Veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr says there was a “strong attempt” to remove him from Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, alleging pressure from some New Patriotic Party communicators to have him labelled as a National Democratic Congress representative on the show.
Speaking in an interview with Moro Awudu on May 6, 2026, the former Managing News Editor of the Insight newspaper said the push to categorise him politically was part of efforts to edge him off the programme.
“There was a strong attempt to remove me from this platform [Good Morning Ghana]. I’m sure you know [Referring to the current host, Moro Awudu]. Oh yeah. They only have the power to do it,” he said.
Pratt explained that before the current host took over, producers typically invited representatives from both the NPP and NDC, but struggled to place him within that structure.
“The producers will call NPP for their rep and NDC for their rep on the show and they didn’t know how to fit me in. Normally, the producers will call me to inform me about my co-panellist,” he said.
He added that some NPP communicators insisted he should be treated as an NDC communicator, a characterisation he firmly rejected.
“This NPP communicator, you know these communicators and their machinery, insisted that I should be treated as an NDC communicator. Of course NDC knows I don’t communicate for them. They don’t tell me what to say. They don’t put me on the platform. So, I don’t attend NDC communications meetings,” Pratt said.
He said his continued presence on the show was secured after a decision by former host Randy Abbey to create a separate category for him.
“In the end, I was just hanging there. It took Randy Abbey to say that this is a special category he created to put me on and that is why I’m still on the GMG show,” he said.
On the same programme, the NPP’s Director of Communications, Richard Ahiagba, said being independent in Ghana’s media and political space comes with challenges.
“Being independent in this country comes with so much risk. It’s not easy to be independent in this country. I think that the media houses also have a responsibility in guiding that enterprise of allowing public opinion to filter through,” he said.
Pratt’s remarks add to ongoing debate about political balance and independence in Ghana’s broadcast media.
