NMC Directs Power FM To Apologise To Samira And Fulani Community

The National Media Commission (NMC) has charged Power FM to render an unqualified apology to the Second Lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia on the back of what it said was a gender-based insult and inciteful comments.

According to the Commission, the remarks were made on November 1, 2023, by some panellists with the help and facilitation of the programme host.

It recognises that the comments have the propensity to throw the country into ethnic conflict.

“On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, you allowed your station, Power FM, to be used as the medium for gender-based insult on H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia in a perverted and debased broadcast that also sought to denigrate the entire Fulani Community in Ghana and incite ethnic tension. Such behaviour has no place in our search for national cohesion, peace and development,” a statement from the Commission said.

It continued, “Your presenter’s phoney protestation was unprofessional and deceitfully calculated to egg the commentator on. Instead of being a moderator, your presenter became a cheerleader for obscenity.”

The media organization has been given an ultimatum to issue their apology to the Second Lady and Fulani Community.

“We ask you to apologise to H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia and the Fulani Community. We additionally ask that you apologise to the Ghanaian public whose sensibilities you breached by that broadcast. We expect you to undertake the above and present evidence of same to the Commission before November 11, 2023, after which date you may hear further from the Commission.”