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OPEN LETTER TO THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORT Dear Mr. Minister,                                Congratulation for your elevation to such an august position, in fact, l couldn’t hide my joy when I heard the news of the president appointing you as the Minister designate for Youth and Sport. I remember I was buying grilled plantain when the news broke, filled with joy to the brim l forget to take my balance from the plantain seller. The question which is riding on the lips of sport journalists and true sport loving citizens in this country is ,why did it take ages for the President to name a true son of the game to head the Ministry? This question also affirms your competency to head such an august house.  I was a pundit on a sport discussion and on our phone-in segment, a caller described you has the “the true Messiah for f...

ASSESSING THE POSTURE OF THE PRESS AFTER OBTAINING INDEPENDENCE. Newspapers are one of the outlets used in dissemination of information to the general public to inform, educate and entertain. Yes, it’s believed that journalism began with the relay of information by words of mouth but it could be agreed that the practice of professional journalism began when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which was used to produce 3,600 pages per day. However, newspaper production in Ghana begun with The Gold Coast Gazette and Commercial Intelligencer,   in 1822-25 by Sir Charles McCarthy the central goal of this Cape Coast newspaper was to provide information to European merchants and civil servants in the colony. In the mid century the political atmosphere of Gold Coast now Ghana became tense characterized by series of strikes and political insurgencies, in this period the Accra Herald the  first native  newspaper was produced in Gold Coast (Ghana) leading ...