National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has suggested that newly established Asaase Radio is owned and controlled by President Akufo Addo.
According to him, cousin of the president, Gabby Otchere Darko is only being used as a face to cover up for the real owner, Nana Akufo Addo.
Speaking on Starr Chat with Bola Ray, Sammy Gyamfi said “In my opinion, I think that Asaase Radio belongs to Akufo-Addo.”
He alleged that the radio station was built after the Akufo Addo led government had succeeded in collapsing genuine Ghanaian businesses.
He made these remarks while speaking on controversies surrounding his party’s decision to refrain from patronizing the services of Asaase Radio.
“Asaase FM we’ve never been there, we decided to abstain…how do you collapse people’s businesses and expect us to patronize your business? We will not patronize Akufo-Addo’s radio station…it’s a protest because we’ve directed all our members to abstain from it…”
Mr Gyamfi added, “you cannot come into office, collapse over 130 radio stations including the radio stations which were the main platforms for the opposition and expect us to help you build yours. It doesn’t work like that.”
The NDC in June 2020 directed all its communicators to shun the newly established Asaase Radio.
A communique signed by Sammy Gyamfi read, “all NDC communicators, officials, Members of Parliament and ex-appointees are advised to abstain from appearing on Asaase Radio (99.5 FM). The party has taken a decision to abstain from appearing on this station given how Radio Gold and other Pro-NDC stations have been shut down by the vindictive and intolerant Akufo-Addo government.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com
