recently shut down<\/a><\/span><\/strong> by the NCA after their\u00a0licenses were revoked.<\/p>\nThe NCA’s crackdown would not have been viewed as extreme and out of the ordinary, if Ghana had a culture of enforcing laws to the letter, the MFWA Head suggested.<\/p>\n
“The controversies that we are witnessing is all because the management and previous board of the NCA failed to do their work as they ought to have done at the time, and the current management and board are only acting in accordance with the law, and I think that it is something that we need to let them do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the expected job losses that critics have complained about, Mr. Braimah said: \u201cwe cannot live in a country with airwaves which are not regulated… I\u00a0don\u2019t see how\u00a0you can fault the NCA for seeking to just enforce the law and making sure that our airwaves are regulated properly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond this, letting the sanctioned stations of the hook would send the wrong message to the remaining majority of stations complying with NCA regulations, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have close to 500 radio stations that are on air, which means that a majority of those who are operating are complying with the law, so why must we then allow those who are not complying with the law to continue to operate,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n
NCA can be given NPA leeway<\/strong><\/p>\nThere is an added layer of hypocrisy\u00a0beneath all this, with\u00a0Mr. Braimah pointing out that, the country is solidly behind the reforms and harsh steps put in place to sanitize the distribution of fuel in Ghana in light of recent disasters.<\/p>\n
The National Petroleum Authority is working to roll out a cylinder re-circulation model, which some fear will leave many Liquefied Petroleum Gas stations out of business.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, the public is largely behind these reforms, so Mr. Braimah questioned, “why are we in this instance saying another institution shouldn\u2019t enforce the laws and the work that it is paid to do, and the work that Parliament has mandated it to do.”<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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