The Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, has appealed to the three porn television stations, TV XYZ, Ice TV and Thunder TV, to desist from showing pornographic movies on their networks.
According to the minister, showing such content on free-to-air stations is “not right” and “offensive” to the “moral sense we have carved for ourselves” as a nation.
The minister added that this is supposed to be private adult material to be accessed in private and not meant for public consumption.
Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issue last Saturday, the minister pointed out that “it is in our calendar to send the broadcasting law to parliament next year for passage. Hopefully when we get to the broadcasting law and we succeed in getting it passed, we will have proper regulation for what it is that people can broadcast and what it is that people cannot broadcast. But as I said, until that time comes, we are sort of handicapped a bit.”
He stressed that for now, the government can at best appeal to the conscience of local television stations not to broadcast explicit sexual content on their various networks.
It would be recalled that two broadcasters, Tommy Annan-Forson and James Oberko, on Monday, June 12 presented a petition to the National Media Commission (NMC) and the Ministry of Information against the three private television stations they claimed are showing pornographic movies.
In addition to the petition, the petitioners also presented an album of compiled photos taken from porn scenes shown across the television stations in question.
According to petitioners, it is against the broadcasting standards for television stations to show porn materials irrespective of what time they are shown.
Source: Daily Guide
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What has the minister done wrong? Some of you just hate for no reason. You don't make any sense, always exhibiting your FO0OLISHNESS.
If that is the case, then advertising alcoholic beverages and violent movies must also be stopped
Is this talkative again? Always wanted to be heard? Not having anything serious to say? All these guys are ministers? What is Ghana up to?
Is because in Ghana u talk too much, in advanced countrys' u must pay before getting access to those materials. The NMC is toothless u advertise even liquor on prime time both on radio and TV which serious country does that?
YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS. TELL THE OTHER STATIONS TO STOP SHOWING THOSE LOVE AND KISSING SOAPS IN THE EVENING
where else have you been and witness a security closed down a radio station and arresting management? I can see you have a big problem with English language. Take some time, and get a dictionary around you, and read the ministers' statement again. You think we live in autocratic regime???? very pathetic.
We did not vote for you guys to be this loose. You have the Power, use it. The reason all can't be president or ministers. Stop showing such a weak character. Stamp your authority and end this FO0OLISHNESS. What is the point of pleading or begging? Aaaah! Don't let us regret voting for you guys. There should be a leader in this country. This is Ghana Africa, our moral values must work. Even in first world countries as Canada, UK & the USA you can't show such movie open air. How???