The dissemination of information is one of the essential elements that ensure good living in society. This is due to the fact that it always enlightens the members of a society or nation about all the happenings so as not to be in the dark. Therefore, various avenues for information distribution have emerged especially in the 21st century. It is so ubiquitous that the often neglected and marginalized members of the nation, the local population, have their pack. In most local communities and developing areas and developing areas in urban centers referred to as new sites in Ghana, numerous information centers have been established. Many of these information centers are owned by individuals and non-governmental organizations. However, the content of their operations makes many people wonder if these viable avenues of information distribution are really a blessing or a curse.
Of course, information centers play powerful roles in society. They serve as channels through which government policies, programs and activities are announced to all sectors of the Ghanaian population. Popular announcements in local authority societies are channeled to residents through these information centres. In rural communities where literacy and poverty rates are very low, these information avenues help the poor access key information on sensitive issues discussed nationally and globally in the fields of health, education, politics , agriculture, religion and many other fields. of life. Thus, to a great extent, these information centers are seen as a boon to many people.
However, due to their seemingly unbridled freedom and lack of control, many Ghanaians are beginning to feel that these information centers are a curse. This is due in large part to the negative implications of its poor service delivery that is causing surprise among concerned citizens and agencies. One of them has to do with the time for the start of their functions. Most of these information centers start operating at dawn in the early hours of the day, when many workers are still resting or sleeping to recover enough strength to face the hectic moments of the new working day. To them, the loud and inconsiderate sounds of the glowing loudspeakers of the information centers are nothing more than a mere disturbance of their well-deserved sleep and a curse in disguise.
Even so, others are concerned about the deception spread by many of these information centers about the benefits of the products and services of companies and ventures that they spread to the general public. Since the primary goal of many of these information-providing outlets is profit, they use various means to persuade listening ears, sometimes throwing dust in their eyes, to patronize the purchase of these often-enhanced benefits of products and services. services of the companies that pay for the advertising that they offer. As such, herbal medicine that does not cure certain ailments is lavishly portrayed to especially persuade the less enlightened rural poor.
Furthermore, many of these information centers have been fertile breeding grounds for false religious leaders and organizations that deceive the masses and exploit them for their money. The operators of these information centers often use their privilege to impose their personal ideologies that are sometimes tainted to be taken over by the general public. Thus, if the services offered by most of these information centers are not regularly monitored with clear limits established for them, they would abuse their powers and throw most members of the general public into great darkness, frustrating their main objective. as disseminators of information. light in terms of information delivery.
Therefore, the Ministry of Information must streamline the rules that govern its operation to bring sanity to the provision of its services, such as the start and end time of its operations. A monitoring team from your team should regularly visit and inspect the services that these information centers scattered in many parts of the country offer to the general population. Intensive research into how their services affect the general public must be carried out to stop discrepancies in the provision of their services and derail the negative sentiments that many Ghanaians have towards them. More importantly, the operators of these stations must be vetted to ensure their journalistic skills before they are allowed to operate. Also, there must be an institution of a form of training to hone your skills in providing services. They must be given a fixed criterion to manage the advertising of companies and companies so as not to exaggerate the composition and benefits of their products to deceive the general public. When all these recommendations are implemented, the information centers in Ghana will not be seen as a curse, but as a blessing, as it should be for the members of the Ghanaian population.