Nana Oteatuoso Apologizes To Kessben Media
Wontumi TV/Radio Morning Show panel member, Etwienana Baffour Oteatuoso Kokoben, who wrongly accused Kessben Media’s morning show host, Omanhene Yaw Adu Boakye of compromising his position by allegedly collecting bribe money to the tune of GHC 5000 ostensibly to work against the interest of the NPP ahead of the December 7 elections.
Nana Oteatuoso whose emotional plea was rendered live on Wontumi TV/Radio also apologized to the CEO of Kessben Media, Mr Kwabena Kesse, for his remarks which was in a bad taste.
“Whatever happened was unfortunate and they should forgive me.” He said
Adding his voice to the pleadings of the Akyem chief the CEO of Public Sector Reforms, Mr. Kusi Boafo said that, occupational hazard is part of the job in the work and they should forgive the Chief.
Chairman Wontumi Calls For Unity Among Media Practitioners In Ashanti
Meanwhile, immediately after Nana Oteasuoso’s slip, the slip, he Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Wontumi Communications and Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, assured the media fraternity in Ashanti that his doors are always opened to them and that, nothing will be done to thwart their efforts as they play various productive roles in meeting national development objectives.
In a statement issued in Kumasi and signed by the General Manager of Wontumi Communications, Mr Kofi Agyei, Chairman Wontumi, as he is fondly called, was quoted as saying that, “his strongest desire and expectation is to see media practitioners in Ashanti work in unity and in freedom at all times.”
The statement was in reaction to the expression of a highly personalized viewpoint on last Tuesday’s doctored video documentary aired on Adom TV.
The purely defamatory documentary authored by Spokesperson of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, sought to impugn the integrity of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and make him unpopular.
The Wontumi TV/Radio panel member’s outburst drew a sharp rebuttal from the morning show panel on KESSBEN FM’s thus, creating the impression that the two media powerhouses in Ashanti were at logger heads.
The documentary has attracted a strongly worded apology from the Multi Media Group.
“In all fairness and humility, I’m prepared to work with and accommodate each media practitioner so long as I remain the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling part. Never will I use my media outlets and other platforms to attack other media organizations for a wedge to develop between us because we are not rivals but partners in national development.” The statement quoted the Ashanti Regional Chairman.
According to the statement, Chairman Wontumi has called for cool heads to prevail in addressing any emerging situation that can create disaffection and enmity between his media organization and others.
“At this stage of our national development, most especially as the election is a few days away, there is no need to engage in a media war over a damning issue whose condemnation should rather unite the practitioners instead of dividing them in a country whose media freedom has become an envy of most countries in sub-Saharan Africa.