Manasseh Azure Awuni, a renowned investigative journalist, claims that if a Ghanaian journalist had ventured to record the Jubilee House as Meek Mill did, they would have been detained.
Commenting on how the American rapper was permitted to record a music video in a restricted area like the presidential palace, Mr. Azure Awuni said that a local journalist would not have had the same opportunity.
Citing the case of Citi FM’s Caleb Kudah, who the National Security detained for filming some impounded vehicles, he asserted that a Ghanaian journalist would have been treated harshly in the same situation.
“If a Ghanaian journalist is caught filming the Jubilee House, he’ll be manhandled and it will be justified by National Security protocol. Caleb Kudah was beaten for filming abandoned cars in the National Security yard”, he tweeted.
A Ghanaian journalist will be physically assaulted and it will be justified by national security procedure if he is seen photographing the Jubilee House. For recording abandoned cars at the National Security yard, Caleb Kudah a journalist received physical abuse.
The American musician Meek Mill shared a music video on Sunday night that was shot at the Jubilee House while he was in the nation for Christmas celebrations.
Meek Mill and a few of his friends can be seen in the video jamming to his most recent song in and around the Jubilee House.
The performer and his companions strolled through a few Jubilee House rooms as well as the building’s exterior grounds.
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While delivering some of his rap lyrics, Mill used the official podium Akufo-Addo uses during his public speeches.
Rather than exciting his supporters, what he meant to do infuriated hundreds of Ghanaians, who rushed to social media to criticize the usage of the Jubilee House for the aforementioned filming.
The Jubilee House represents Ghana’s executive power, hence it is wrong for the rapper to have been given access to it in that way, claims the opponents.
Therefore, the Presidency has been under fire from critics for allowing the Jubilee House to be “cheapened.”
In the midst of the furious public backlash, Meek Mill himself removed the video from his Instagram profile.
On the other hand, despite the rising public outrage on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by irate residents, the Presidency has yet to make an official statement regarding the situation.
In a similar incident, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called for the immediate dismissal of the individuals who permitted American rapper Meek Mill to film a music video at the Jubilee House.
The politician claims that the video and its material represent a “despicable degradation” of the Jubilee House.
Mr. Ablakwa lamented the move in a tweet on Monday, raising concerns about the filming of the presidency’s potential impact on security
Source: myjoyonline
