{"id":388892,"date":"2018-01-04T21:30:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T21:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=388892"},"modified":"2018-01-05T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T12:03:52","slug":"rebellion-against-tv-license-fees-unfounded-adom-otchere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/rebellion-against-tv-license-fees-unfounded-adom-otchere\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebellion against TV license fees \u2018unfounded\u2019 – Adom-Otchere"},"content":{"rendered":"
Host of Good Evening Ghana on Accra-based Metro Television, Paul Adom-Otchere, is courting support for the payment of TV license fees that will largely benefit the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).<\/p>\n
This, he believes will help GBC effectively discharge its role as a public broadcaster.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”6a77MrVl0L2rVOcsFgIr0BsTEK2heSpd”]The setting up of a special court by the Chief Justice to prosecute people for non-payment of TV license fees to the state broadcaster, has been met with mixed reactions.<\/p>\n
While some have suggested that agencies like Ghana Standards Authority or the Ghana Revenue Authority should take charge of the collection of TV license fees instead of GBC, others have argued that the move is needless<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, given the fact that other countries are gradually moving towards abolishing the fees.<\/p>\n GBC has a crucial role<\/strong><\/p>\n However, speaking on the Point Blank segment of Eyewitness News<\/strong>\u00a0 on Thursday, Mr. Adom-Otchere took a different position, arguing that public broadcasting is a very important element in democratic development, hence the need for GBC to be supported financially to carry out its mandate.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is in support of establishing an institution called the public service broadcaster and a public service broadcaster\u00a0 is a necessary institution for any development agenda especially of a developing country. All over the world, countries that have developed have always maintained a public service broadcaster.\u201d<\/p>\n