SECTOR 3

3.4
The state/public broadcaster is accountable to
the public through a board representative of society
at large and selected in an independent, open and
transparent manner.
According to the 1992 constitution the board of the Ghana Broadcasting
Corporation (GBC) is appointed by the NMC. As outlined under indicator 2.4 the
organisations represented on the NMC nominate their respective candidates. In
regard to broadcasting, some panelists questioned the transparency and openness
of this procedure: “Sometimes it’s done in a hush-hush way”. They further doubted
whether such a procedure could produce a board really representative of society at
large, given the limited scope of bodies represented on the NMC. Others argued
that in the modern business it would not be possible to make the process more
open than it is now.

Scores:
Individual scores:
1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator.

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

2.5 (2008: 3.8; 2006: 4.3)

3.5
Office bearers with the state and political
parties, as well as those with a financial interest
in the broadcasting industry, are excluded from
possible membership on the board of the state/public
broadcaster.
There are no political office bearers on the GBC board but there is no way of
preventing that people with a financial interest in the industry, for example persons
from advertising companies, become members.

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