The GBC Director-General Dr Kwame Akuffo Ntow has declined to proceed on leave despite the GBC Board’s directive to do so.
According to reports, the GBC Director-General Reports has refused to obey the instructions of the Board insisting it’s only the National Media Commission (NMC) which has the power to alter his terms of appointment.
GBC Director-General Akuffo Ntow in a letter addressed to the Board Chairman drew the attention of the Board Chairman that under his terms of the contract, it is the NMC which is the only body with the authority to appoint and alter his terms of appointment.
He said under the circumstances, he cannot act on the Board’s directive until an express directive from the NMC on any such decision to proceed on leave.
His decision comes on the heels of the Ghana Journalist Association’s (GJA) statement asking the National Media Commission (NMC) to as a matter of urgency, intervene in the developments at GBC and recall the Director General of the state-broadcaster, Dr Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow from leave.
GJA had argued that the decision by the GBC Board to ask Dr Anoff-Ntow to proceed on leave was unconstitutional and ought to be overturned.
Director General of GBC asked to proceed on leave
The Director General of GBC Dr Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow has been asked to proceed on leave.
It is unclear what may have caused the decision of the Governing Board to ask the Director-General to proceed on leave. But it appears issues relating to the TV licence and it intended prosecution are reasons for the Board asking the Director-General to proceed on leave.
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