Media urged to focus on positive reportage in the north

President of the Northern Regional Chapter of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA), Caesar Abagali has urged Journalist in the region to focus their reportage on the positives of the region and turn a blind eye on the negative sides.
He said other sectors or regions in the country are more volatile than the northern region but because the media in those regions want to propagate positives for accelerated development, they neglect the negativity in their reportage.
According to the GJA president, portraying only the negativity of the region drives investors away which subsequently relegate the development of the region to the “back burner”.
He said some media house because of their ignorance and bad perception towards the north always wants to report only on the negativity of the region. This he said must be stopped to pave way for development.
The president of the GJA said this on the New Year day at the Buipe Wura Mahama Jinapor II’s palace during a press soirée organized by the BuipeWura to fraternize with the media in the region.
Mr. Caesar Abagali on behalf of the media in the region pledged their commitment and support to the Buipe Wura and the development of the region.
On his part the Paramount Chief of the Buipe Traditional area, BuipeWura Abdulai Jinapor commended the media for their support through the times of his difficulties till when issues became calm in the traditional area.
It would be recalled that the Buipe Wura was deskinned by the Paramount Chief and the entire Gonja traditional council for allegedly pulling a trigger during a meeting at the Gonja Traditional Council meeting in Damongo somewhere in 2010 which resulted to his immediate deskinnement and a subsequent installment of his successor from the Lebupe gate.
After years of legal battle and media war over his legitimacy as Buipe Wura, later last year he was reinstated due to several dialogue and apologies.
However, he therefore assured people of the traditional area, his peaceful coexistence with the Gonja traditional council and his defunct successor from the other gate.
He also disclosed the establishment of a development cum educational fund in his traditional council to spearhead development and accelerated education standards and performance in the area.
By: Saaka Alhassan/Fiilafmonline.com/Ghana