To better serve the public:

NCC to create branches in regions & divisions

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

Peter Esoka, NCC president

The president of the National Communication Council, Peter Esoka, has revealed that the NCC which is charge with the responsibility of regulating media organs in the country will extend its activities in the various regions and divisions. This according to the Peter Esoka will help ensure that all the media organs operating even in the hinterlands will help promote professionalism in the media landscape in the country. To him this will make journalists and media organs in the regions and divisions know their work is immediately monitored by NCC officials and will help curb unorthodox practice amongst media practitioners.

                Peter Esoka, NCC president was speaking in Kumba on Friday May 5, 2017 in Kumba in a seminar organized by the NCC at the Macklordds’ Hotel as part of commemoration of World Press Freedom Day to school journalist on the importance of responsible journalism practice in the face of a crisis and other professional and ethical practice tips.

                While awaiting the decentralization of the NCC services to the regions and divisions, NCC president, Peter Esoka challenged all media practitioners in Kumba to be an eye and ear of the NCC in the division and urged them to all report to the NCC any chase of unethical practice notice in their area of work. To him this will help other colleagues to be professional and ethical in the exercise of their duties.

Sanctions are not Death Penalties -Esoka

                While responding to sundry questions posed to him as concerns the freedom of the press in relation to NCC sanctions on media organs and journalist in Cameroon, the president of NCC, Peter Esoka told journalists in Kumba that sanctions on media organs are practitioners are not death penalties. While encouraging journalist to give peace journalism, responsible journalism a chance, NCC president told reporters’ only bad practice can attract sanctions and as a regulatory body, the NCC is bound on stepping on toes of sundry just in a bid to ensure professionalism.

                Peter Esoka told journalists “freedom is not limitless as such freedom of speech can be restricted at times” while encouraging them to say just what they see which is wrong and also do what is right.

Camera men storm seminar, demand “gombo” from NCC Officials

                The Median gathered from sundry disgruntled camera men who stormed the NCC seminar that they were invited by an individual at divisional delegate of communication for Meme to storm the seminar and pose as journalist all in a bid to swell up the turnout of the participants. The disgruntled camera men held NCC officials at the end of the seminar demanding “gombo” from NCC officials. When the officials refused recognizing and handing over their own share of the “gombo”, the disgruntled and disappointed Camera men refused leaving the event venue in if that was not done. Others resorted to searching for the said official who had invited them to no avail since the said individual who had sense danger took off long before the scenario.