Mr. James Agyenim-Boateng, a Deputy Minister of Information, on Monday assured departments and agencies under the Ministry, of government's commitment and readiness to provide the necessary logistical support to enable them perform their national duties effectively.
He said even though, some of the challenges confronting such departments and agencies seemed insurmountable, the government was drawing
up urgent interventions to addressing some of the problems.
Mr. Agyenim-Boateng gave the assurance when he interacted with some staff of the departments and agencies of the Ministry in Sunyani.
The Deputy Minister is on seven-day familiarization visit to the Brong-Ahafo Region, to acquaint himself with the operations of the
departments and agencies.
Mr. Agyenim-Boateng noted with regret that most of the agencies and departments under the Ministry had failed to disseminate government policies and programmes at the grassroot level, because of the lack of the necessary
logistics for them to do so.
"The National Democratic Congress government is working hard to bring immediate and appropriate interventions to help solve these teething problems of logistics once and for all," he said.
Mr. Agyenim-Boateng expressed optimism that even tough the department and agencies were confronting multiples of problems; they would work hard to ensure the better Ghana agenda was actualized.
Reacting to a question on the passage of the Right to Information Bills, the Deputy Information Minister reiterated government's commitment to passing the Bill, adding that, it would be subjected to parliamentary process after cabinet approval and consideration.
Mr. Agyenim-Boateng said the Bill was not only intended to aid the work of the media, but was also meant to enhance transparency, accountable and good governance.
Mr. Eric Opoku, Deputy Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister commended Mr. Agyenim-Boateng for setting apart his numerous schedules to interact with people in the Region.
He noted that the Ministry of Information and its departments and agencies played a critical role in governance.
Mr. Opoku said since the NDC took power, the country had seen remarkable transformation in the areas of education, health and agriculture,
but expressed worry that Ghanaians had failed to recognized such achievements because of the lack of communication especially at the grass root level.
In an open forum, Mr. Charles Koomson, Regional Manager of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), expressed regret that Ghanaians and for that matter successive governments had failed to recognize the numerous contributions of the agency to nation building.
"Many Ghanaians have lost the core values of GNA on which the first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah set to establish", he added and mentioned
inadequate computers and vehicles among others as some of the main challenges that hindered the smooth operations of the agency in Brong-Ahafo.
Most speakers at the open forum also enumerated a number of challenges including the lack of adequate computers, vehicles, communication gadgets, poor office structures as well as residential accommodation for staff, as
problems that hindered their operations in the Region.