license fees<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>as required by law.<\/p>\n[contextly_sidebar id=”7M1Bwwo114yko34RHIarsprV1cVnl5XZ”]Speaking at a public lecture to mark the 80th<\/sup> anniversary of GBC, the Chairman of the NMC, Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere said\u00a0every Ghanaian who owns a TV by law is expected to pay the fee on the stipulated date.<\/p>\n“We sincerely believe that the funds generated from the TV license fee will ultimately be to the benefit of the entire media industry both private and public owned. It is true that GBC will remain the highest beneficiary but there are many good reasons that GBC should be funded by the state to serve its mandate of serving as a true public service broadcaster,” Mr. Amihere said.<\/p>\n
He believes the move forms part of efforts to support “private and community broadcasting particularly the many disadvantaged broadcasters in Accra …for them to produce and broadcast programmes that will serve the national cause and ensure that they exist to serve their communities.”<\/p>\n
Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere added that GBC\u2019s inability to compete with other national broadcasters across the world is a result of the governmental interference since independence.<\/p>\n
\u201cGBC’s\u00a0 full potential has often in our history been truncated by underfunding from state. Military interventions and the long hand of governmental control from the CPP government, the PPP government, the PNP government, the NDC government and the NPP government has not allowed \u00a0GBC to become a true public service broadcaster.<\/p>\n
“GBC is not as useless as some will have us believe. It was once Ghana’s soft power on the African continent. It is GBC that has given the chance to \u00a0have a voice and access to radio and television.”<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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