The Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Professor Amin Alhassan, has defended his leadership amid calls for his removal, claiming that the corporation's Divisional Union Chairman, Sam Nat Kevor, has not contributed any journalistic content in five years.
Speaking on Channel One’s Newsroom programme on Thursday, Prof. Alhassan questioned Mr Kevor’s performance and credibility, following renewed pressure from unionised staff demanding the DG’s dismissal.
“The man speaking in red [Sam Nat Kevor] is a reporter, a journalist. In the last five years, he hasn’t written a single story,” Prof. Alhassan said. “And he wants to change GBC?”
Mr Kevor and the union have accused the GBC boss of mismanagement, operating beyond his tenure, neglecting staff welfare, and overseeing financial irregularities.
However, Prof. Alhassan insists the criticism is driven by resistance to ongoing reforms aimed at modernising the state broadcaster.
“We are looking to re-strategise. After 90 years, the practices we’ve been used to will not take us into the next 90 years,” he said. “GBC has to be reborn — and that rebirth is what is hitting hard on the lazy ones.”
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, established in 1935, is undergoing structural changes as part of efforts to reposition the national broadcaster in a rapidly evolving media landscape.
