“An unregulated media space can in itself be more dangerous to media freedom than anything. That then eventually leads us to chaos”, that is the view of the Executive Director for Media Foundation for West Africa.

According to Mr Sulemana Braimah, there is thus the need for the passage of the  Broadcasting Bill, which in his view is "long overdue" for a country that has enjoyed almost 30 years of independent broadcasting.

“it is quite surprising that the nation is yet to finalise a framework that will respond to what is provided for in Article 164.” He said.

The media freedom fighter hence, supports the passage of the Broadcasting Bill because, in his view, it will help in the promotion of ethical media content while ensuring media freedom.

Mr Braimah was speaking to Accra-based Joy Fm on the passage of the Broadcasting Bill, following concerns raised by the public over the absence of a legislation to properly regulate the media.

The outcry on the need for the media to be regulated followed the killing of the 10 year old boy at Kasoa which was motivated by money ritual.

Mr Braimah said  the bill "ought to have been in place way back since we started the whole idea of liberalising the airwaves and therefore having a lot of media organizations coming into being,” he said.

He downplayed the concerns of some media players that the bill might gag or censor the media, saying “my day job is to ensure the freedom of the media…to ensure capacity building so on and so forth. I will be the last person to indulge in anything that is intended to either censor or undermine the freedom that the constitution guarantees our media.”

The purpose of the Bill is to provide comprehensive legislation on broadcasting services regulated by the  National  Media  Commission and the  National Communications Authority in a manner consistent with the Constitution.