{"id":763700,"date":"2019-12-12T15:58:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/12\/peace-council-prepares-media-for-2020-polls\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:58:30","slug":"peace-council-prepares-media-for-2020-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/12\/peace-council-prepares-media-for-2020-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Council Prepares Media For 2020 Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Professor Emmanuel Asante, Chairman of the National Peace Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About 20 journalists from selected media<br \/>\nhouses in the Greater Accra Region have benefitted from a workshop that seeks<br \/>\nto empower journalists with the needed tools and skills to promote peace and<br \/>\navert conflict in the upcoming elections. <\/p>\n<p>The two-day workshop which consisted of<br \/>\nmodules on avoidance of intemperate language, peace reporting and facts<br \/>\nchecking was part of series of engagement organized by the National Peace<br \/>\nCouncil (NPC) to build capacity of media practitioners towards the conduct of<br \/>\npeaceful elections.<\/p>\n<p>So far, some editors, media owners and<br \/>\nreporters within the Volta, Ashanti, Greater Accra, Western and Northern<br \/>\nregions have benefited from the initiative which is being funded by the Danish<br \/>\ngovernment through its Embassy in Ghana. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening session of the<br \/>\nworkshop held in Accra, under the theme, \u201cCovering conflict and how to avoid<br \/>\nintemperate language.\u201d the acting Executive Secretary of NPC, George Amoh<br \/>\nemphasised the importance of pre-election engagements in previous elections by<br \/>\nsaying that it \u201chas been one of the secrets for peaceful elections in this<br \/>\ncountry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that the unprecedented nature<br \/>\nof the upcoming general election in 2020, where a former president would be<br \/>\ncontesting a sitting president was likely to present new dynamics to the<br \/>\ncontext of elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is therefore very imperative that<br \/>\nwe prepare ourselves adequately so that we do not find this country in any kind<br \/>\nof violence\u201d he said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Mr Amoh also tasked journalists to report<br \/>\nin manners that would sustain the peace of the country, by saying that \u201cit<br \/>\nwould be disastrous for me and you to leave this country worst than it were<br \/>\nafter 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Greater Accra Peace<br \/>\nCouncil, Rev. Samuel Osabutey, for his part, said that journalism, beyond<br \/>\ndissemination of information, should be seen as a profession that counter hate<br \/>\nspeech and also create an environment of balanced opinions.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>A facilitator of the workshop, Emmanuel<br \/>\nDogbevi, who is the executive director of Newsbridge Africa, a media training<br \/>\nfirm said the journalists should not stoop low to become rumour peddlers or<br \/>\nallow their platforms to be used to make allegations against others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJournalists should not be peddling rumours or making allegations. 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