Nigerian publisher and businessman, Chief Dele Momodu has stated that President John Mahama deserves praise for his good works across Ghana.<\/p>\n
He said the president has \u201cdone a great job\u201d in leading and developing Ghana’s infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPeople read politics into everything but frankly speaking, there is so much to celebrate about President Mahama. He has done a great job. I have traveled extensively across the Africa and Ghana is working, Ghana is rising and it is our duty to celebrate Ghana,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Speaking about an interview in his magazine, Ovation International Magazine, where President Mahama said a cabal had taken control of the media in Ghana and were blocking his transformation message, Chief Momodu told host of the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, Bernard Avle that his assessment shows that Mahama has done more to develop the country.<\/p>\n Some Ghanaians have criticized the Ovation Magazine for consistently highlighting the positive developments under the Mahama-led administration without criticizing the government but according to Chief Momodu, the magazine is a celebrity and lifestyle magazine that is not obliged to highlight negativity.<\/p>\n \u201cI think President Mahama has done well and as a lifestyle magazine, ours is to cover the beauty of Ghana. It is a news magazine that you can accused of being biased,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He further discounted claims that he was being paid by government to represent the President in positive light through his media to push for his [Mahama\u2019s] reelection in the upcoming December elections.<\/p>\n \u2018Media cabal blocking \u2018my transformation\u2019 message\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n President Mahama \u00a0said in the interview with Ovation that \u201cIt is populism, a certain group has taken control of the media in Ghana and it makes it difficult for people to discern the truth. So as much as you are putting out the information, it is either being blocked or distorted.\u201d<\/p>\n Some media practitioners in the country have criticized the President over the comments which they say is untrue.<\/p>\n \u2018Arrogant gov\u2019t communicators blocking Mahama\u2019s message\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The pioneer of private radio stations in Ghana, Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobbey, in an interview on Eyewitness News also rejected the claims by the President saying the his\u00a0message were instead being blocked by some arrogant government communicators who waste media space\u00a0allotted to them by generating unnecessary arguments.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nigerian publisher and businessman, Chief Dele Momodu has stated that President John Mahama deserves praise for his good works across Ghana. He said the president has \u201cdone a great job\u201d in leading and developing Ghana’s infrastructure. \u201cPeople read politics into everything but frankly speaking, there is so much to celebrate about President Mahama. He has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":260405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[12904,3,12905,12906],"yoast_head":"\n