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Special Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, lawyer Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe has as part of the 28th anniversary celebration of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has acknowledged the role of the media in the political journey of the party.

Describing the relationship as a symbiotic one, lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe professed that even though the relationship has not been rosy since 1992 to date, the media has helped for the past 28 years carry their messages to Ghanaians in every corner of the country, making the NDC win 4 elections out of the 7 elections that the country has had.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, the private legal practitioner reiterated that there have been ups and downs in terms of their relationship with the media but insisted that the party has had healthy relationship with journalists.

“As we celebrate our anniversary, we must also acknowledge the role of Journalists in the political life of our party as the media always carry our messages to Ghanaians in every part of the country for us. Our relationship with the media is like a symbiotic relationship.

“We have a very strong relationship with the media since 1992 and it is important to say that our relationship with the media has been rosy; there have been ups and downs but overall, it has been a very healthy relationship,” he said.

He, however, mentioned that giant media groups like the Despite Media Group and Multimedia Group as well as many othersmedia houses obtained their licenses to operate under the various regimes of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), explaining the commitment of the party towards media pluralism.

“I can proudly say that the first license that Despite Group got to start the media work was under the NDC. That tells you the commitment the NDC has towards media pluralism. Most of the frequencies that the Despite Media Group has were obtained under one NDC regime or the other. What it tells you is that our political party believes media pluralism; from Joy FM, Citi FM, Radio Gold and others received their licenses under the NDC and this is because of the symbiotic relationship we have with journalists,” he mentioned.

He maintained that through the various regimes of the National Democratic (NDC), a lot of media houses have sprung up across the country; acknowledging the mutual effort put up by both the media and the NDC regimes to strengthen the democratic experiment.