Communication Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi has descended heavily on the incumbent NPP administration for achieving an abysmal rating under the World Press Freedom Index.
According to Wolrd Press Freedom Index, the government of Ghana scored 22.26 which is the worst rating ever since 2013.
The World Press Freedom Day was stated by the United Nations General Assembly and commemorated on Might 3rd to raise awareness of the value of flexibility of the press and remind the governments of their duty to regard and maintain the right to freedom of expression of the media.
Following the event of journalism Day, the NDC Communications Officer in a statement chronologically disclosed how President Akufo-Addo and his government have actually carried out in observing the freedom of the press.
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“This international disgrace has been occasioned by the gruesome murder of investigative Journalist, Ahmed Suale and government’s nonchalant posturing towards investigations into that heinous crime, the high-handed closure of radio stations and the harassment of journalists like Manesseh Azuri Awuni and Edward Adeti, under the watch of President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo who prides himself as a vainglorious paragon of free speech”, the statement highlighted.
Read full statement below:
As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, it’s important that we take stock of our performance under the World Press Freedom Index, compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders.
Note that the higher the score, the poorer one’s performance. See https://rsf.org/en/detailed-methodology
YEAR – SCORE
• 2013 – 17.27
• 2014 – 16.27
• 2015 – 15.50
• 2016 – 17.95
• 2017 – 17.95
• 2018 – 18.41
• 2019 – 20.81
• 2020 – 22.26
It can be gleaned from the above, that Ghana’s poorest score/performance under the World Press Freedom Index, is a score of 22.26, recorded this year, 2020, under the leadership of President William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
This international disgrace has been occasioned by the gruesome murder of investigative Journalist, Ahmed Suale and government’s nonchalant posturing towards investigations into that heinous crime, the high-handed closure of radio stations and the harassment of journalists like Manesseh Azure Awuni and Edward Adeti, under the watch of President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo who prides himself as a vainglorious paragon of free speech.
This is why President Akufo-Addo will go down as the worst-performing President in Ghana’s history relative to the protection of press freedom.
SAMMY GYAMFI Esq.
