{"id":158838,"date":"2015-10-11T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=158838"},"modified":"2015-10-11T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T16:06:43","slug":"be-bold-in-exposing-rot-anas-to-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=158838","title":{"rendered":"Be bold in exposing rot \u2013 Anas to journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrated investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has admonished journalists particularly those in Ghana, to take advantage of the existing press freedom to expose all forms of rot hindering the development of the country and the African continent as a whole.<\/p>\n

Anas, whose latest two-year investigative piece has unearthed massive corruption in Ghana\u2019s judiciary, is urging Ghanaian journalists not to be intimated in exposing the wrongs in society.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”2ibirHX6oVaIhRtQYcoSDxrxMcplmshm”] Speaking at the\u00a0Global Investigative Journalists Conference<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>in Norway, Anas said Ghanaian journalists must be bold to correct the wrongs in society.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that when you look at the\u00a0press freedom index Ghana scores very high.\u00a0Ghana is not a place where you speak and somebody will clamp down on your rights. But now the issue is not about the rights but rather what we the journalists ought to do with that right. And this judges\u2019 issue in particular is very dear to my heart and I think its worst in other African countries\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Even the courage to question is not there and that saddens me a lot. I am sure that if all of us can question our various systems and institutions we will move forward more rapidly\u201d Anas emphasized.<\/p>\n

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A disguised Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile hundreds of international journalists, who were hoping to watch Anas\u2019 latest expos\u00e9 on corruption in Ghana\u2019s judiciary, were disappointed as he stayed away from the subject.<\/p>\n

Anas rather showed them a different investigative piece on theft within the Ghana Health Service and declined to comment on his recent piece about the judiciary, citing the law suits brought against him by some of the implicated judges.<\/p>\n

\u201c34 Judges are being investigated, they have been suspended by the President of Ghana because of the investigation I have done. I cannot go further to say because the case is in court. We are talking about 34 Judges and 146 judicial staff. That is all I can say.\u201d Anas however charged his colleagues in Ghana not to be intimidated but take advantage of the growing \u201cmedia freedom\u201d to expose the rot in society. Over 800 journalists from 121 countries are attending this year\u2019s conference.
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\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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