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The Chairman of the National Media Commission, Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, has said Ghanaians should stop expecting too much from the Commission because society has contributed little or practically nothing to its operations.He noted that in setting up the commission some 17-years ago, to undertake the gigantic task of injecting sanity into the media, little consideration has been given to resourcing it to fully and effectively discharge its mandate.Speaking at the first anniversary of the 6th Commission of the NMC in Accra, Mr Blay-Amehere stated that the NMC should have had presence in all the 10 regions in Ghana, yet what they can boast of now is “a very small, ill-equipped, unbefitting office in Accra."He questioned how the nation expected the commission to monitor and take appropriate measures to improve media standards with such limited resources when there is a “media landscape of about 150 FM stations, 10 TV stations and over 100 newspapers scattered all over the country.“The NMC has a staff of about 22 officers most of whom are auxiliary with just four key officers – the Executive Secretary, Deputy Executive Secretary and two Research/Administrative Officers, carrying the heavy burden of the NMC that the broad shoulders of a dozen Atlases cannot carry,” the Ambassador told journalists.
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