Sulemana Braimah, the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has urged journalists to be critical in their reporting leading up to the December 7 general elections.
The media expert advised that journalists should interrogate and analyze whatever information they gather in order not to use their platforms to amplify propaganda and falsehoods.
“Fellow journalists, as we draw closer to the elections, let's not serve as mere conduits and megaphones for the propaganda, falsehoods and vile rhetoric of our politicians who mainly seek power to loot from the state. Let's be interrogative, inquisitive and critical in our reporting,” reads his post on Twitter on Tuesday, August 20.
In similar news, the media freedom and good governance advocate expressed worry that people in authority often take citizens for granted.
However, according to the MFWA boss, just because people in authority have succeeded in looting public properties does not mean they can make a fool of citizens.
“Sometimes one wonders whether leaders think the people they lead or seek to lead have become fools with no brains,” reads a post shared on Monday, August 19.
This comes amid concerns that Ghanaian leaders only think about themselves, leaving the people to suffer despite numerous promises made to them during election campaigns.
Meanwhile, numerous promises are being made by political parties and their candidates ahead of the December 7 elections.
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), with a zeal to secure a third consecutive electoral victory and break the 8-year cycle of governance in the 2024 elections, launched its manifesto in Takoradi on Sunday, August 18.
On their part, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), which is aiming to wrest power from the NPP, will launch its manifesto at the University of Education, Winneba on Saturday, August 24.
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