Muheeb Saeed: A fallen pillar in campaign for media freedom
Muheeb Saeed, Late Programme Manager, Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression, MFWA Kofi Yeboah Writes, IN the ever-constant campaign for media freedom and freedom of expression in Ghana and Africa, Muheeb Saeed may be a silent name but his works are very loud. Undoubtedly, his demise recently is a big loss to the media fraternity, and the only way to preserve his memory is to stay the course for media freedom and freedom of expression. I first met Muheeb in 2019, at a flag-raising ceremony organised by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), at the Ghana International Press Centre, Accra, to commemorate World Press Freedom Day (WFFPD). When it was time for solidarity messages, the Master of Ceremony (MC) introduced Muheeb as representative of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) to deliver a speech. He walked to the podium, looking very unassuming, holding nothing in hand and lacking the swag with which other speakers had mounted the podium. I looked at him with much disdain a...