THE EASTERN Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has asked media practitioners in the region to highlight the positive aspects of the region to enhance its development.
According to him, there were a lot of natural resources such as minerals and beautiful tourist attractions that had not been exploited or developed due to the lack of information on them especially their locations and that it would be ideal for the media to bring them to the limelight.
This, he said, would attract both local and foreign investors to develop or tap them for the benefit of the region.
Mr Ofosu-Ampofo made the call when he organised a press soiree for the Eastern regional press corps at his residence in Koforidua last Friday.
The meeting afforded the regional minister the opportunity to acquaint himself with the problems facing the media practitioners with the view of seeing how best to resolve them.
The regional minister said over the past years, most of the natural or economic potentials in the region could not be tapped due to inadequate information on them and that it was the obligation of the media to let people especially entrepreneurs to know where the natural resources were and the benefits of their exploitation.
This, he said, would bring in a lot of investments with the positive corresponding result of employment opportunities that would enable the unemployed to secure jobs to earn a living to reduce poverty.
“The region abounds in natural resources, we have beautiful waterfalls and other tourist attractions but they are not being developed and this is the time that the press must assist so that the region would be developed,” Mr Ofosu-Ampofo stated.
With regard to the problems facing journalists in the region, he gave the assurance that he would do his best to make it possible for the media practitioners to carry out their duties.
Earlier, the Head of the news team of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in the region, Mr Emmanuel Sarfo advised young reporters in the region to drink from the fountain of wisdom from those who had been in the journalistic field for years so that they would succeed.
On his part, the Acting Eastern Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, Mr Edmund Quarnor on behalf of the association assured the regional minister of the cooperation of the media to move the region forward.
He also advised those who had just entered the journalistic field not to do anything that would tarnish the reputation of the profession.
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