Adom-Otchere proposes dedicated courts for media disputes in Ghana
Former Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Paul Adom-Otchere, has called for the establishment of specialised courts to handle media-related disputes in Ghana.
Speaking at the Broadcasting at the Crossroads: Shaping the Future of Ghana’s Electronic Media forum organised by the Africa Media Bureau in Accra on Friday, September 26, 2025, Adom-Otchere highlighted that although Ghana boasts a vibrant judiciary, there are currently no courts specifically designated to hear communication and media cases.
“Some of the areas we could explore are that there are no courts, and we do have a vibrant judiciary; there are no courts set aside to hear communication-related cases. If there are yet, then I don’t know yet,” he said.
He also suggested introducing parliamentary oversight over decisions by the National Communications Authority (NCA) to sanction or revoke licenses of radio and television stations.
“The other thing is that when the NCA makes a decision that a radio or TV station has fallen foul in a way, they have to terminate their licences, we can introduce another level where they have to submit that to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communication that these are the categories of radio stations that we’re going to terminate their licences and parliament can hold a hearing, we can improve on these things,” he said.
Additionally, he urged the public to place greater trust in government institutions, stressing that Ghana’s democratic system has functioned for 35 years. He noted that mistrust towards government contributed to missed opportunities during the country’s digital migration process, particularly sidelining the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).
“Let us trust governments, we have a democracy, it has been working for 35 years, we get too suspicious of governments, this same suspicion led us to ignore GBC in leading the digital migration, we would have been done by now. Let’s trust the process,” he stated.
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