Suspended newscaster and presenter
at TV3 Nana Aba Anamoah has
denied rumours making rounds that
she has decided to leave the station
to another one.
Some local news websites and blogs
have over the past week been posting
a story attributed to
kwamesays.wordpress.com that the
TV presenter was “heading towards
Starr TV”, which according to the
story would be the new name of
GhOne TV when EIB Network
eventually takes over the station from
the Multiple Concepts Group.
Although the story doesn’t mention
any source from which the story was
received, the author claimed he had
information to that effect.
However, in a brief phone chat with
Graphic Showbiz last Monday, Nana
Aba Anamoah emphatically denied
that she was going to another
television station. She told this paper
that she had not spoken to anyone
about whether or not she was leaving
TV3 and was therefore surprised to
have heard that.
Asked whether she would be leaving
TV3 to another station, she said she
was still an employee of the station
and that should be the end of the
matter.
It would be recalled that about three
weeks ago, Nana Aba Anamoah was
suspended by TV3 following a public
outcry when she was accused by
someone on Twitter of passing off
photos of he and his friends at Old
Trafford as her own.
Although she later explained and
apologised that it was a prank she
was playing that went bad, TV3
issued a statement to announce that
its most popular television news
presenter and host of the breakfast
show, New Day, and Saturday
morning sports show, Diva Show, had
been taken off air.
The statement signed by its CEO,
Augusts Dickson, stated among other
things that “after preliminary
investigations internally, and in
accordance with TV3’s own
commitment to the highest level of
professionalism, Management has
decided to take Nana Aba Anamoah
off air until further notice.
“As a broadcast network that prides
itself in upholding high ethical
standards and delivering credible and
trustworthy content to its viewers,
TV3 would like to assure viewers and
other key stakeholders that it shall
continue to take all necessary steps
to maintain such standards,” the
statement noted.
Graphic Showbiz would learn later
from sources close to the station that
besides being taken off air, the petite
presenter was also told not to show
up at work till the issue was
investigated and resolved and also
she would receive half her salary
during the period.
Following this action by the
management of TV3, many public
figures have expressed misgivings
about the decision with some even
calling on the management to
reconsider their decision and to
reinstate the presenter.
Accra-based radio presenter and host
of the late afternoon show on Okay
FM Abeiku Santana, tweeted that, “I
strongly disagree with the
management of TV3 wit e decision of
taking Nana Aba off air. Except they
want to tell us they ve never erred
b4.” (sic.)
On his part, hiplife legend, Reggie
Rockstone, also tweeted thus,
“Damm! Tv3 YALL did nanaba cold
yo! Not since Judas did Jesus! Smh!
#NOTSKOLOM! #
JUSTHINKINGOUTLOUD! #
notthatserious” (sic.)
Another hiplife artiste, Criss Waddle
thought the management was unfair
if they sacked her. "If TV3 has really
sacked Nana Aba over the recent
soccer picture issue, then that's so
unfair on their part"
Meanwhile, the person at the centre of
the storm, Nana Aba Anamoah who
was briefly off Twitter has returned
with her usual sarcastic tweets and
responses.
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