Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says successive governments have not invested enough in the information services department.
The minister and MP for Ofoase Ayirebi posited that the issue was something we ought to take seriously.
He has therefore underscored the need for the country to invest so that they have the capacity to go to every village, community, and wherever and get the message to the ground.
He made this call during the GIMPA Law Alumni Association Launch and Public Lecture held on September 20, 2023.
He believes if the department is well-resourced, it will enhance the department’s capacity to disseminate crucial information effectively across various communities.
“The challenge over the years is that successive governments have not invested enough in the information services department. It is something that we need to take more seriously and invest in so that they have the capacity to go to every village, community, wherever and get the message to the ground.
“Because if you assume that doing one press conference in Accra means that the person in Hamiley has understood it in the local language then we are deceiving ourselves. But what are the tools and devices that we are making available so that we can turn that message and press conference from say EDG and PDS, we can turn it into the Sissala language for it to get to the person on the ground. So that misinformation and disinformation will be cured” he said.
“The information service department is the one that helps us to answer that question very well. Because the information service focuses on what we call ‘below-the-line communication’, on the ground.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
