The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged Parliament to assist the National Media Commission (NMC) in holding the investigative, prosecutorial, and judicial agencies accountable for reported incidents of attacks on journalists in the country.
The Ghanaian Parliament recently organized a two-day workshop for members of the Parliamentary Press Corps (PPC) to familiarize them with the newly adopted revised Standing Orders.
Parliament is seen as the citadel of Democracy.
It is the nerve center of our democratic culture. Its absence creates a huge lacuna in our democratic system. Therefore, it is the heart and the compass of this culture of our democracy.
This article is meant to highlight the unfortunate omission of the media, and for that matter, the Parliamentary Press Corps (PPC) from the activities mapped out for the celebration and the failure of the organizers to acknowledge the PPC as an important stakeholder that has contributed immensely to the stability of the country’s democracy. We cannot belabor the point that journalists played an integral role in shaping the destiny of the country’s Parliamentary Democracy which milestone is being celebrated today.
