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| Minister Nana Grey Johnson |
After
yeas of unconvincing environment for Journalists and journalism in the Gambia,
journalists were hopeful that the appointment of the new information minister
Nana Grey Johnson, a veteran journalist will smoothen the media environment but
his words during the press freedom day were more of a caution than
encouragement for journalists.
His
appointment came at a time when the Gambian media is faced with marathon
challenges, with three media houses (Teranga FM, The Daily News and Daily
Standard) arbitrarily closed, arrests and detentions of Journalists and GPU
vice president Baboucarr Ceesay, Abubacarr Sadykhan and Alagie Jobe of Daily Observer. Grey-Johnson’s
appointment as a long serving writer and journalist in the Gambian media has
injected new hope in the hearts of media practitioners, thinking he will make a
different. Contrarily, the way and manner he delivered his statement at TANGO shattered
hopes of the hall well parked with journalists, diplomats and media
sympathisers.
