GUSHEGU DCE VISITS DAILY

GUIDE
Government has reiterated its commitment to partner the media in deepening the democratic credentials of the country through constructive criticisms and upholding the rule of law. It is in the light of this government is calling on media practitioners in the country to serve as agents of transformation in supporting it to achieve its better Ghana agenda which seeks to improve on the lives of the citizenry. Mr. Fuseini Alhassan, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gushegu who made these remarks during a visit to Daily Guide Tamale office as part of his familiarization with media houses, underscored the importance of media in National Development. The DCE indicated that the current government identified some challenges hampering the development of the industry which include low wages and salaries for many journalists and the need to improve standards and enhance the role of the media as a key partner in development. He stated that the current NDC government will rely on a critical and objective media to assess its performance and deliver the desires of the citizenry to mandate it another term in office. Mr. Fusheini therefore, urged the media to feel free to point out the weaknesses of the government, stressing that there will not be any room for restriction of the media. He stressed the government's resolve to strengthen the existing relationship between it and the media in general and urged media practitioners in the northern region to exhibit professionalism in their work and centre their debate and discussions on policies rather than on personalities. The Northern Sector Manager of Western Publications Limited (WPL) Stephen Zoure, commended the DCE for being the first government appointee to visit its offices since the NDC assumed office about two and half years ago. He indicated that this was a clear manifestation of his quest to deepen his relationship with the media in the region assuring him of Daily Guide’s support in echoing the various developmental programmes of the district. Mr. Zoure however debunked the wrong impression created that the most authoritative Daily Guide newspaper one of the brands of WPL was an NPP paper and appealed to the DCE to help demystify that erroneous impression.