Media Monitors, a group of vocal National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial callers who regularly defend and promote the party on radio, have resumed participation in phone-in programmes after a two-week sit-down strike.
The group stopped calling into political talk shows on Sunday, May 17, citing frustrations with what they described as neglect by some government appointees. Their absence had been felt across multiple stations in Wa and other parts of the Upper West Region.
On Friday, May 29, the NDC Upper West Regional Chairman, Abdul Nasir Saani, popularly known as “Chairman Bunas” held frank discussions with Media Monitors at their office in Kpaguri. The meeting focused on addressing the group’s grievances and restoring their participation in radio engagements.
By Monday, June 1, Yiri News monitored several talk shows and confirmed that Media Monitors members had returned to the airwaves, many calling in to defend government policies and to thank Chairman Saani for his intervention.
In a phone interview, the group’s secretary, Hakeem Kamwine Issah (also known as Hak Tietaa), expressed gratitude to the regional chairman for his role in ending the boycott. He said Denis Andaban, the NDC communications officer for the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa constituency, had also called to hear their concerns and promised to relay them to Dr. Sebastian Sandaari, MP for DBI and leader of the Upper West caucus in Parliament.
Hak Tietaa added that Media Monitors are “ready to work tooth and nail” to project the image of the NDC government.
The NDC in the Upper West region has not issued a formal statement on the matter. It remains unclear whether the group’s concerns have been fully resolved or whether further discussions are planned.
