Bishop Bartholomew Antwi-Kyeremeh of the Kumasi Apostle District of the New Apostolic Church has condemned programmes on FM radio stations that promoted sexual escapades, saying they encouraged moral decadence among the youth.
He told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that the youth openly discussed such programmes and would try to experiment with such sexual practices.
"One of such programmes dubbed "Odo Ahoma So" is broadcast on Adom FM station at Tema between 2200 hours and 2400 hours every Wednesday and is fraught with profane language and only encourages people to engage in illicit sex", he said.
Bishop Antwi-kyeremah noted that the programme would incense any active person to have the desire to go in for sex, thus increasing cases of defilement, rape and sodomy in the communities.
He said the Ghana AIDS Commission was spending huge resources to control the spread of HIV/AIDS and nothing negative should be allowed to promote illicit sex among the youth and unmarried people.
Bishop Antwi-kyeremah called on his colleagues to use the pulpit to preach against the viewing of pornographic films or listening to programmes that promoted sex among the people, especially the youth.
He urged the National Media Commission to monitor the activities and programmes of FM stations and offer them the necessary advice to help promote national development.