Asante Akyem North District, Ashanti region: After Salt FM was forcibly closed, there is an unsettling stillness at Agogo.
On Tuesday, February 6, an NCC team paid the station a visit with the apparent goal of shutting it down due to the non-renewal of its authorization license.
Demanding a complete shutdown, the officers surrounded the radio station’s property. Because of this, some Agogo locals became enraged and organized a protest to oppose the closure.
Ohene Kwame Frimpong, the radio station’s owner, is now facing closure after his failed attempt to host a health walk on Sunday, February 4, in Agogo, where he planned to declare his candidacy for the 2024 election as an independent parliamentary candidate.
The health walk was stopped by security personnel moments before it started, citing a violation of the Public Order Act. They claimed that the police had not been notified about the public meeting and street walk by the organizers.
Agogo users have been talking about this event, and many are thinking that the closure is an attempt to thwart Mr. Frimpong’s independent candidacy in the next general elections.
There is even further confusion around the matter because the administration of the radio station has not yet released an official statement to the public.
Concerns have been made over the incident’s influence on Mr. Frimpong’s political aspirations as well as the fairness of the limits placed on the health walk. These concerns center around freedom of expression and assembly.
In order to comprehend the reasons for the radio station’s closure and the possible ramifications for Mr. Frimpong’s political aspirations, the community is waiting for more information.
