{"id":31261,"date":"2021-05-07T20:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T20:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/?p=31261"},"modified":"2021-05-07T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T20:08:17","slug":"im-not-afraid-you-dont-feed-me-captain-smart-tells-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hitzmakers.com\/im-not-afraid-you-dont-feed-me-captain-smart-tells-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m not afraid, you don\u2019t feed me \u2013 Captain Smart tells politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Popular radio presenter Captain Smart says he is unperturbed about what is going on around him, insisting he cannot be cowed into silence.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny day, any time, if there is any nonsense going on in this country, I will rise and talk,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will keep shouting, I will keep pointing the mistakes. If you are a politician, it is your responsibility to either like me or hate me because you don\u2019t feed me and until we begin to do that, we can never ever save this country,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n

He was speaking on Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV on Thursday, May 6 following the controversy surrounding his apparent suspension from Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN).<\/p>\n

The Director of Operations of ABN said he was asked to stop presenting his show mid-way on Thursday morning after a call from owner Dr Kwaku Oteng.<\/p>\n

They claimed, as he narrated, that he was being too hard on the government to the extent of using unprintable words for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice President Alhai Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen.<\/p>\n

Again, he said the management had complained of calls from certain quarters including the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to Dr Oteng over comments attributed to him on Angel FM\u2019s morning show.<\/p>\n

He, however, served notice that he will be extremely happy in the next 30 days he has been asked to stay off work.<\/p>\n

Captain Smart, full name Blessed Godsbrain Smart, is expected to resume on Friday, June 4.<\/p>\n

He stressed: \u201cI am not afraid, I am not worried, I am not perturbed, I am not disturbed, I am a happy man. I am enjoying [with] my family and the 30 days they say I should stay home, thank God I will be happiest person.\u201d<\/p>\n

His suspension is seen as an affront to media freedom in the country, fuelling perceptions of culture of silence.<\/p>\n

A few notable personalities took to social media to express worry about the issue.<\/p>\n

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1. Had a worrying conversation moments ago. Captain Smart's boss has allegedly asked him to go off air for a while as a result of undue pressure that has been piled on him by 'high ranking officials in government'.<\/p>\n

— Franklin CUDJOE (@lordcudjoe) May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n