NCA storms Radio Tongu for operating illegally
The National Communications Authority (NCA), has shut down Radio Tongu in the Volta Region once again for operating without a valid authorisation.
The NCA on February 11, 2020, the NCA suspended the operations of Radio Tongu on the basis of national security and the public interest.
It accused management of the station of allegedly using the community radio station to promote the agenda of the Homeland Study Group Foundation, a secessionist group in the Volta Region.
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In the latest twist to the matter, the NCA in a statement said it had received numerous threats over the closure of Radio Tongu from one Mr. Bestway Zottor, a key architect in the Western Togoland secessionist group.
” In particular, the Authority has recently received a letter from Mr. Bestway Zottor dated 11th April 2020 threatening mayhem in Sogakope and its environs. The said letter speaks to impending explosive demonstrations that cannot be contained, among others.
“In his 11th April letter to the NCA, Mr. Bestway Zottor states that “I am sure this pending demonstration against Radio Tongu closure could be more explosive than that resulting [sic] from the murder of Hon. Mawutor Adzahli, the Sogakope Assemblyman. For the pent-up anger in our listeners is loaded, and we will not be able to calm them down anymore,” the NCA statement read.
The NCA said Mr. Zottor and his assigns subsequently went ahead to reopen the station for broadcast when their authorisation had been suspended.