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| Hon. Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah |
The Member
of Parliament for Ho-West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah has announced a training
program for Journalists and Media Practitioners in the Volta region in order to
enhance their knowledge and skills in the profession.
According to
him, the media which is the fourth estate plays a pivotal role in educating and
informing the citizenry, hence the need for capacity-building programs to
enhance their professionalism.
Mr.
Bedzrah, who was addressing journalists and media practitioners at a soiree
hosted by him over the weekend, tasked the regional leadership of the Ghnana Journalists
Association to come out with schedule for the training, expected to come off by
the end of first quarter 2015.
He also
hinted of an award scheme to honour hard working journalists and media
practitioners at the next press soiree and charged practitioners to be
development oriented in their reportage.
The Deputy
Volta Regional Minister, Francis Ganyaglo who chaired the function, commended
the media for their support to the regional administration in 2014 and urged
them to do more in promoting the numerous tourism potentials of the region to
the world.
He however
urged local radio stations to fair and balance in their reportage, stating that
citizens have the right to accurate and adequate information from the media,
and entreated presenters to do in thorough research into issues before putting them into the
public domain.
