Minister commends GJA

Accra (Greater Accra) 18 March '99

Mr John Mahama, Minister of Communications, has commended the Ghana Journalists Association for its efforts in ensuring the attainment of high professional standards. He said the Ministry "will give support to anything the association will do to advance the cause of practitioners,who are partners in national development". Speaking when the executives of the Association led by its President, Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie, paid a courtesy call on him in Accra on Wednesday, Mr Mahama noted that efforts at improving standards are yielding fruitful results as evidenced in the decline in court cases against journalists. Mrs Affenyi-Dadzie informed the Minister that the GJA will be celebrating its golden jubilee this year and intends to invite President Jerry John Rawlings as a special guest of honour. Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo, Vice President of GJA, assured the Minister that journalists would do all they could to protect the image of the country. "Ghana is the only country we have and to destroy it will mean destroying ourselves".