ISD SELLS GOVERNMENT POLICIES (PAGE 26, DEC 4)

The Information Services Department (ISD) in the Upper East Region has begun a seven-day public education campaign on government policies and programmes.
The campaign will cover all the nine districts and municipal assemblies in the region.
Topics being treated include the enhanced Capitation Grant, the National Youth Employment Programme, Youth in Agriculture and the Ghana School Feeding Programme. Peace, unity, national cohesion and the activities of the various municipal and district assemblies are also being explained.
Briefing field officers at the launch of the campaign, the Upper East Regional Information Officer, Mr Nelson Mba Ayamga, advised them against playing politics with issues of national concern.
He also urged them not to argue with members of the public as that might portray the ISD in a negative light.
Mr Ayamga advised the officers to work in unity, since their duties were interdependent and none could work efficiently without the others playing their respective roles well.
He said as information workers, they must keep abreast of government policies at all times, since members of the public could call on them at any time for information relating to the work of the Government.
The Regional Information Officer asked the staff to listen attentively to the reactions of the people in the course of the campaign so that at the end, a comprehensive feedback report could be sent to the Government for appropriate adjustments to be made.
Mr Ayamga also used the opportunity to call on all district information officers to submit their action work pans for the year 2010.