WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL VS. GHANA PALAVER [2011]DLNMC4602

Date	2011-01-03
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2011]DLNMC4602

MR. ALEXANDER BANNERMAN

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#00B050">WEST AFRICAN
EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#00B050">VS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#00B050">GHANA PALAVER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">[NATIONAL
MEDIA COMMISSION]</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">DATE: March 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">DECISION
RENDERED BY: <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">MR.
ALEXANDER BANNERMAN, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF NMC<o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The
West African Examinations Council in a petition to the NMC complained about a
series of publications in the Ghana Palaver in its, 14th, is", zs",
and zs" September, 2009 editions that sought to impugn the reputation of
WAEC. Following a meeting between the two parties at the summons of the
Commission, both WAEC and the then Editor of the Ghana Palaver, Mr. Joojo Bruce
Quansah agreed to amicably settle the matter, which they have since done 'and
duly informed the Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">We
commend the two parties for appreciating the need for goodwill to exist through
the sharing of information between public institutions and the media when
necessary and the additional obligation of journalists to cross-check and
verify their information with relevant authorities before going to press. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p>

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