By:Isaac Amoah

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has started hitting the ground running after assuming office a few weeks ago, by engaging various stakeholders and soliciting for their support to succeed.

During his first participation of the Thanksgiving & Get-together ceremony of the Ashanti Regional Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) held last Friday, the Minister touched on a project of the media fraternity, which is an abandoned press centre initiated by the then Regional Minister, Mr. Eric Opoku, during Mr. John Mahama’s first administration.

Dr.Frank Amoakohene in a group photograph with Journalists

Currently, the abandoned project has been demolished by a private developer because of new land arrangements according to the Ashanti GJA Chairman, Kingsley E. Hope.

Dr. Amoakohene said, “I’ll definitely reach out to Honourable Eric Opoku, who happens to be the current Minister of Food & Agriculture and liaise with GJA leadership to find a way out for you to get your press centre.”

This assurance put some smiles on the faces of the GJA chairman, other executives and the media fraternity in the region.

It is unfortunate that the project which was initiated in 2013 was not continued during the previous administration.

However, Dr. Amoakohene’s assurance seems to have given an indication that there is hope.