Former President and Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has given his pledge to ensure the freedom of journalists in the discharge of their duties should he become the next president.
Criticizing this current government for constantly hounding journalists in the discharge of their duties, Mr Mahama underscored the crucial role of journalists in the country.
To this, Mr Mahama pledged that “we would work to ensure that the hazards you go through are minimized”.
Mr Mahama was speaking with journalists in a media encounter when he wrapped up his 4-day campaign in the Volta region.
“The best thing you can give the media is to give them the freedom to do their work. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened under this government. Media people have been hounded, some have run into exile, some have been threatened, their lives have been threatened and indeed some have paid the ultimate price like Ahmed Suale did,” the Former President recalled.
“You can trust that as a person who is a member of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) myself, I am not the kind of person who would hound the media and so one gift I can gift to you is the freedom to do your work without anybody intimidating and harassing you,” Mahama pledged.
Source: peacefmonline.com
