Story: Tim Dzamboe, Ho
THE presidential Press Secretary, Mr Andrew Awuni, has urged media practitioners to extol the achievements of the government in order to counter the negative propaganda being peddled by its political opponents.
He urged them to articulate the achievements in terms of the consistent growth of the Domestic Gross Product (GDP), debt cancellation, leadership of the African Union, the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and other significant achievements to give correct direction and information to Ghanaians since those things did not just happen.
Mr Awuni was addressing media practitioners at a press soiree and conference at the residency in Ho.
He said the achievements signified that there was a path to follow, adding that every government of the nation had invested in oil exploration but the discovery in commercial quantities eventually occurred under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
“All this does not just happen. You cannot ignore them and go to sleep. This shows that there is a path to follow”, he declared.
Mr Awuni said for the first time in the history of the nation, Ghana could raise funds for development on the international market through the floatation of Eurobonds, and said it was a sign that Ghanaian was weaning itself from traditional sources of revenue that had entangled the nation for far too long.
He charged journalists to take a critical look at the steady growth of the nation and appreciate it accordingly in order to give a correct picture to others.
“Journalists should be missionaries in the country and not sit as impartial observers,” he said.
Mr Awuni said the new task or mission for journalists was for them to be impartial since there were no problems such as lawlessness, military dictatorship and the fear of free expression in the nation again.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, said the forum was vital for journalists, especially those in the Volta Region where the peddling of falsehood was rife.
He added that the Press Secretary had also been a guest on some Frequency Modulated (FM) stations to clear misconceptions about government policies.
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