Ghana: GRIDCo Board Chair Encourages Journalists To Develop Interest In Energy Reporting

The Board Chairman of Ghana Grid Company, Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, has challenged the Ghanaian media practitioners to develop interest in energy reporting instead of leaving the sector unattended to by journalists.

According to the seasoned veteran journalist and former Chairman of National Media Commission (NMC), there was the need for the media to develop interest in energy reporting, “because it is the new frontier and rich source of news.”

He said most media practitioners were taught in the journalism school that if they were looking for news, they should go to the police station, hospital etc.

This, he believes has restricted media practitioners from looking beyond and reporting on new frontiers such as energy.

Ambassador Kabral Amihere, speaking at the opening of a three-day workshop for Regional Managers and Editors of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), noted that though there are challenges in the energy sector, there are also positive stories that journalists need to develop interest and highlight.

The workshop was on the theme: ‘Strengthening and sustaining public trust through Accountable Reporting’

“I’m challenging the media to consider the energy sector as a potential source of news and give it the necessary attention. You should begin to specialise in energy reporting just as you do for sports, finance and banking sector,” he suggested.

He commended Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) for partnering with the Ghana News Agency, saying NPG has shown that for them to succeed, there is the need for them to embark on public education to inform Ghanaians about the importance of having nuclear power in the country’s energy mix.

Speaking to energynewsafrica.com, Ambassador Blay-Amihere underscored the need for journalism training institutions to study the trend in the energy sector and respond by developing courses tailored towards energy reporting in the area of renewable, oil and gas and energy transition.

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The Executive Director of Nuclear Power Ghana, Dr Stephen Yamoah reiterated the NPG’s commitment to building the capacity of the media to enable them understand the nuclear power operations and report very well.

General Manager for GNA, Albert Kofi Owusu charged participants of the workshop to take advantage of the opportunity to get themselves equipped on nuclear power to aid them whenever nuclear power stories come before them.