The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding the rights and freedoms of journalists nationwide, pledging to combat any form of aggression towards them.

Albert Dwumfuor, the President of the Association, asserted on Eyewitness News on Citi FM that the GJA will persist in instructing its members to blacklist any individual who threatens journalists in the country.

This resolution comes following a directive jointly issued by the GJA, the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), the Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).

The directive urges media organizations across the country to blacklist Farouk Mahama, the Member of Parliament for Yendi, for his reported assault on Mohammed Aminu M. Alabira, a Northern Regional Reporter for Citi News.

According to reports, Mr. Mahama and his team attacked Alabira while he was covering the disruption of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Yendi constituency on January 27, 2024.

Mr. Dwumfuor added in the interview, “In fact, this is the way to go. We want to send a signal, a caution that we are not going to relax on our call for our members to blacklist politicians, individuals, or groups who rise against journalists or who impede press freedom and media independence… We will not entertain such acts.”