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Akufo-Addo Orders Ursula To Suspend Directive To GBC

Headlines Akufo-Addo Orders Ursula To Suspend Directive To GBC
JUL 23, 2020 LISTEN

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister for Communications, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to suspend her directive to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to reduce its channels from six to three on the DTT platform.

The sector minister directed the state broadcaster to reduce its channels on the DTT platform and later ask Crystal TV to do the same.

The decision has been met with stiff resistance by GBC and its union workers, the opposition NDC, the National Media Commission, and some individuals and groups.

“The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 23rd July 2020, directed the Minister for Communications, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, MP, to suspend the implementation of the directives given to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), in connection with the reduction of GBC’s channels on the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform, pending further consultation with stakeholders.

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---Citinewsroom

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