Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, the NMC's chairman, has urged the four state-owned media organisations to collaborate and find new ways to expand.
"We can get through these challenging times and expand our businesses if we can create synergies among ourselves. If not official, we would want to see a semi-formal interaction between these state agencies where there would be an interchange of ideas at the level of the boards, he stated last Saturday in Accra at the start of an orientation for members of the boards of the four state-owned media organisations.
The institutions are the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the New Times Corporation (NTC), the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).
Orientation
The purpose of the two-day orientation was to give the boards of the state-owned media outlets more authority, hone their vision-creating abilities, and enhance their plans for turning around the fortunes of their particular organisations.
Among other topics, it featured lectures on guaranteeing equitable chances, adhering to the standards of public financial management, and board monitoring.
George Sarpong, the NMC's executive director, also gave a presentation during the gathering.
Relational limits
In order to avoid making themselves open to intervention, Mr. Boadu-Ayeboafoh asked the boards and management of the state media outlets to restrict their interaction or communication with the government and its staff.
He warned that the NMC might not be able to step in when they were at risk since it might already be too late.
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Professor Olivia Frimpong Kwapong, the chair of the GCGL Board, stated the organisation was prepared to work with other state-owned media organisations for mutual progress and noted that the GCGL already had a connection with the NTC.
She continued by saying that the GCGL Board was collaborating closely with the group's management to put into place a number of crucial measures that would improve the company's prospects.
In order to increase the group's productivity and profitability, pay dividends to the government, and provide for the welfare of the workforce, we have established some significant plans.
Prof. Kwapong said, "So we are investigating cutting-edge ways to put our brands onto the market by achieving the requirements established for us by the NMC. Let's talk.
The four state-owned media organisations, according to Nana Kwaku Dei, the chairman of the GNA Board, are in competition with one another, but there is a need for communication in order to identify potential areas of cooperation.
We can collaborate to exchange ideas even without the NMC's help, he remarked.
Known in private as Ransford Tetteh, Nana Dei highlighted that the GNA's new board was dedicated to improving the organization's reputation in order to return to its heyday, when the state news agency was the first choice for all domestic media outlets.
The greatest content was sent to readers back then thanks to our excellent authors and subeditors. However, the situation is different now because the majority of journalists in Ghana struggle with writing skills, he said. Examine the terms of the boards
Dr. Kweku Rockson, the chairman of the NTC Board, praised the NMC for the orientation and suggested that it evaluate the duration of the board members' terms because two years was insufficient time to have a significant influence.
He suggested that the NMC incorporate three different professional categories while forming the boards: attorneys, financial experts, and marketing executives.
The GBC Board Chairman, Prof. Samuel Debrah, said the board was committed to working with the management and workers to improve the corporation's prospects despite the difficulties the public broadcaster was facing.