{"id":158662,"date":"2015-10-10T09:45:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=158662"},"modified":"2015-10-10T10:14:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T10:14:31","slug":"soli-is-a-form-corruption-professor-gadzekpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/soli-is-a-form-corruption-professor-gadzekpo\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Soli is a form corruption’ \u2013 Professor Gadzekpo"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Communications Consultant and Lecturer at the School of Communication Studies of\u00a0the University of Ghana, Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo, has waged into the ongoing debate on journalists taking monies for covering programmes popularly referred to as \u2018soli\u2019, describing it as a form of corruption.<\/p>\n
She believes journalists should rather stand their grounds and expose corrupt practices within the society so they can contribute to effecting change in the lives of underprivileged persons.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”61M1VYDZ0EutMsCHGTrWgSrtnrI4dW3M”]Her sentiments follow a similar one expressed by British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, who has described as hypocritical<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a journalist’s ability to expose corruption and yet take ‘soli’ at functions.<\/p>\n Professor\u00a0Audrey Gadzekpo made the comments when she addressed a ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of pressure group, Occupy Ghana.<\/p>\n \u201cMedia owners must provide the finances for journalists to cover assignments so they do not have the excuse to collect \u2018soli\u2019 because \u2018soli\u2019 is corruption,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n Professor Gadzekpo also expressed concerns over the conditions of work for most journalists in the country, saying\u00a0the situation is not encouraging,\u00a0hence compelling journalists \u00a0to “limit their coverage of news to routine events of those who can pay for coverage.”<\/p>\n Dr. Gadzekpo therefore charged media owners to support the work of their employees through their cloud of network and with their influence in society since in her view, \u201cIt takes money to unearth what is wrong in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n