Accra, June 10, GNA — The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has urged all journalists and the Media to support the Green Ghana Project by Government.
A statement from the Association said the media could play a pivotal role in the project by saturating the airwaves and littering their newspapers with relevant programmes, situational reports, exciting stories and well researched features.
“The aim is to get an overwhelming majority of Ghanaians to participate in and assume ownership of the tree planting exercise,” the statement said.
Green Ghana Project, a novel national initiative aimed at planting five million trees across the country.
It said the GJA expected all media owners, Chief Executive Officers, editors, and practitioners not only to promote the exercise but also to take an active part to green their media houses and communities.
“Sustainability is key to the success of the Green Ghana Project. To this end, the GJA underlines the need for media practitioners all over the country to help maintain the momentum through follow-up stories and programmes.
This will inculcate in the public, especially the youth, the values of planting and nurturing trees,” the statement said.
The statement said the success of the Project would be measured by the extent to which communities were greened, watersheds protected and threats of climate change abated.
“For its part, the GJA will consider instituting SPECIAL GREEN GHANA AWARDS for journalists and media houses (traditional and online) who excel in championing this environmentally vital national exercise,” the statement said.
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