Meet-the-Press series begins on 1 October

The Ministry of Information and Presidential Affairs has initiated a comprehensive programme to sensitize the media and the public on government activities.

A statement issued by the Ministry and signed by Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, Sector Minister in Accra on Thursday, said the first in the series would begin on Tuesday, 1 October with the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kwasi Owusu Yeboah. The statement said the venue would be the conference hall of the Ministry at 1000 hours.

It said the programme envisages a Presidential Press Conference on a quarterly basis as well as monthly interaction of Ministers with the media interspersed with regular weekly media encounters with Regional Ministers and ad-hoc briefings by Sector Ministers. The statement said the format for Regional Ministers would be a 30-minute presentation followed by question and answer sessions for 30 minutes.