Manhyia grants Oyerepa FM permission to operate

The impasse between the Kumasi Traditional Council and Oyerapa FM in relation to comments made by the founder of United Progressive Party (UPP) and businessman, Akwasi Addae Odike on their airwaves has been resolved.

The managers of the radio station led by clergymen from the Methodist and Presbyterian churches were at Manhyia Palace on Monday with an apology.

Also at the Manhyia Palace to meet the Kumasi Traditional Council over the issue was the leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).

After deliberations, an apology from managers of Oyerepa FM was accepted by the chiefs.

This paves way for the radio station to resume operations after it suspended it last Friday as a show of good faith following an advise by the traditional council for the managers to do so to show of remorse.

Founder of United Progressive Party (UPP) and businessman, Akwasi Addae Odike had made some comments on a radio discussion programme on Oyerepa FM.

The chiefs saw that as an attack on their integrity and said Odike was inciting the youth against the chiefs.

Following from that, managers of the radio station attended a Kumasi Traditional Council meeting last Thursday to apologise for allowing their airwaves to be used by Odike for those comments.

But the chiefs said the posture of the radio station was not indicative of a show of remorse and therefore advised the managers to retreat, show remorse by suspending operations, and approach the council on Monday with a meaningful apology.