{"id":3476,"date":"2019-05-07T23:31:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T23:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2019-05-07T23:31:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T23:31:38","slug":"proforum-welcomes-state-security-for-manasseh-but-says-its-not-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/07\/proforum-welcomes-state-security-for-manasseh-but-says-its-not-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Proforum welcomes state security for Manasseh, but says it&#8217;s not enough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NDC Proforum \u2013 North America has welcomed National Security intervention by providing state protection for ace investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni following continual threats on his life after the airing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/07\/npp-militia-group-trains-at-a-security-facility-in-accra\/\">\u201cMilitia in the heart of the nation\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the professional group believes the current arrangement is not enough and called for an immediate police investigation and consequently arrest and prosecution of those behind what it calls a cowardly and antagonizing attack on democracy and rule of law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement signed by President \u2013 Arnold Appiah on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 noted that \u201cGhana has come a long way and we cannot, under the desperation of the current regime roll back. The media has the support of our sovereign constitution to carry out its mandate under our democracy and no nepotist can entrench his failing policies by gagging <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_of_speech\">free speech<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also wish that the democratic\nchannels activated by aggrieved parties to address issues surrounding the expose\u2019\nwould be allowed to serve their purpose but not a camouflage to launch an\nattack on a journalist in his line of duty\u201d; the statement further said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read full statement below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The NDC Proforum \u2013 North America has welcomed National Security intervention by providing state protection for ace investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni following continual threats <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/07\/proforum-welcomes-state-security-for-manasseh-but-says-its-not-enough\/\" title=\"Proforum welcomes state security for Manasseh, but says it&#8217;s not enough\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,511],"tags":[501,395],"class_list":["post-3476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-press-release","tag-national-security","tag-ndc-proforum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Proforum welcomes state security for Manasseh, but says it&#039;s not enough - Apt News Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... and prosecution of those behind what it calls a cowardly and antagonizing attack on democracy and rule of law ... 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