By Clement Akoloh
National Security Coordinator, COP Osman Abdul-Razak says the information space is as much a part of the nation’s security perimeter as the borders, the sea and physical offices.
Addressing the PRINPAG Workshop on Responsive National Security Reporting, he said National Security must concern itself with responsible media reporting because a free and responsible press is itself an instrument of security.
“When the press exposes corruption, it protects the public purse more than any prosecution. When it holds power accountable, it gives a lawful outlet to frustration that would otherwise reduce to violence and reduce recruitment and propaganda of extremists,” he said.
He added that when the press reports truthfully in moments of tension, it becomes the nation’s steady hand.
COP Abdul-Razak noted that if Ghana’s democracy remains outstanding in a region of coups, it is in no small measure because at decisive moments the press has chosen responsibility.
“We have not come to teach. We have come to learn from each other,” he told PRINPAG members, urging them to come up with a meaningful communicable way forward on how security and media should relate.
Source: africanewsradio.com
