FOCAP VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH – ENOCK AGYAPONG WINS NATIONAL PUNDIT OF THE YEAR AT THE 2026 FOKLEX MEDIA AWARDS

FOCAP Vice President, Enock Agyepong, has been crowned National Pundit of the Year at the 2026 Foklex Media Awards, using his acceptance speech to deliver a strong warning against what he described as the growing “criminalization of free speech” in Ghana through the Cybersecurity Act.

It is worrying how a Criminal Libel Law which was repealed in 2001 will find its way back into our law books in 2020 via a Cyber law.

Our laws have provided Civil ways of resolving Free Speech offenses and we don’t need any form of Free Speech CRIMINALIZATION.

If we’re really practicing democracy and being governed by a tolerant President then we should give the citizens the freedom to speak but if we’re not ready for the consequences that comes with democracy then let’s CRIMINALIZE speech so we go back to the Military days where the security agencies were used to intimidating citizens.

Ghana has come a long way especially with regards to the media practice and we don’t need any form of gaging lest we lose the Essence of our Democracy.

He expressed gratitude to the organisers of the media Awards scheme and commended Foolex for keeping the media space competitive.

Thanks to everyone who voted and dedicated the award to FOCAP the strongest Creative Arts Advocacy Group in Ghana.