By:Sulemana Braimah

Yesterday, I read with shock that National Security had invited a journalist, Prosper Agbeyega, for questioning over a story he had published in his digital outlet called Current Issues. When I first read the story, I didn’t believe it because it sounded so weird. So I became more alarmed when the journalist confirmed that he had indeed been invited and questioned about his story.
The said story was about a leaked document from National Security on the transportation of some ECG containers, which has beccome and should remain a matter of significant national interest.
In fact, the ECG containers issue deserves serious focus and scrutiny by all media houses. Ghananians deserve to know what happened under the previous government and what is happening under the current government.
Let it be clear that the current government’s Resetting Ghana agenda should not and connot be about intimidation of journalists or citizens through National Security. The job of the National Security does not include questioning journalists about their sources or preaching to journalists on how they should do their stories.
There are clear constitutional mechanisms for addressing any misgivings about the work of journalists or media organisations. Those mechanisms do not include questioning and inntimidation of journslists by National Security.
I urge our media and journalists to remain bold, professional and committed to holding the government accountable to the people of Ghana as required by the Constitution of Ghana.
Let no overzealous National Security officials think that journalists can be intimidated to become cheerleaders of the government.