By Lamin Njie
Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the President has said that President Adama Barrow is not afraid of the media.
President Barrow has not granted an interview to any independent media in the country in eight months.
But speaking to journalists on Wednesday at State House, Mrs Amie Bojang Sissoho responded to a question by The Fatu Network reporter that if President Barrow was afraid of the media, he wouldn’t have granted 20 interviews.
“To answer the first part of your question, he had a programme with GRTS. I’m sure you have heard it. So the second part of your question, whether the president is afraid of the media. I will tell you if the President was afraid of the media, he would not have had almost 20 one-to-one interviews with both local, regional and international media. So your answer is no,” Mrs Bojang Sissoho said.
GRTS is not part of the independent media as it is run by the state. Also, the media encounters that Mrs Bojang Sissoho referred to happened in August 2018.
