The Kumasi Traditional Council has given Oyerepa Radio the go-ahead to operate following a plea by a delegation led by Nana Asokore Mamponghene, Nana Boakye Ansah Debrah and some men of God including Most Rev, Emmanuel Asante, the Ghana Journalists Association, the National Media Commission and the management of the station.
On Thursday, August 25, 2022, the Manhyia Palace ordered the closure of Oyerepa Radio, a local radio station in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
This comes barely a month after the Ada Traditional Council also placed restrictions on Radio Ada, a local radio station in the area until the intervention of the GJA.
Oyerepa Radio’s ordeal stems from the fact that it allowed its medium to be used in denigrating Manhyia, the symbol of Authority in Asanteman according to the acting president of the Kumasi Traditional Council, Baffour Amankwatia VI.
Baffour Amankwatia VI issued the directive when a delegation from Oyerepa Radio and TV appeared before the traditional council to offer an apology for demeaning comments Against Ashanti Chiefs by the leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai ‘Odike’.
Manhyia, therefore, ordered Oyerepa Radio to suspend activities from today, Friday 26 August 2022 until further notice.
Odike is said to have attacked Manhyia Palace and all Ashanti Chiefs over their inability to tackle the galamsey menace in the Ashanti Region while speaking on the radio station.
Speaking over the recent attacks, Lawyer John Owusu Agyeman said apart from customary judicial power like arbitration, the Chiefs do not have any legislative, judicial or executive powers to back their actions.
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Earlier before the sitting, the mother body of GJA went to plead with Bantamahene to pardon Oyerepa radio.
Oyerepa Radio is now back to its normal operations after the peaceful deliberations.
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