Sam George says GJA urged Mahama to lift shutdown of 64 media houses

Samuel Nartey George, Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, says Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President Albert Kwabena Dwumfour asked President John Dramani Mahama to grant an amnesty to 64 media houses shut down for regulatory breaches.

Speaking at a media forum in Accra, in comments circulated by Adonten Diaries on Monday, November 9, George said Dwumfour contacted the President about two hours after enforcement action was taken against the 64 radio stations.

According to the minister, the GJA president referred to Mahama’s previous work in the media and argued that the President should intervene to stop his minister from closing broadcasting outlets.

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“I shut down 64 media houses,” George said.

“Two hours after that, the president of the GJA ran to the president, screaming blue murder, that the president is a former practitioner, and is allowing his minister to shut down media houses and is going to give us a bad impression, bad reputation,” he added.

George defended the closures, saying the affected broadcasters had breached both their licensing requirements and their own codes of conduct. The shutdowns were later reversed after President Mahama directed that an amnesty be granted.

“So media houses that had breached their own code of conduct, had breached their licensing regime, I decided to act,” George said.

“The GJA president went, and so two hours later, the president asked me to give an amnesty.”

He added: “This is public record. The reason for that amnesty, I’m putting it out today, is that the GJA president went.”

More than 60 broadcasters had their licences suspended by the National Communications Authority (NCA) in 2025 for regulatory non-compliance. Asaase Radio and Wontumi FM were among those affected.

President Mahama subsequently instructed the ministry and the regulator to impose a moratorium.

GJA response

Speaking in Accra on Saturday, November 7, at the 30th GJA Media Awards, Dwumfour described George’s November 2 comments as “unfortunate”.

The association reported more than 50 attacks on journalists since 2022 during the ceremony.

Dwumfour said the GJA’s approach to the President had not been motivated by personal or partisan interests. He argued that regulatory enforcement should not result in workers’ livelihoods becoming “collateral damage”.

“I do not expect the GJA to remain silent when members of our association whose conditions of service are already poor and precarious are suddenly thrown out of employment as a consequence of decisions to shut down media organizations.”

“64 media organizations for that matter,” Dwumfour said, while praising President Mahama for granting clemency within two hours.

George also criticised journalists whom he accused of opposing efforts to reform the media sector.

“If you are trying to fix the problem, and it is the same journalists in your representation, that is fighting those who are trying to fix the problem, you’re fighting yourself,” he said.