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Editorial: Obinim’s ‘Class’ Act, NMC’s ‘crass’ silence; a miracle!

Obinim would not have been a household name but for the media. The Obinim personality bears a certain labyrinth of scandal and controversy spiced with legality, wanton opulence and influence, not to talk of audacity.

We would not bore you with the litany of Obinim chronicles in the past but of course two of his escapades in the recent past is the subject of today’s editorial. For two simple reasons; the latest ‘class’ act borders on public decency and a crass silence on the part of a state institution.

2014: belly stomping of pregnant woman on TV

Months back, Obinim was seen stamping his feet on the belly of a pregnant woman with the reason that he was doing so to give her spiritual freedom from evil forces that had bedevilled her.

Then did rights groups continually come out condemning his actions, social commentators also went on and on about his actions and that was it. The General Secretaries of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and other Christian groups also stated thus in a joint press statement:

“We are concerned about reports and incidents of religious excesses that have come to be associated with some ministers of God in Ghana in recent times. We condemn in no uncertain terms religious abuses such as pastors stomping on pregnant women.”

Recently: Manhood healing on TV

Recently another of Obinim’s acts has surfaced in media circles, where the ‘bishop’ is supposedly granting healing to someone’s ‘non-conformist’ manhood, It wouldn’t have been an issue but for the nauseatingly graphic pictures were splashed on terrestrial TV.

The least said about Obinim’s reasons for that, the better. Could it be a chase for ‘testimonies,’ the back end of which is to get people to know how ‘powerful’ Obinim is ‘spiritually?’ Mind you, what was shown on TV was an edited piece of work that ‘bishop’ ostensibly submitted to the television station.

We ask; how irresponsible can a television network be to take receipt of a program to air on their network and feign that given our peculiar setting (however advanced we have come as a people) materials as that which Obinim deemed fit was socially and culturally reprehensible and unprofessional on their part?

NMC crass silence

The Kuborlor – Delay show genitalia exposure should have given us a template of sorts on how to proceed on issues as this; thanks to the National Media Commission’s (NMC) lack of action, here we are today with Obinim’s contribution to public indecency and nauseating ripples thereof.

Indeed, the terrestrial network on which the Delay show back in 2012 was aired, did the right thing by concealing the nude aspect of the ‘independent’ work, and even with that, went ahead to suspend the program in the wake of the controversy that emanated.

Today, I am sure the network Obinim patronizes will raise the ‘independent production’ flag and that they only sell airtime to Obinim’s church. We were here in this country when a pastor nearly stoked religious tensions with this same ‘independent production’ gaffe.

The media commission should please sit up and chase ‘elements’ who are dishing dishearteningly disconcerting and indecently disgraceful content on the screens. We are already being inundated with pornographic aggregation of video shots in the name of music videos.

Ladies with little or no dresses wiggle their waists like worms surprisingly with or among a well-clad gentleman. In all of this, rights activists and groups wouldn’t say a word, neither to rebuke the video directors nor the ladies who virtually cheapen and flay the female personality.

It is high time we heard from the media commission on matters other than the chase of TV license fees (hopefully a topic for another day). Till then, it is worthy to also chide online portals who repost such videos on their platforms.

As for the spread of such information on social media, the least said the better. We risk having Obinim or someone else strip someone naked on TV before long.

God Bless our homeland Ghana.

Source: GhanaWeb

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