The term presidential correspondent may sound prestigious. In Ghana, however, the harrowing experience presidential reporters endure under President John Mahama is nowhere near what the connotation that name carries.
While there’s no evidence that the President condones such ill-treatment of journalists, there is evidence that his media coordinators at the Presidency do not care about complaints journalists raise.
In this Documentary for Joy FM’s Hotline, Manasseh Azure Awuni reveals how such treatment may have led to the presidential press corps accident that killed 37-year old reporter for the state-owned Ghanaian Times, Samuel Nuamah.
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