Staff of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) are protesting a directive by the Minister of Communications to have channels of their employer on the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) network reduced from six to three.

The directive given in a letter dated June 26, 2020 has stirred controversy with the Minority describing Ursula Owusu-Ekuful as acting ultra vires.

According to the caucus, it is not within the remit of the Communications Minister to issue a directive to the state broadcaster.

Board of GBC also seemed uncomfortable with the directive as it enjoined the Director General, Professor Amin Alhassan, to write to the National Media Commission (NMC) for “urgent intervention”.

On Friday, July 17, staff of the biggest broadcasting firm in the country gathered at the forecourt of Broadcasting House in an emergency meeting to protest the move.

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