Mr. Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, has commended the media for disseminating credible information that made the 2008 general election devoid of mayhem.
He said as the election is over and it is time for the media to provide information that would help the government to work to development the country.
Mr. Nyamekye-Marfo said this when he visited some Sunyani-based FM radio stations on Monday.
"We as a government we owe the media a lot of gratitude", he said, adding the government was committed to ensure that the media obtained information.
The Regional Minister appealed to proprietors of radio stations to organise regular capacity-building training programmes to update the knowledge of their staff, more especially the journalists on modern trends in the profession.
In answer to a question on how basic students in the region could be helped to improve their academic performance, Mr. Nyamekye-Marfo appealed to municipal and district assemblies to offer scholarships to brilliant students to augment the efforts of their parents.
He said the region's performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination had not been encouraging for the past five years and appealed to parents to provide their children with the necessary learning materials.