A business executive has suggested to the National Communication Authority (NCA) to ban the playing of profane music on the radios and the screening of pornographic films on television.

Mr Opoku-Agyemang Prempeh, Managing Director of Lakayana Company, a debt-collecting firm, said the NCA should not just ban such practices but should also ensure that media houses comply with the directive.

Mr Prempeh was speaking on "The negative impact on profane music and pornographic films on moral development of the youth" at a day's seminar for leaders of some youth associations in Kumasi on Saturday. It was organised by the Centre for Moral Education (CEMED).

He said until such an initiative was taken by the NCA, the crusade by the government and non-governmental organisations to reduce the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic would come to nought.

Mr Prempeh said banning such immoral activities would not amount to infringing on the rights of the media or censorship.

"The good morals of about 20 million Ghanaians should not be allowed to decay through profane music and pornographic films by a few institutions whose only focus is to make money", he said.