It is urgent that we regulate the media - Attorney General
The Attorney General said Ghana's Constitution architecture captures need to regulate the media landscape, to protect the reputation and rights of the citizens,
Jonas Danquah 
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, says it falls within international best practices to regulate the media, contrary to claims that the exercise will be unconstituional.
He said the 1992 Constitution architecture anticipated the need to regulate the media landscape, to protect the reputation and rights of the citizens, as well as uphold public morality and order.
His remarks follow the recent happenings in the media landscape, with some media outlets allowing the broadcasting of inappropriate content such as money doubling, a ritual for money, pornographic materials, fake news and hate speech.
Mr Yeboah Dame at a consultative meeting convened by the Ministry of information in Accra, on Friday, noted that after the Constitution granted freedom of expression and information to the media in Articles 162 and 163, it also imposed reasonable limitations on the media to protect the rights of others.
The meeting brought together key media stakeholders to deliberate on measures necessary to regulate the media contents and apply appropriate sanctions to offenders.
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, in his welcome remarks, said Ghana had made considerable progress in enhancing media freedom and expression and had become a shining example in Africa.
However, he said, there had been rising threats to media freedom due to the broadcasting of inappropriate content by some media outlets, therefore it was imperative to regulate the media space to prevent further harm to the public.
He mentioned illicit contents like broadcasting of pornographic materials, promotion of money rituals, money doubling, advertising of unapproved drugs, among other criminal activities.
Therefore, he said, the stakeholders must find a common ground to deal decisively with inappropriate media contents and apply sanctions to offenders.
