The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has called for a unified regulatory effort to cleanse Ghana’s media landscape and uphold national values.
Speaking at a high-level media forum organized by the Africa Media Bureau in Accra on Friday, September 26, he highlighted the urgent need to address content that misleads, exploits, or endangers the public.
Under the forum’s theme, “Aligning Policy, Technology and Global Best Practices for a Resilient Media Landscape,” Minister George stressed that programs masquerading as prophecies, fetish rituals, sexually explicit relationship shows, and money-doubling schemes have no place on Ghanaian airwaves.
He emphasized that protecting the integrity of the media and the innocence of viewers requires joint responsibility between broadcasters and regulators.
“We must work together within the remits of our mandates to ensure the protection and longevity of our democracy,” he said.
“Charlatans parading as Men of god instead of men of God, money-doubling and get-rich-quick schemes being broadcast by unscrupulous fetish priests have no place in our public broadcast. Pornographic and sexually explicit content masquerading as adult relationship shows cannot be allowed to continue soiling the innocence of our national airwaves. There must be sanity, and we must work together to achieve the same.”
The Minister also noted that emerging technologies, including AI and 5G, along with shifting consumer behaviors, are reshaping content creation and delivery, making it even more crucial to enforce responsible broadcasting standards.
