Radio presenters asked to be fair to contributors

Members of the Gaskia Club, affiliated of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have expressed their disgust about the bias and unfair treatment meted out by some FM radio presenters to NDC sympathisers during phone-in programmes.

Alhaji Issah Kwame, Chairman of the club, alleged that whereas sympathisers of other political parties were often allowed adequate time to contribute to discussions on such programmes, NDC members were most often cut off mid-way during their contribution.

Speaking at a meeting of the club in Kumasi on Monday, Alhaji Kwame advised such radio presenters not to allow their political leanings to interfere with their work. They should rather strive to accord equal opportunity to contributors who call to express their views on programmes.

He advised members and sympathisers of the NDC not to be cowed by the negative propaganda being peddled about the leadership of the party since most of them have no basis and only calculated to destroy the NDC.

Mr J. B. Salifu, Secretary of the club, stressed the need for the government to re-direct its energies and resources to the completion of projects initiated by the NDC government rather than abandoning them for new ones.

He observed that the tendency for new governments to abandon all projects started by previous governments has been a major contributory factor to the slow pace of growth and development of the country and should no longer be entertained.

Mr Salifu appealed to the government to explore all avenues to ensure speedy completion of the Kejetia, project in particular, to help e8ase the congestion in the city centre.

Miss Joyce Darko, an executive member of the club, said the excuse that the NPP assumed office on empty national coffers was not enough reason for it to fail to deliver on its campaign pledges.

She said the fact that the NPP government had to embrace the VAT and even increase utility tariffs, which they previously kicked against, was an indication of their failure to transform the economy positively.

Alhaji Ahmed Abubakar, Chairman of the re-organisation committee of the Asokwa-East constituency of the NDC, proposed that the reconciliation drive should involve all regimes and governments after Independence.