The government has announced plans to combine the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and the Information Service Department (ISD) into a single entity, the Government Communicate Office. This merger aims to enhance the effectiveness of government communication, leveraging modern technology to reduce expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of Government Political Communication, the GNA and ISD will work together to provide updates on infrastructure development and utilize their resources to achieve their goals. The merged entity will also collaborate with parliament to ensure seamless communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ISD’s primary function is to disseminate government information, promote public participation, and engage citizens through awareness creation of government policies, programs, and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The GNA, on the other hand, is responsible for collecting, processing, and disseminating news about Ghana both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By merging these two entities, the government hopes to create a more efficient and effective communication system, ultimately reducing costs and improving the dissemination of government information to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Government to Merge Ghana News Agency and Information Service Department<\/p>\n
The government has announced plans to combine the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and the Information Service Department (ISD) into a single entity, the Government Communicate Office. This merger aims to enhance the effectiveness of government communication, leveraging modern technology to reduce expenses.<\/p>\n
According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of Government Political Communication, the GNA and ISD will work together to provide updates on infrastructure development and utilize their resources to achieve their goals. The merged entity will also collaborate with parliament to ensure seamless communication.<\/p>\n
The ISD’s primary function is to disseminate government information, promote public participation, and engage citizens through awareness creation of government policies, programs, and activities.<\/p>\n
The GNA, on the other hand, is responsible for collecting, processing, and disseminating news about Ghana both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n
By merging these two entities, the government hopes to create a more efficient and effective communication system, ultimately reducing costs and improving the dissemination of government information to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5376\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}