Media Commission settles complaint

The National Media Commission (NMC) on Thursday said it has settled a complaint lodged with it by the former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr E.T. Mensah, against Mr. Joe Aggrey, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports-designate.

A statement signed by the NMC's Chairman Nutifafa Kuenyehia said the complaint arose from comments on the Tagoe Report in Mr Aggrey's column published in the Mirror Sport of Saturday, August 21st, 1999 headed "Bravo Veep, but...."

The former Minister considered them to be embarrassing and an attack on his person.

During its deliberations with the parties concerned, Mr. Aggrey conceded that figures quoted in his article were wrong. He also conceded that the local organising committee was set up a year before the U-20 finals and not one-month as he wrote in his column.

On allegations of attack on his person, Mr. Aggrey said he was not referring to Mr. Mensah in his personal capacity, but to his position as the former Minister for Youth and Sports.

Mr Aggrey bemoaned the fact that the former Minister and his legal adviser had taken the comments in his column to be an attack on his person, which he deemed to be unfortunate, as that was not his intention.

The Commission recommended to others with complaints to use the platform available at the commission for the resolution of their grievances.