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NCA accused of ‘monetising free speech’

The NCA’s sanctions which ranged from fines to total revocation of licenses come in the wake of its completion of a nationwide FM Spectrum Audit.

The NCA’s sanctions, which ranged from fines to total revocation of licenses, come in the wake of its completion of a nationwide FM Spectrum Audit.

Reacting to the development, the Minority spokesperson on communications, A.B.A Fuseini, decried the sanctions as monetizing free speech.

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In a statement, he said, radio has become a foremost means of expression by large sections of Ghanaians since the liberalisation of the airwaves in the fourth republic.

“Regulatory enforcement ought to be undertaken in a reasonable manner that factors in the fragilities inherent in the operations of many radio stations.," he said.

“The current revocation and sanctions regime appears to be monetizing the right to free expression and could be construed as an effort to exact retribution particularly against stations that have traditionally been ideologically opposed to the current NPP administration."

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