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Minister appeals to journalists
Sunyani, Jan. 15, GNA - Mr. Kwadwo Adjei Darko, Minister of
State, Office of the President, at the weekend appealed to
media practitioners to be guided by national objectives
rather than by political inclinations.
He said the nation's development, to a very large extent,
rested on how objective the press executed its mandate
towards the elimination or reduction of poverty and setting
the agenda on other developmental challenges confronting the
country.
Mr. Adjei-Darko, MP for Sunyani West, was speaking at a
send-off party in Sunyani for Mr. Samuel Kyei-Boateng,
former Brong-Ahafo Regional Editor of the Daily Graphic, on
transfer to the Graphic Head Office on promotion as the
Editor-in-Charge of the Regional Desk.
The function was organized by the regional office of Graphic
Communications Group Limited in collaboration with
Brong-Ahafo Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists
Association.
He called on journalists to maintain high professional
standards and to eschew divisive and tribal tendencies that
polarize the nation.
Mr. Adjei-Darko called on media practitioners to venture
into specialization to strengthen their agenda-setting role
in national development and to make good use of the freedom
of expression.
Nana Gyau Gyan III, Atipimhene of Berekum Traditional Area
who presided, appealed to journalists to focus newspaper
review segments on issues that would help to promote the
region's socio-economic development.
He urged journalists to deepen their watchdog role and let
responsible journalism be their hallmark.
Mr. Kwame Twumasi-Awuah, Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive,
appealed to media practitioners to avoid using their medium
to attack personalities but to tackle development problems
in their communities.
Mr. Charles Koomson, the Regional Manager of the Ghana News
Agency and the Chairman of the Brong-Ahafo Branch of the
Ghana Journalists Association, advised up and coming
journalists to emulate Mr Kyei-Boaten.
Kyei-Boateng thanked all and sundry for their support and
expressed the hope that it would goad him on to do much
better in his new appointment.
GNA
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