Actor Mikki Osei Berko, popularly known as Dada Boat, says it saddens his heart whenever he sees foreign content played on Ghana Broadcasting Corporation channels.

According to him, it is the national media station of the country. Therefore, its responsibility is to focus on and promote local content only.

Unfortunately, the managers of the station have joined other private channels by airing foreign programmes, which he thinks is not supporting the movie industry and its stakeholders.

He spoke on Joy Prime’s Changes show with Roselyn Felli on Friday, February 21, 2025.

“A lot of TV stations show about 80% foreign content. Even the national television station, and that is sad. It makes me shed tears anytime I see GBC showing foreign content. For what? He quizzed.

He said other countries’ television stations, including Nigeria, do not show foreign content as compared to Ghana.

But GBC, he thinks, has joined what other stations’ programming, thereby swaying from the actual aim of the creation of the channel.

For him, “the factor is just about the money or entertainment it produces. We need to educate the people about ourselves and our culture. The people will have to understand this themselves, and then we need to also take it outside for people to understand who Ghanaians are.”

Dada Boat believes one of the major hindrances to the industry’s progression is the airing of foreign content on the majority of Ghanaian media channels, which he says must be stopped.

He called on the government to get involved and support by ensuring effective policies and training measures are put in place to minimise the challenges.