GJA lifts media blackout on Farouk Mahama and Hawa Koomson

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), in consultation with the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association and other partners, has revoked the media blackout imposed on the Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama, and the MP for Awutu-Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson.

The decision was taken after the GJA and its media partners met on Thursday, May 9, 2024, to review the blacklist imposed on the MPs.

The Yendi MP, led by the Minister Designate for Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, rendered an apology to the GJA and also withdrew all legal actions.

It would be recalled that on February 6, 2024, the GJA imposed a blackout on the Yendi MP following an attack on Mohammed Alabira, a reporter for Accra-based Citi FM, during the NPP parliamentary primaries.

Addressing a news conference in Accra, the President of the Ghana Journalists Association, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, urged all journalists and media houses to comply accordingly.