endangered-species-under-akufo-addo-ndc-youth-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/09\/journalists-now-endangered-species-under-akufo-addo-ndc-youth-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists now endangered species under Akufo-Addo &#8211; NDC Youth leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ghana-journalists-Copy-696x463.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"ghana-journalists (Copy)\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: Ghana journalists <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1212163120&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>National Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has taken President Nana Akufo-Addo to the cleaners for what he says is the persecution of the media.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed journalists, who are critical of the government are now \u201cendangered species under President Akufo-Addo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Addo\u2019s comment comes after a journalist with Accra-based Power FM, Oheneba Boamah Bennie was jailed for contempt.<\/p>\n<p>An Accra High Court on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, handed him a 14-day jail term and fined GH\u00a23,000.00.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>This, the NDC Youth leader claimed, is an attempt by the Akufo-Addo government to intimidate the media which is the Fourth Estate of the Realm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Akufo-Addo is seeking to do is to gag Ghanaians but we won\u2019t allow him. We know our rights,\u201d he fumed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Addo said assuming without admitting that, the Power FM journalist erred, the government could have pardoned him<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pained and shuttered by this news. I can\u2019t believe this is happening under a President who claims to be an apostle of human rights,\u201d he stated in an interview on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen<\/strong> programme, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He urged journalists not to allow what has happened to their colleague to cow them into submission but rather continue to expose the rot being supervised by President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play attached audio for more<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"avSYA70y0N4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Debate Economy: Ghana&#039;s economy is not in tatters as being painted by JDM - NPP- Adom TV (9-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/avSYA70y0N4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: Ghana journalists National Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has taken President Nana Akufo-Addo to the cleaners for what he says is the persecution of the media. 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