The Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Professor Amin Alhassan says the current regulatory framework of the media needs to be reviewed.
According to him, the existing framework is outdated and cannot completely cater for the needs of today’s media landscape.
This, he believes stresses the need for the change in some regulatory frameworks to meet the fast-growing media landscape.
“So far our experience suggests the conditions and the practices so far tell us that the rules of the game need to be redefined. We need to rethink the regulatory architecture we have in force,” he said.
He made these comments whilst contributing to the Joy Change-Speakers Series V on July 8, 2023, on Newsfiles.
Prof Alhassan explained that in the constitution, only GBC is described as the state broadcaster however, in recent times some state institution particularly the Police Service has acquired frequency to broadcast like a state broadcasting media
This he said raises questions on whether this group falls under the state media since it is funded by the state resources and it operates without recourse to the national media commission.
He added the Police service owning broadcast media has led to many state institutions equally applying to the National Communications Authority for a license to own a media outlet.
All these he added makes it necessary to review the regulatory framework so that all these developments and current happening are incorporated.
“Will the conditions placed on the Ghana broadcasting corporation because it is a state broadcaster, will these conditions also be placed on these state entities that are broadcasting, “ he quizzed.
The Director General continued that “it brings to fall the inadequacies of our systems. Why is the NMC not instrumental in the authorization that is granted to organizations to broadcast.”
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