{"id":82570,"date":"2017-10-01T23:12:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T23:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=82570"},"modified":"2017-10-02T23:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T23:28:36","slug":"we-will-not-ban-social-media-assures-momoh-konteh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=82570","title":{"rendered":"We will not ban Social Media Assures Momoh Konteh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), Momoh Konteh, has assured journalists in Makeni that Government has no plans to ban social media in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Annual General Meeting of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ),) on the theme &#8220;<strong>Elections 2018: Media as a catalyst for issue-based discourse<\/strong>&#8220;, Konteh said Social Media have immeasurable potential to unlock economic growth and opportunities that could drive national development in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The benefits of social media cannot be measured; and we have a duty to tap on these opportunities to the highest degree for the good of society, which I guess we all strive for,&#8221; Konteh said.\u00a0 (See video below)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-82570-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" poster=\"http:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_2749.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Momoh-Konte-on-Social-Media.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Momoh-Konte-on-Social-Media.mp4\">http:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Momoh-Konte-on-Social-Media.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>He commended journalists for their professional practice over the years despite the many challenges they continue to faced.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing the importance of the democratic dispensation, Konteh appealed for more\u00a0\u00a0 credible and objective reporting by the media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to commend you guys for your professionalism over the years, and we hope you will continue at this crucial time,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Momoh Konteh noted further that upcoming national elections is very critical and the role of the media, especially social media, needs not to be overemphasized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will collaborate with SLAJ and other partners to monitor and address the many concerns and fears associated with the use of this new media,&#8221; Konteh said.<br \/>\nThanking SLAJ for providing a platform to start the discourse, Konteh said defining the problem from multiple perspectives is the right path in profering a comprehensive and realistic solution to the threat of social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a good start,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is my pleasure to be part of this conference which cannot have come at a better time than now as the electoral process unfolds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 journalists from across the country are in Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone, to attend their association&#8217;s AGM to delibrate issues affecting the media and the welfare of journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will be climaxed with a dinner and awards night on Saturday 30th September 2017 at the University of Makeni Hall.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Amadu Lamrana Bah<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), Momoh Konteh, has assured journalists in Makeni that Government has no plans to ban social media in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":82571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[699,745,692],"tags":[21497,11913,896,9821,21512],"class_list":["post-82570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-life-and-entertainment","category-politics","tag-breaking-news","tag-momoh-konte","tag-politics","tag-social-media","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82575,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82570\/revisions\/82575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}