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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