THE Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has commended the Daily Graphic for its immense contribution to the socio-economic development of the region.
He said the able manner in which the newspaper’s correspondents in the region had been covering almost every aspect of human endeavour of the area had gone a long way to accelerate its socio-economic development.
Mr Ofosu Ampofo made the remarks when the Zonal Manager of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mrs Catherine Ablorh, paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Koforidua.
Mrs Ablorh was at the regional minister’s office to commend him for his good work, particularly the decongestion of Koforidua, as well as his swift response to solve problems in the villages.
According to Mr Ofosu Ampofo, the Daily Graphic had gone beyond its tradition to inform, educate and entertain by highlighting on almost all the sectors in the area, which was making a positive impact on the socio-economic development of the region.
Mr Ofosu Ampofo, however, urged the regional correspondents of the newspaper to do more by covering events in the rural areas.
He gave the assurance that the Regional Co-ordinating Council would offer the necessary support in that respect.
“The Daily Graphic has lived up to expectation by covering every aspect of human endeavour in the region apart from helping to propagate government policies and I will do my best to support your correspondents to go to the villages to highlight on their problems for redress,” Mr Ofosu Ampofo stated.
With regard to the ongoing decongestion of Koforidua, Mr Ofosu Ampofo said the rationale behind it was to put up modern stores which would be given out, adding that priority would be accorded to those whose structures had been demolished.
The exercise, he further stated, was to get rid of criminals who operated in wooden structures to engage in all sorts of crime.
Mrs Ablorh, for her part, congratulated the Regional Minister on his appointment and briefed him on the activities of the GCGL, especially its flagship newspaper, the Daily Graphic.
She solicited Mr Ofosu Ampofo’s assistance to enable the newspaper to extend its activities to the remote areas in the region.
Mrs Ablorh later presented a copy each of the 2010 diary and calendar produced by the GCGL to the Regional Minister.
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