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| Alhaji A.B.A.Fuseini |
The Deputy Northern Regional Minister Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini
has observed that, the Ghanaian media is among few categories of professions
where professionals are given very little in terms of remuneration yet the
public expect much from them.
According
to the former Night Editor of the state-owned newspaper, The Daily Graphic, conditions
of service of majority of journalists and other media practitioners in the
country was nothing good to write home about, yet professionals were faced with
a lot of challenges such as lack of working tools and interference in their
duties by media owners and other persons as well as state and private
corporations.
This
situation, he said, was making it impossible for many journalists and media
practitioners to deliver to their utmost best as they were susceptible to all
kinds of inducement that could influence their professional sense of judgment
in the discharge of their duties.
Speaking
at a media forum in Tamale, the minister who is also the legislator for the
Sagnarigu Constituency, thus commended Ghanaian journalists and media
practitioners for being able to discharge their duties successfully despite the
numerous challenges they were confronted with on a daily bases.
Alhaji
Fuseini encouraged participants to continue to be circumspect in their
reportage and programming and also respect the tenets of the profession in
order to safeguard their personal integrity and the media houses they worked
with.
The
forum, under the theme “Towards A Responsible and Peaceful Media
Reportage on The Supreme Court Verdict”, was organized by the Northern
Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in collaboration
with the Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA) and the Northern
Sector Action on Awareness Centre (NORSAAC).
It
was intended to sensitise journalists and media practitioners on the need to
exercise greatest circumspection in their reportage and on-air discussions before,
during and after the final verdict of the Supreme Court on the case of the 2012
presidential election results that was being challenged by some leading members
of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The
Deputy Northern Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service ACP Kojo Appiah-agyei
in a statement assured the public that men and women of the service were
steadfast to ensuring that there was no breach of peace on the day of the
Supreme Court’s verdict.
He
noted that the police had been sufficiently equipped to take control of any
untoward situation that might arise after the court’s ruling and called on the
public to support them in the discharge of their duties.
ACP
Appiah-agyei also appealed to the public particularly those who intend to
foment trouble to advice themselves or face the full rigours of the law when
caught in any act of unlawfulness.
Meanwhile,
the Northern Regional Chairman of the GJA Mr. Caesar Abagale in comparing the
2004 and 2008 electioneering years, said that of the 2012 was the best when it
came to good reportage by journalists in the region.
He
commended journalists for their good sense of professionalism and urged them to
show similar traits now and forevermore.
Participants
were taken through a thorough discussion of chapter twelve of the 1992
Republican Constitution of Ghana that talked about the Freedom and Independence
of the Ghanaian media as well as the GJA Code of Ethics, seeking to refresh
their minds on the dos and don’ts of journalism.
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