The Director, Department of Gender in the Gender ministry Rev. Dr. Comfort Asare on Monday says Rape victims are afraid to speak up”

Speaking to Mamavi Owusu Aboagye on Joynews Desk she said “ Individuals are afraid to report rape case to the court”. Families will sit victims down and tell them when you report, it will tarnish our family image and they end up discouraging the victims from going to court”.

According to Dr. Asare the government is committed to helping victims. “The government has released some funds to the ministry (Gender) to support the agenda of helping victims of sexual abuse”. Measures have been put in place to help raped victims like the Justice for children policy”. she said.

Speaking about the international women’s day she also addressed the fact that the Gender ministry strongly supports implementation of “Affirmative Action Bill”

The Affirmative Action Bill (A.AB) seeks to remove the unjust barriers that obstruct the pathways to the progress of women and the marginalized in the society. The bill requires government to ensure equitable gender representation at all levels.

Health Minister Hon. Kwaku Agyemang Manu says “Corona Virus can affect blacks“.

Speaking to the media in a press conference on Wednesday, he advised Ghanaians not to believe the information spreading that the deadly corona virus also known as Covid-19 cannot affect blacks.

He said “Research has not been able to find the nature of the virus and no vaccine is being created” We should therefore listen to the advice given by experts and act accordingly. He also pleaded with professionals to handle information about the virus efficiently.

Hon. Agyemang Manu advised Ghanaians to only believe information coming from the health Ministry. “You can only confirm from the health ministry if there is any confirmed case in the country” We must take information from the right source before disseminating it”. He said.

The Ministry of health organize a press conference to address questions and concerns pertaining the corona virus. The deadly virus has caused fear and panic among countries as the number of deaths keeps increasing.

The corona virus has weaken a lot of countries and vaccines are yet to be created. Egypt is the only country to record the first case of the virus in Africa.

Multiple award winning journalist Umaru Sanda Amadu has encouraged the student of the Ghana Institute of Journalism to believe in their capacity

Speaking as a guest lecturer at the institute he said “As student journalist believe in your capacity”

According to him students should believe in their capabilities because that is the first in making them successful in the field of journalism. “There is nothing Nana Aba can do that you can’t do” he said. He advised student to believe in themselves and work towards improving their writing skills through constant practice.

Umaru Sanda also enlightened the students on the basic techniques in journalism, ranging from how to get news ideas, sources of news ideas and how to conduct interviews.

He also shared some experiences with the students in his days as a student journalist at the institute. He said “Create a blog and keep writing” I had a blog where I use to write and it really helped” Improve on your writing skills”.

Umaru Sanda is a multiple award winning journalist at Citi TV/FM and is a product of the Ghana Institute of Journalism. He has been in media for a decade now and has been an inspiration to most students and journalist.

Education Minister Dr. Mattew Opoku Prempeh has denied reports suggesting he was part of the numerous Politicians who benefited from GETfund.

“There is no truth in this matter” I have never received money from GETfund as a minister” He said. “ In 2014 we were awarded a scholarship by GETfund when we had an invitation from Harvard University to pursue a three weeks course”

A report by the Auditor-General named Dr. Mattew Opoku Prempeh among the politicians who allegedly received funding from the Ghana Education Trust Fund to study abroad.

The Minister of Education is alleged to have received an amount of US$11,200 to study in Harvard University and US$12,800 as living allowance and tuition.

Speaking on Joy Super morning show, Head of public relations at the Ministry of Education Vincent Assefuah, denied those reports. “it was in 2014 that Dr. Mattew Opoku Prempeh was awarded a scholarship to go and study in Harvard. It was a three weeks training and when you are done you need to come back and demonstrate what you have learnt and so we have not been happy with the reports going round”. He said

Dr. Opoku Prempeh has urged the public to disregard such claims which according to him is “borne out of mischief and lies intended to cause disaffection”.

The Member of Parliament for Bantama constituency Hon. Daniel Okyem Aboagye says the NDC government left behind a broken economy.

Speaking to JoyNews Roland Walker on Thursday ahead of the State of the Nation Address he said “We inherited a broken economy by the NDC government”.

The Member of parliament believes the Nana Addo government has done more than enough to revive the already broken economy they inherited from the Mahama government.

“We inherited a country choked with debt by the NDC government”. “The financial sector was broken” He added.

Ahead of the state of the nation address the member of parliament believes the NPP government has done a great job putting into consideration how the Ghanaian economy was during the NDC government.

The state of the nation Address will be held today in parliament by the President Nana Akuffo Addo as he seeks to address the country about its economic and social state.

Assistant Editor of Graphic business Mr. Charles Benoni Okine says Daily Graphic will start radio and television soon.

Speaking as a guest lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism he said “ Daily Graphic will start Television and radio soon”

He was at the institute to educate some section of the students on how to become better journalists and how to be good writers as writing is the basis of journalist. He also touched on a few things the students should consider as student journalists.

He said “ As students journalists you should make good use of your phones” Use them for research and find out more about what is happening around the world”. Don’t shy away from asking questions as students journalists as it helps you to gather more information about the stories you want to write” he added.

He encouraged students to polish and speed up their writing skills and he also advised them to do their best when it comes to the print media

Mr. Charles Beroni Okine has been in the media for more than a decade and has been an inspiration for a lot of students and journalists.

He recently received an award for best financial journalist of the year.

Ghanaian Veteran Actor Kofi Adjorlolo told Elikem the tailor to go and apologize to his father on his grave because he has served him before.

Elikem voiced out his opinion after the veteran actor complained about producers who owe him and that these producers don’t pay actors. According to him actors should attach a different job to the acting profession in order to survive just like himself.

The veteran actor did not take those comments lightly as he felt disrespected by Elikem. Speaking to Gloria Sarfo on OKAY FM he said “ I felt disappointed when I was informed he (Elikem) was the one advising other actors to go and look for jobs after I complained of producers owing me”. “He should not apologize to me, he should go and apologize to his father on his grave because I served his father” he added.

Elikem got angry with Adjorlolo’s comment and retracted his earlier apology.

The issue of producers not paying actors have been going on for years now.

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The students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism have expressed their displeasure at the delay in posting their results.

Most of the students at the institute are complaining about the delay in posting their results by the academic affairs.

Speaking to some students at the institute, they shared their grievances “The delay in posting our results by the academic affairs always create confusion between we the students and our parents” They sometimes believe we are not performing well and as a results we don’t want to send them our results” Joseph Afatordzi a level 200 student of the institute said.

“There are times we really need our results urgently for something important and we don’t get them in time for those things” “This is becoming too much”. We hope they can do something about it soon. Peter Agbla another level 200 student added.

In addressing the issue we had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Sylvester Antwi who happens to work at the Student Records information Management at the Academic affairs. “The academic affairs is not responsible for the delay in posting student results” He said.

“It goes through three stages or procedures before posting it. First the lecturers uploads the results. Secondly the Dean of students or the HOD has to approve the results and finally the academic affairs uploads it on the student portal. Therefore if there is any delay in these procedures it leads to the failure to post the results on time” He added.

The problem of posting results late has been going on for some years now at the institute.