The Director of Communications for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, has apologised to JoyNews following concerns that the party’s recent letter to Sarah Adwoa Safo was also an attack on the media house.
Speaking on JoyNews’ Upfront on Thursday, March 20, Mr. Ahiagbah clarified that the party’s directive was not intended to target JoyNews.
Responding to a question from host Blessed Sogah about whether JoyNews felt attacked after the party acted swiftly following Adwoa Safo’s interview, he sought to set the record straight.
“Absolutely not. If you take that view, I apologise,” Mr. Ahiagbah stated.
“The point is that there is nothing in that release that is aimed at JoyNews or Multimedia at all. There was a release prior to her coming to your studios prohibiting what she came to your studio to do.”
He further explained, “So it’s not an original letter seeing that she’s in your studio and therefore somebody is directing that she shouldn’t be there or talk to you about the subject matter that she came to discuss.”
The NPP directive had urged all party members to refrain from discussing internal matters that could create division and unrest within the party in the media.
Despite this directive, Adwoa Safo proceeded with an exclusive interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse, where she openly criticised the party’s election review committee, calling it “bogus.”
Following this, the NPP leadership issued a press statement referring her to the National Disciplinary Committee for further action, stating that her comments violated an earlier directive prohibiting members from making public statements that could fuel disaffection within the party.
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