NPP demands apology from multimedia over substandard statement

13:33 - 16 April 2017

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Newsfile host Samson Lardi Anyenini said Nana Boakye, Deputy Executive Director of National Service Scheme and Eric Twum, Deputy Executive Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Export Promoting Authority “were not up to the standards of the show.”

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reacted with anger after two panellists who were to represent the party on Joy FM’s news analysis programme “Newsfile” were rejected as not fit for the show.

In a furious response to multimedia, the parent company of Joy FM, Acting General Secretary of the NPP, John Baodu, described the statement as "unsavoury" and “unfortunate,” demanding an apology from the station and the host.

In a statement, Boadu said Boakye and Twum are members of the NPP's national communications team and are therefore qualified to represent the party on the show.

“The party demands an immediate and an unqualified apology from Multimedia and from Samson Anyenini,” the statement said.

The statement also said the decision by Joy FM not to allow the NPP representatives on the show is "not only unnecessary but a display of high handedness in a simple matter that could have been resolved through dialogue and respect."