Member of Parliament (MP) for Afram Plains North, Worlase Kpeli, has called for a thorough review and sanitisation of Ghana’s broadcasting landscape.
His remarks come in the wake of President John Dramani Mahama’s recent directive urging the restoration of licences for 64 radio stations that had been suspended by the National Communications Authority (NCA) due to regulatory breaches.
In an exclusive interview on Channel One Newsroom on Thursday, June 12, Kpeli pointed to a statement by Communications Minister Sam George, noting that while Ghana has over 600 licensed radio stations, many are inactive.
He posits that hoarding frequencies without putting them to productive use undermines the development of the media space and gives undue control to a few individuals.
Kpeli stressed “The spectrum has become so choked, and some have the licence and the waves and do not use them, for what reason they keep them, no one knows.
“It is not good for business, it is not good for the media as the fourth estate of the country, as we see now. It means it is hijacked by some people who think they have the power to acquire it and leave it unused.”
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