Tamale, Aug 1, GNA – Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Northern
Regional Minister, has donated a 21-inch television set and a radio
cassette player valued at about GH¢300 to the Tamale Office of the
Ghana News Agency. Presenting the items Alhaji Idris said the donation was in
recognition of the agency’s immense contribution to news
dissemination in the region in difficult conditions and times. “I recognise the support the media are giving to the region and I
as Minister. I have no doubt in my mind that the equipment would
motivate you to give off your best.” The Regional Minister said he was touched when he once called
a staff of the Tamale Office and asked him to watch a news item on
the television but was told, “Minister, we have no such facility here
in the office”. Alhaji Idris said he is a friend to all the media houses in the
region and that since the GNA is the mother of all, it should be the
first to receive such support, promising that the others would also
benefit in due course. The Regional Minister appealed to the people of Tamale and
political parties to support the Electoral Commission to conduct the
voter registration exercise peacefully. He urged the leadership of the political parties to educate their
members to behave maturely and desist from attempting to register
minors to ensure sanity in the exercise. Mr. Paul Osei-Tutu, Northern Regional Manager of the Agency
who received the equipment, expressed gratitude to the Minister
saying: “The Tamale Office and the GNA management would ever
remember you for the gesture”. He appealed to well-meaning organisations and individuals to
help equip the Tamale Office to facilitate the agency’s work.
Source: GhanaWeb
