The Chairman of the Film Classification Committee, Socrate Safo, says the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association, GIBA, is not helping in their bid to sanitize audiovisual content on television.
Earlier this year, the committee decided to enforce the provisions in the Development and Classification of Film Act 935 to regulate content shown on TV.
According to Socrate Safo, although there was an agreement with GIBA to ensure that the TV stations did in-house regulation of their content, that had not been the case.
“We agreed with GIBA that there should be a period when the TV stations will do an in-house regulation of the system; we thought it wise to do it with the media houses. GIBA is not monitoring its members as we agreed on. There is a lot of content out there that are not supposed to be on air,” he told Graphic Showbiz.
Citing Black Sheriff’s First and Second Sermons being shown on TV as examples, Socrate said they have called the attention of the TV stations, even though they are being a bit flexible for starters.
He added that in a few weeks, they will go hard on them because they are running out of patience.
Socrate said henceforth, the videos will come through the committee before going to the TV stations.
Reacting to the claims, the Executive Secretary of GIBA, Gloria Hiadzi, said not every television station in Ghana is a member of GIBA, so their outfit could not tell them what to do and what not to do on their platforms.
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By: ghanaweekend.com
