[ 2016-06-30 ]

Adorye, Yamin, Sir John Top List of Abusive Language on Radio
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has
released its latest language monitoring report in
which seven persons have been named as top users
of abusive language on radio.

The latest report is based on monitoring of 972
programmes on 40 radio stations across the country
for the period of May 16-31, 2016. In all, 58
indecent expressions were recorded on 17 out of
the 40 radio stations monitored.

On top of the list of users of abusive language
during the reporting period is Hopeson Adoye, a
member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
communication team with a total of six indecent
expressions. Sharing the second spot in this
unenviable list of users of abusive campaign
language are, Charles Owusu, a member of the
Progressive People’s Party (PPP) communication
team and the NDC’s Joseph Yamin who is former
Deputy Minister and now Deputy National
Coordinator of the National Disaster Management
Organization (NADMO). They used four indecent
expressions each.

The next was Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie popularly called
Sir John, former General Secretary of the NPP. Sir
John shared the spot with Daasebre Dwamena, a
presenter on Kumasi-based Ashh FM; Yaw Adomako
Baafi, Deputy Communications Director of the NPP;
and Ernest Owusu Bempah, Communications Director
of the National Democratic Party (NDP). Each of
them was cited for three indecent expressions.

As far as radio stations on which indecent
expressions were used are concerned, the top four
are Accra-based Okay FM (12), Oman FM (11), Happy
FM (7) and Kumasi-based Ashh FM (5). The full
report details the names of individuals and radio
presenters who used abusive expressions, types of
indecent expressions used, radio stations on which
such indecent expressions were recorded; and
political parties whose officials, affiliates and
supporters used abusive language on radio.

Source - mfwa.

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