The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has advised politicians to avoid assaulting journalists as the 2024 elections draw near. The GJA has noticed that politicians often take advantage of journalists’ patience and subject them to different forms of assault when the political atmosphere becomes tense.
During his speech at the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Accra on Wednesday, Albert Dwumfour, the President of GJA, warned politicians about the repercussions of assaulting journalists. He emphasised that any such incidents occurring before, during, or after the 2024 elections would not be taken lightly.
“As Barack Obama said, we need strong institutions, not strong individuals. We are going to do that also, I have always cautioned and always said, that recently, we’ve realised that the GJA and the other media block have formed an alliance called the media coalition and we have started cautioning and exposing, unprofessional and unethical behaviour in the media among our members.
“Let me take the opportunity to once again caution politicians, groups who have the tendency of attacking journalists that in this election if you don’t have the temperature or commitment to accommodate journalists you stay away from us because if you come to us with hostility, we welcome you with hostility,” he stated.
By: Samuel Ackom
