President John Dramani has assured the media of a relaunch of the Media Development Fund to aid and equip Ghana’s media personnel with requisite funding for efficiency.
President Mahama, speaking at an engagement with Ghana’s media stakeholders at the Presidency, revealed that the Media Development Fund was plagued with many discrepancies since it’s initiation and lacked proper structure. “It was something that we initiated early and then there was confusion about how the fund was administered and then it died a premature death.” the president said.
He noted that engagements with stakeholders for a more structured mode of delivery are underway and will be relaunched with the neccesary provision made under next year’s budget.
“We all more mature now and we will put in a mechanism that will make it more transparent and easier for journalists to benefit from the fund. I think that under next year’s budget under Government Communications department the fund will be activated and some money will be put in it.”
The President noted that the fund will be regulated by a board of trustees comprising the GJA and Government Communication personnel.
