Zita Takes Media To the Cleaners

Minister of Information, Mrs. Zita Okaikoi, has chided sections of the Ghanaian media for what she calls deliberate spread of malicious and mischievous information regarding the presidents� comments in Kumasi. On Friday, President Mills addressed supporters of the NDC at the forecourt of the Kumasi Central Mosque as part of his three-day tour of the Ashanti Region, where he responded to unfair criticisms that his government had not delivered, and said attempts to compare his 10 months tenure in office with the New Patriotic Party�s eight year rule was unmerited and out of place. According to the Information Minister, media (JoyFm, Ghanaian Times and Daily Guide) reports suggesting President J.E.A. Mills said �Ghanaians Complain Too Much� were incorrect and fallacious. ��over the weekend, there was a news item about the president�the publication and the story differs greatly�some of the stories put across nowadays by some journalists are libelous. As a journalist you don�t mislead the public, because this is misinformation�if we don�t talk about it, your profession is being drawn into the gutter�,� Zita Okai-koi stated in an interview on PEACEFM�s �Kokrokoo�.