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Dr Binka chairs new New Times Corporation board
The National Media Commission (NMC), in consultation with President John Dramani Mahama, has appointed a new nine-member governing board for the New Times Corporation (NTC), publishers of the Ghanaian Times and The Spectator newspapers.
The other members are Madam Theresa Owusu Ako, Mr Eric Nyarko-Aboagye, Mr Donald Gwira, Very Rev Helena Amma Serwah Opoku-Sarkodie, Naana Aklerh Amenyah Kubi I, Mr Kojo Tito Voegborlo, Esq, and Dr Timothy S.K. Quashigah.
The Managing Director of the NTC, Dr Isaac Okpoti Nai, is also a member of the board.
The appointments form part of the NMC’s reconstitution of the governing boards of the country’s state-owned media organisations.
A statement issued by the NMC in Accra yesterday and signed by its Acting Executive Secretary, Ms Paula Sanziri, said the appointments were made in accordance with Article 168 of the 1992 Constitution and the National Media Commission Act, 1993 (Act 449).
The Commission also announced new governing boards for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and the Ghana News Agency (GNA).
For the GBC, Mr Francis Mills Robertson has been appointed Chairman.
The other board members are Madam Bashiratu Kamal, Dr Ahmed Dawale Mohammed, Dr Jacob Ibrahim Abudu, Madam Hawa Muhammad Awwal, Mr Nathaniel Leslie Lomo-Mainoo, Mr Emmanuel Kumadey and Dr Abena Animwaa Yeboah-Banin.
The Director-General of the GBC, Professor Amin Alhassan, is also a member of the board.
At the GCGL, Professor Samuel Kwaku Hayford is the new Chairman.
The board members are Mr Emmanuel Osei Ofosu, Mr Richard Asamoah-Mensah, Mr Frederic Kofi Rockson, Dr Camynta Baezie, Mr Elvis Aaron Amenyitor, Mr Bernard Owusu and Dr Rufai Kilu Haruna.
The Managing Director of the GCGL, Mr Ato Aful, is also a member.
For the GNA, Dr Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow has been appointed Chairman.
The other members are Madam Mercy Catherine Adjabeng, Mr Francis Dadzie Jnr, Professor Adwoa Sikayena Amankwah, Dr Moshie-Dayan Ahiamenyo, Mr Vance Azu and Mr Alexander Nii Katey Bannerman.
The General Manager of the GNA, Mr Albert Kofi Owusu, is also a member.
The NMC said the appointments formed part of its constitutional mandate to oversee the administration of the state-owned media and help safeguard their role in promoting free, independent and responsible journalism.
The new boards are expected to provide strategic policy direction and strengthen the respective media organisations as they carry out their mandate of informing, educating and entertaining the Ghanaian public.
BY TIMES REPORTER
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Management and staff of Owass FM have announced the passing of media personality, comedian and politician Seth Kwame Dzokoto following a medical emergency during a live morning show discussion at the station earlier today.
According to the station, Dzokoto was participating in a panel discussion on its morning show “Oman Nkoso” when he suddenly took ill and collapsed.
A statement from the station said its team immediately rushed him to the hospital for medical attention, but he was pronounced dead by the attending medical doctor upon arrival.
“We are deeply saddened by this unfortunate incident, which occurred in the course of our regular programming. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, loved ones, colleagues, and all those who have been affected by his passing,” the statement said.
Management acknowledged that information about the incident is already circulating in the public domain, but appealed to the public and colleague media houses to respect the privacy of the bereaved family and refrain from circulating unverified information or speculation regarding the circumstances of his death.
Owass FM extended its heartfelt condolences to the family of Seth Kwame Dzokoto.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The State through the Attorney General (AG) has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the suspension of the trial in the case of The Republic v Hanan Aludiba and Faiza Seidu.
On Monday, the Court of Appeal suspended the trial in the case. But the prosecution says it has filed an appeal against the suspension order.
According to the update, the law does not allow a criminal trial to be suspended simply because an accused person has complained about some of the charges on the charge sheet, particularly when those complaints were dismissed as meritless.
It argues that if the Court of Appeal’s decision is allowed to stand, no prosecution will ever be possible, since all it would take for a trial to be suspended is an accused person complaining about anything on the charge sheet.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
