The Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister
Samuel Justice Agyei has accused the media of being against government as if
the media was in contention with government. The Deputy Minister was speaking
at the opening of a three day workshop for Media Network on Social
Accountability. According to him, the media as the fourth realm of the state
find itself in a position where it is entrusted with the unique duty to
encourage and push for national development by dissemination and education of
citizens about the achievement of government. The workshop is to equip the
networks members drawn from the Upper East, Upper West, Northern and the Brong
Ahafo regions with the requisite skills to demand accountability on budgetary
allocation from duty bearers and also to create citizens awareness on budgeting
at the district level. The Deputy Minister
however commended the Ghanaian media for making remarkable strides in the
dispensation of information and educating the public on government efforts in
building a better society for all. He therefore advised media practitioners on
the need for outermost circumspection to be exercised to give true meaning and
prominence to the dispensation of press freedom.
Source: Saaka Alhassan
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