Protect, preserve Ghana’s stability – Otumfuo to journalists

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has appealed to the media to help protect and preserve the unity and stability of Ghana.

He said despite the turmoil in the world, Ghanaian journalists can point to their country with pride due to its stability and increasing success.

He said that should inspire journalists to persevere and work hard to douse the fire of conflict, forge unity and generosity of heart.

Speaking at the official opening of the media capacity enhancement programme for some 250 journalists selected across the country in Kumasi on Monday, 10 January 2022, on the theme: “Equipping the media to play an effective role in our nation-building”, the Asante monarch said the peace and stability of the nation must be inviolable.

Otumfuo said the media will be doing a great service to the nation and humanity if they can create an environment that encourages consensus-building to help lower the cause of tension within the body politic.

He said: “It is my hope that improving the understanding of our practitioners will contribute to the enhancement of the quality of the media and diminish the source of concerns we have today”.

“Let me conclude with a fervent appeal to the media, to all our journalists and media owners, you all have a duty to protect and preserve the unity and stability of our country, in the face of all the turmoil in the world, you are proud because you can point to your country with pride and its stability and increasing success.”

“A challenging moment it has been but it is so for us to follow the Methodist hymnal and count our blessings, count them one by one and we will know what the Lord has done for us. That knowledge should inspire us to persevere, to work hard to douse conflict, work hard to forge unity and generosity of heart,” the Asantehene added.

Source: Classfmonline.com