Akufo-Addo is intolerant towards opinions of journalists – Manasseh

Investigate journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has said the body language of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo towards the opinions of journalists in the country can best be described as intolerant thus urging him to be more concern over the bad treatment melted at journalists under his administration. 

According to him, unlike the tenure of former President John Dramani Mahama where media personnel felt safe to go about their work, the same cannot be said about the Akufo-Addo-led administration.

“I felt very safe under former President Mahama and I have a number of colleagues who have also told me they don’t feel safe now so that should be the priority of this administration going forward. For corruption, even if you are a politician, a civil society person or even the President; if you intend to seriously fight corruption his (President’s) own life will be threatened to some extent.” he said on JoyNews’ Saturday morning show dubbed Newsfile.

“So the least he (President Akufo-Addo) can do for some of us who are not secured as he is is to give a body language that tolerates views and some of the things we do because politicians will always be our friend but we have different roles to play.”

He added, “When Ahmed Hussein-Suale was killed and he (President Akufo-Addo) went to the Ghana Bar Association conference in Takoradi, he made a statement to the effect that people shouldn’t take it as an attack on journalists.

“But we know that Ahmed Hussein-Suale was threatened, put on live television by Kennedy Agyapong who is a leading member of his party and he asked people to attack him ( Ahmed Hussein-Suale) not because of anything but because of the work he has done.

“So if an MP is killed and then we give all MPs security and then a journalist is killed why say we shouldn’t take it as an attack on journalists?”