The Ghana Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has visited Upper East Region as part of his familiarization tour to the 5 regions of the North.
As part of his engagement, the information minister met with the hard-working journalists in the region to thank them for their wonderful effort and contribution to the country’s welfare.
“First, I want to thank you for the sacrificial work you do for your region and for your country. A lot of time. People focus attention on the executive, the legislature and the judiciary as the three key arms of government but, we know that there is a lot of wisdom in the argument that the media constitute the fourth estate of the realm and it is important that any point in time, the work of the media is recognized and celebrated because, it is what gives expression into the kind of views that Ghanaians across the divides may have, especially when COVID-19 has been creating havoc, affecting peoples health and some cases even peoples lives. You have been at the forefront helping us, especially at the information ministry on a week-by-week basis as to be providing information to the people of Ghana on how to protect ourselves. So, as I start this exercise, one of the things I want to do is to thank you for your hard work and sacrifice and to encourage you to continue doing the same in the years ahead of us.
According to Mr. Oppong Nkrumah, the government of Ghana and specifically the Akufo Addo administration will bring resolute in the effort as in ensuring that the freedom of expression and media as provided in our constitution are upheld.
“You know in chapter 12 of our constitution; the media is given its freedom to do their work and this follows from the freedoms of thought and freedoms of expression as provided for the constitution. So, the freedom we enjoyed here in this country, they are constitutionally enshrined. Beyond that, the Akufo-Addo’s administration has also upon his assumption of office added other layers to deepening the media freedom we are enjoying”. He spoke
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