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| Presenter says, Akufo-Addo behind job loss at Kingdom FM. |
A former radio host at Kingdom FM who goes by the name Gh Mouthpiece has said that, the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, put pressure on her director to fire her because of comments she had made criticising his administration and the difficult economic conditions that have persisted under his watch.
The CEO of Kingdom FM, Jonathan Kwame Amofah, was reportedly placed under pressure to pull her off air based on an "order from above," as reported by Gh Mouthpiece.
In an interview with Ola Michael on Neat FM, the radio presenter who also works as a social media commentator mentioned that the Director of the radio station showed her a private conversation the president had with him at 1:00am over her video, which Nana Addo claimed was an attack on him. This conversation was about her video, which Nana Addo claimed was an attack on him.
According to Gh Mouthpiece, all she did was ask the president to help restore the nation, but he silenced her by engineering her sack, so she couldn't make her case.
Narrating what transpired on the morning of her dismissal, Gh Mouthpiece said “I was playing drive...I had reported to work, done my introduction and even dropped my motivational message. About 15 minutes into the show, I saw our manager had opened the door signalling me to come. I was confused because I was seated behind the console and speaking live. My producer told me that our director had asked for me. Honestly, I became scared.
“When I got to his office, I wanted to sit but he told me to stand. He asked what happened yesterday, he showed me the video I had made together with the president's chat and asked 'what is this? The chart was with Ghana's sitting president, Nana Addo.
“The president had sent my video to my director. I told my director that I was part of the 'Fix The Country' campaign. I was just expressing my opinion and my directed said I exposed the company I am working for. He said I claimed our salary can't cater for our transportation. I defended myself and made it clear that, my statement was the true state of the nation, the voices of Ghanaians," she added.
The presenter thinks her director didn't fire her on his own because of how supportive he has been of her, throughout her stay at the station.
“He said 'Akokra’, that is the president, could not sleep throughout the night and had texted him at 1:00am. He sent him the video I had recorded. My director told me that he was under pressure because of my video. I respect my director so much and he moved me to the main station.
“He is someone who has supported my career, so when he said the was under pressure to remove me, I understood him.
“He had every right to stop me from going live that morning but he didn't. I think people called him to complain after hearing my voice on radio that morning, the reason he took me off.”
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Source: ghananews.hrforum.uk
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