The Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has advised the media to be circumspect in their reportage on national issues and refrain from attacking personalities.
Speaking at the third excellence award of the Institute of Public Relations, Amoatia Ofori Panin said: “We live in a constitution world where democracy is thriving. The freedom of speech is also the right to be heard so when you[media] speak so long as it is constructed, so long as you are not attacking personalities you are fine.Its a turn around where people don’t attack personally, insulting people and all that, that is what I don’t like.”
[contextly_sidebar id=”WYL2HEVoDsWhhTUnOs4iOFqDPJF6wJWh”]His recommendation comes on the back of a report released by the Media Foundation for West Africa(MFWA) that indecency in language is the most prevalent ethical violation among the Ghanaian media.
The report revealed that out of the total 508 ethical violations recorded from May to August 2014, violations against the principle of decency recorded as much as 201, representing 40 percent of all the ethical violations recorded so far.
Amoatia Ofori Panin also raised concerns over the falling standards of education in the country.
He advised stakeholders to devise urgent measures to address the problem.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in August, revealed that out of the 242,162 candidates who sat for the May/June 2014 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), only 7,442, representing 3.07 per cent, failed in all the subjects they wrote.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana