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Assin South MP Weighs In On Controversial Online Platform During Newsfile Interview

Accra, Ghana — The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour has distanced himself from the implications that his criticisms of how the authorities have handled the Ghana Jollof matter amounts to him endorsing what the platform has been putting across.

During a heated discussion on the Newsfile program with host Samson Lardy Anyenini, the MP was questioned whether he endorsed what Ghana Jollof had been reporting.

"My Spirit Can Never Allow Me"

The politician said though as a member of parliament it might require him to follow up on some of the items that have been reported by the platform, it was something his spirit could never allow him to do.

"The things that Ghana Jollof has been saying, well some of us, because of this show and because I have to moderate it, I have to go and listen to some of them, even though my spirit can never allow me to listen to such stuff," he stated.

Speaking further on the topic after being asked if he endorsed the statements, Ntim Fordjour said, "How can I endorse what I disagree with?"

The MP clarified that his disagreements with the Ghana Jollof's statements should not be mistaken for endorsement of what the platform has been publishing.

From Seat Of Self-Expression To Political Discourse

The Assin South MP identified the Ghana Jollof matter as a development that has caused people who have held a seat of self-expression to venture into the realm of political discourse.

"If you look at who we are as people that have held a seat of self--expression, we went into the political space because we could not kowtow to powers that be. We did not mince words. From the 80s and 90s right up to today, I've mentioned persons of both sides. That is my orientation," he explained.

"If we think that we are going to be benefiting from certain architecture and raising certain baby lions, those baby lions will grow and they will come to thank you," he said.

MP For Assin South Criticizes "Baby Lions" Rhetoric And "Pincer Movement" In Politics

The criticisms come as Ghana's political landscape becomes increasingly polarized along ideological lines, with both the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the Newsfile platform accused of using selective enforcement of the laws to target Ghana's political opposition.

Ntim Fordjour's comments are the latest in a series of accusations that the police have been singling out politicians from the opposition parties for investigation after they criticized the NBC for refusing to air their political adverts during the 2023 election campaign.

Meanwhile, lawmakers from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and United National Congress (UNC) have accused Ntim Fordjour of being biased against them after he criticized the police for failing to investigate allegations of graft and mismanagement levelled against him.

The controversial MP has also been accused of targeting journalists for publishing stories that were critical of the government.

Source; Mynewsgh.com