INFO. MINISTER CHARGES ISD OFFICERS TO BE ABREAST OF ISSUES 29th Sept., 2019

The Information Minister, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has charged staff of the Information Services Department [ISD] especially, District Information Officers and Public Relations Officers at the sector ministries to always be on the beat with issues. He also asked them to submit timely reports to authorities at the ISD headquarters for necessary action to be taken while the updates go to government. 
Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Info. Minister
Hon. Oppong Nkrumah threw the charge in his remarks during an interface meeting with ISD staff in the Upper East Regional capital, Bolgatanga. The Acting ISD Director -  Mr. Charles Wereku, Chief Director at the Information Ministry - Madam Mameley Andrews, Mrs. Patricia Dovi Simson - the Ministry’s Director in charge of Policy Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Madam Ethel Cudjo Amissah - a Deputy Director for the public relations coordinating  division, all sat through the meeting.

The minister disclosed that government was taking steps to retool the ISD with plans far-advanced to procure new audio-visual Vans for the Department alongside other essential equipment that the ISD requires to deliver its mandate effectively and promptly. He added that regular in-service training programmes were being rolled out and that, the staff in the Upper East region will have their turn in due course.

He however stated that, upon all these good intentions and planned investments by government in the Department, it behoved the staff and management of the ISD to prove to government and the public that, the work of the Department was really and still, relevant to the development of Ghana. 
Some of the ISD staff around the table with Hon. Nkrumah at the far end

According to Oppong Nkrumah who is also the Member of Parliament for the Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana, the effective conduct of public education campaigns on government policies and programmes by the ISD will bring the public up to speed with government’s development strides. Meanwhile, the Department’s timely surveys and collation of reports on public reactions regarding topical daily issues and other interventions by government, will greatly assist government to have a better understanding of feedback from the citizenry and what they actually want from government and other state actors.

He posited that, the nationwide presence of ISD offices and its staff in every district, “placed the Department in a very strong and unique position to do excellent Quantitative and Empirical research, surveys and data collections on any issues of national interest or products for which accurate public opinion was needed”. He thus urged Management and staff of the ISD to take a good advantage of this as it would make the ISD a first-choice option for even bigger multinational bodies and the corporate community whenever the need for such surveys arises.

Meanwhile, the ISD Ag. Director, Mr. Charles Wereku in his opening remarks earlier to introduce the minister to his staff, commended government for placing special attention on the ISD noting that, it drums home the importance of the ISD in the work of government business regardless of the proliferation of media outlets in the current times.

Mr. Wereku challenged his staff to continue to deliver their best efforts at work even under trying conditions.

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