The Information Minister noted that GBC, through its seventy years of existence, has endeared itself as true public service broadcaster, disseminating its responsibilities effectively in the interest of the nation, adding that government would continue to resourced  the ‘’state broadcaster’’ to enable it function and operate effectively.

‘’As part of the government manifesto to build the capacity of people, government would from this year, institute a training workshop for journalists to enable them improve upon their news coverage and delivery,’’ the Minister hinted.

While Acknowledging their efforts and hard work, Hon. Akologu however expressed concerns about some aspects of their service delivery, particularly, on-screen content, which according to the Information Minister, tend to deviate from the moral fibre of society; 'obscene and violent related activities seem to dominate the TV screens’’, the Minister observed.  

The Information Minister was also not enthused about the way and manner GBC go about their activities, noting that ‘’GBC is venturing into the kind of media services rendered by other private media outlets, who operate purposefully on commercial basis.’’ He reminded management of their status of a public broadcaster, whose mandate is to render service for the benefit of the society and the country at large.

Hon. Agyenim Boateng was also full of praises for the management and staff of GBC for their inputs in the development processes of the country. He noted that GBC, in recent times have been transformed into the standard of an international media agency, reiterating that government will continue to assist GBC, especially, in the wake of the need to migrate to Digital from Analogue. He, however, appealed to management to improve their news delivery with regards to time, indicating that some of their news items are somewhat ‘’dead’’.


Welcoming the Information Minister, the Director-General of GBC, Mr. William Ampem-Darko thanked the Minister for the visit. Mr. Ampem-Darko also extolled the government for financing the Digitisation process of GBCs transmissions, hinting that ‘’government has so far spent 2.3 million Euros for the first phase of the digital terrestrial transmission.  

The Director-General indicated that upon completion, GBC would broadcast on three channels, which would be allocated for governance specifically parliamentary proceedings, news and the regular general content.

With regards to content, Mr. Ampem-Darko gave the assurance that contents on screen are being reviewed to suit the new channels that are yet to be established.

The Information Minister rounded the visit with a durbar with staff of the Corporation.

Source: ISD (Elvis Adjei-Baah)