The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has commended the Political Broadcast Committee of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) for the foresight and dynamism it exhibited during the 2012 election period.
"There is a lot to be done by GBC, the only public service broadcaster, it has to be supported to contribute its quota to democracy and development of the country".
Mr Bright Blewu, GJA General Secretary, said this on Monday when the executives called on the Director-General of GBC, Mr Berfi Apenteng and the Political Broadcast Committee to show appreciation for the support it offered to GJA to carry out its election programmes.
He explained that the role of the public broadcaster was very vital and "GBC could play that role if only supported to be the strong public broadcaster".
The GJA on April 3, 2012 launched a project in collaboration with Star Ghana and the KAB Governance Consult to ensure that the media is transparent and credible in their reportage during the 2012 December elections.
Mr Affail Monnie, Vice President of GJA, noted that the collaboration with GBC saw the media reportage achieve a peaceful election.
He commended the Director-General of GBC for his leadership and commitment in ensuring that GBC carried its role as the public broadcaster.
Mr Apenteng said collaborating with GJA was a pointer for many things to be done in the future and commended GJA for coming out with the initiative.
"Though we also had our political programme, that of GJA gave GBC another dimension and enriched what we have already planned. As public broadcaster, we will work with other to expand the frontiers and share knowledge to build our democracy", he said.
He urged GJA and other public interest groups to approach GBC with their ideas and "we will work with them to achieve the goals".
Mr Apenteng commended GBC's Political Broadcast committee for the zeal they worked with and the commitment they exhibited.