My Ministry To Hold Capacity Programmes For Journalists – Oppong Nkrumah

Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister for Information designate, has declared that the Ministry has developed a media capacity enhancement programme to help build the capacity of journalists.

He said the programme, which would be rolled out next year, would be funded by the government and other partners.

On Friday, 26th October 2018, answering questions before the appointments Committee of Parliament in Accra, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said scholarships would be given to journalists under the programme.

He pointed out that, the objective was to get journalists to shift their focus from sensational stories to that of those on the development and what the country stood for.

Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said the Ministry had already written the proposal to the Ministry of Finance and indicated the budget for the capacity enhancement programme would be captured in the 2019 budget of the Ministry of Finance.

He mentioned that the Ministry of Information would be working together with the National Media Commission (NMC), the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in the implementation of the programme.