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CEO of CBOD, Senyo Hosi.
The executive director of the Ghana Bulk Oil Distribution Chamber, Senyo Hosi, has condemned the recent increase in threats and attacks on journalists in the country.
He said that the act is not only a compromise on freedom of the press, but also an accusation against the country’s democracy.
Made the comments about JoyFM Morning Super Show where he pointed out that the culture of silence is gradually returning to the country’s democracy.
“We are starting to see a kind of culture of silence trying to get back to our democracy and it is not helping,” he said.
This is due to new attacks on journalists in the country, including the independent investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni.
Azure Awuni revealed that she received a death threat following an article she wrote about the country’s recent elections and the outcome.
The article titled, ‘ERRORtoral’ Commission and Akufo-Addo Coup, ‘discussed the anomalies with the Techiman Sur parliamentary results and the non-participation of the people of the Santrokfi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe (SALL) areas in the voting process.
The two problems, if not resolved before the next parliament is formed, could result in what Manasseh Azure describes as a “blow against the legislative arm of the government.”
However, someone who was unhappy with the article and felt that the journalist, through the article, sided with the opposition NDC on the two constituency issues, sent him an email on Christmas Day saying that Manasseh was “lucky to keep walking as a free man. “
In reaction to this, Mr. Hosi expressed his disappointment at the way some journalists have been treated in the country.
He asserted that journalists are among the least celebrated but who sacrifice a lot to ensure that the environment in which citizens thrive is viable and conducive.
“The life of a journalist is difficult. It is less rewarding, economically not so satisfactory, it is difficult, but our democracy depends significantly on the work of the journalist, ”he said.
Hosi was also less impressed but very concerned about the number of attacks on journalists that have occurred under the Akufo-Addo-led administration.
He noted that the attack on the media during the term of President Akufo-Addo, who was among the people who fought to have the criminal defamation law repealed, is regrettable.
“I have been very disappointed in how some journalists have been treated and how the government of the Akufo-Addo regime has acted. You really don’t see the party taking a proper stance on all these things. “
In addition, he called on the government to act on the matter and address the issues.
“The fathers of our democracy are still alive and President Akufo-Addo is one of them. What he has done to ensure that we win this kind of democracy is extraordinary and I celebrate him every day for that. [as such] it will be a great accusation against him if these [attacks on journalists] it is not treated properly.
“We can not have [the attacks] happening and we have to deal with it. People may find it difficult to say, but let’s be honest, more and more we see a call back and the country is gradually returning to the culture of silence in our general space and we have to deal with that, “he said.
