Media and Good Governance

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the Presidential decision to suspend execution of a Ministerial order to the state-owned Ghana Broadcasting Corporation GBC to surrender three of its six Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels, a directive the MFWA had challenged as “illegal and inimical.” “The president of the Republic, Nana Addo-Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, on…

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is extremely alarmed by the revelation that the Minister of Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has instructed the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to cede three of its six channels on the Digital Terrestrial Television Platform. The minister’s instruction is to be complied with within 60 days. We question the…

Three Members of Parliament (MPs) and some officials of the two main political parties, New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC), have been cited as having engaged in the use of indecent and abusive language on radio. This was among several findings in the maiden report of the Media Foundation for West Africa’s…

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has, from June 1, 2020, commenced monitoring of 35 radio stations across the country under its flagship elections campaign language monitoring project. The project, themed Issues Not Insults, will name and shame persons who use abusive campaign language on radio stations that will be monitored under the project.…

Development of Right to Information (RTI) Guide Book / RTI Toolkit Project Background: The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is implementing a project aimed at enhancing citizens’ access to information and their participation in local governance in selected districts in Ghana. The project seeks to increase local authorities’ responsiveness to local development concerns/challenges of their constituents. A…