The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the Multimedia Group to render “an unqualified apology” to it for its failure to admit its representatives to the station’s Newsfile programme on Saturday April 15.
Last Saturday’s edition of the show proceeded without representation from the governing party after the station turned away two of the party’s picks for the show – Eric Twum, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority; and Henry Nana Boakye, the Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme.
Newsfile host Samson Anyenini explained at the beginning of the show that the two “were not up to the standard of the show” for which reason producers had failed to admit them to the programme.
Reacting to the development, the Acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, in a statement said the description of the two as being below the standard of the current affairs programme was “unsavoury” and asked the media house and Mr Anyenini to issue an “official apology” to the party.
“The party demands an immediate and an unqualified apology from Multimedia and from Samson Anyenini,” the statement noted.
Mr Boadu further stated that Multimedia’s decision was high-handed and the controversy could have been avoided had the station decided to resolve the matter through “dialogue and respect”.
Below is the statement from the NPP:
ATTENTION:
MULTIMEDIA GROUP
Dear Sir/Madam
NPP DEMANDS AN UNQUALIFIED APOLOGY FROM MULTIMEDIA GROUP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) demands an official apology from your media organisation and also Samson Anyenini, the host of your programme, Newsfile.
The NPP, after submitting names for representation on the Saturday 15th April, 2017 edition of Newsfile, was surprised to hear on the live show our representatives “were not up to the standard of the show”. The unsavoury pronouncement was made by the host.
The party finds this statement very unfortunate.
Mr Henry Nana Boakye, who is currently the Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme and Eric Twum, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, are members of our national communications team.
We have worked hand in hand with your organisation at different levels and find this not only unnecessary but a display of high handedness in a simple matter that could have been resolved through dialogue and respect.
The party demands an immediate and an unqualified apology from Multimedia and from Samson Anyenini.
…Signed…
Boadu John
(General Secretary, Ag.)
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Samson, do you know what you have done? In effect you are asking only the learned with 4th and 5th degrees to watch and listen to your programs. You have no idea those of us who listen to you.What has come over you? Change! Arrogance of the highest highest order.Or they have hired you to misbehave? I mean Ndc. Your career is at stake
Samson ayeyeni is a disgrace to multimedia, please change him before he collapse the multimedia.
I am very surprise Sampson is behaving so strange. I really respect your intelligence and trust you would also respect same to others. God hate arrogance. At any point in oneself begins to show proud and arrogance, marks the beginning of ones fall. After all is your listeners who make you somebody. So is Sampson saying that he is academically better than nana B? Where there is a way in , there is a way out.
Samson, that was really below the belt. I certainly did not expect that from someone of your make up, who I have noticed over time to be struggling through the programme and matching the standards set by Sekyi Addo and Oppong Nkrumah. Nana B is not my cup of tea but he is much better than a whole lot of others you have had on the programme.
***barred word*** arrogant braggaaard, when did you become a lawyer, what about the one you mentored, did you open your chambers immediately after school, we knew you back in the days at Luv Fm-Ksi, For u to say , you are the best in the country when it comes to international trade is rediculouss , in ur dreams, what makes you think,how many international trade ve you brokered, you are full of urslf, this ur statement should ve been only to ur family, coz they are the ones who haven't reached anywhere near you
Funny when people like John Boadu, Nana B and Sammy Awuku can call a president Incompetent and few days later jump to the roof when referred to as Substandard.And interestingly people are here crying foul.
Even Ayariga,a broad day lightleir,a pathological one,is allow on news file,am beginning to believe is one of those moment people talk without thinking,masssr,sincere apology should be given to gentle men.
Apology my foot. Is nana B not a substandard brain? Someone who never said anything sensible in his life.
samson ayenini is a prrriiiickk. He is one of those northerners who come to make noise in politics and law in the south and do nothing meaningful for their poor people in the north. What standards does newsfile have if kwassshia people like sam george, okujeto, and ayeni can be on it. Fukkkkkk u, samson! fukkkkkk u, newsfile. Newsfile can kiss my arssssss and eat my shittttttt
So bad Mr. Host.what level of arrogance is this