The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has affirmed its commitment to protecting the rights and freedoms of journalists across the nation.
In the pursuit of safeguarding journalists, the Association is resolute in confronting any acts of aggression directed towards them.
During an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Albert Dwumfuor, the President of the GJA, asserted on Tuesday that the association will persist in advising its members to boycott individuals who pose threats to journalists in the country.
This stance follows a joint directive issued by the GJA, Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).
The directive urges media organizations nationwide to blacklist Farouk Mahama, the Member of Parliament for Yendi, due to his reported assault on Mohammed Aminu M. Alabira, a Northern Regional Reporter for Citi News.
The incident occurred while Alabira was covering the disruption of the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primary in the Yendi constituency on January 27, 2024.
Mr. Dwumfuor emphasized in the interview, “In fact, this is the way to go. We want to send a signal, a caution that we are not going to relax on our call for our members to blacklist politicians, individuals, or groups who rise against journalists or who impede press freedom and media independence… We will not entertain such acts.”