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Be thorough on research, media told
Takoradi, Oct. 6 - Ghanadot - Mrs. Oboshie Sai-Coffie,
Minister of Information and National Orientation has advised
the media to focus diligently on research in the effort to
obtain information on government's new policies destined for
dissemination to the public..
Mrs. Sai-Coffie stated that media research have become very
minimal which had caused a lot of misinformation and
therefore tasked the media to research.
She made these comments when she paid a courtesy call on Mr
Phillip Kwesi Nkrumah, Chief Executive of Shama Ahanta East
Metropolitan Assembly during a two-day working visit to the
media houses in the Western Region.
Mrs. Coffie said that SAEMA was the first to be visited as
part of the ministry's "media walkabout programme" and was
aimed at educating the public on national values, and instil
their importance in the youth.
She said the media tour is vital and as the bedrock for
disseminating information to the public and interacting with
the various media houses to ascertain their challenges.
Mrs. Sai-Coffie said the focus on national orientation was
also aimed at reviving several traditional and cultural
practices that moulded children and ensure trust between
adults and children.
She used the opportunity to launch and play the maiden
patriotic song for the Ministry of Information and National
Orientation.
Mrs. Sai-Coffie therefore called on all Ghanaians to change
their attitude and urged the media not to allow themselves
to be used to peddle lies.
Mr. Anthony Evans Amoah the Western Regional Minister
stressed the fact that people in the region had the
perception that the region has been abandoned.
He said the region had improved in its road networks,
education, health and communication.
Mr. Amoah said that the Government is going to spend 50
billion cedis in the construction of a road network for the
18 cocoa growing areas in Ghana and added that the region
would be benefiting from it and that 40 percent of the money
would go into the region's road project.
Mr. Amoah added that 150 billion cedis would be used in
constructing Enchi-Asankragua road and therefore therefore
appealed to the media to expose such developmental projects
to the public for the people to debunk such perception from
their mind.
GNA
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