The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) together with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Private newspapers and online news publishers Association of Ghana and the Media Foundation for West Africa have urged the government to expedite the transmission of the broadcasting bill to parliament.
According to the group, the bill is needed to among other things regulate the conduct of media houses and journalists in the evolving media industry.
Speaking on behalf of the consortium, President GIBA, Cecil Sunkwa-Mills raised concerns over the increasing unethical journalism in the country.
“We have seen the explosion of radio and TV stations, we have the largest number I think in Africa, which actually compounds our problems. So, that is why we also try to see how we can strengthen, update and make our laws a bit more current.”
“A lot of the laws though they can bite, do not seem to be able to handle a lot of the new media and behaviour change. They are different types of journalism and how do we contain this? So, we try to bring together what we call the broadcasting bill. We have been pushing back and forth. The last time the minister of information did mention that it was going to move, we’re waiting to see some progress,” Sunkwa-Mills further said.
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