Wa, March 9, GNA - Some staff of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation(GBC) in Wa sit under trees to do their work thereby exposing them to public ridicule and the risk of intruders, Mr. Chris Alalbila, Acting Upper West Regional Director, has said

He therefore appealed for office accommodation and critical office staff especially, those in the technical area to enhance the corporation's performance.

Mr. Alalbila who made the appeal at the launch of Upper West Regional edition of the 75th anniversary celebration of the GBC in Wa on Tuesday, said:" all those notwithstanding, GBC had been playing its traditional role by promoting and preserving the culture of the people".

He appealed to government to provide a fence wall for the Wa station to secure staff and equipment as well as prevent private developers from encroaching on the station's land, which was already under threat. The Acting Regional Director said GBC was still in the business of educating the people on government's policies and programmes to help them make informed choices.

He announced that while the GBC was 75 years old, the Upper West Radio, a local FM. Station in Wa was also 10 years old. Mr. Alalbila commended the workers for their hard work and sense of judgment in the performance of their duties and urged them to work more to improve programmes at the station for the benefit of the public. Mr. Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister, said the 75 years of GBC's existence had greatly enhanced national development of which Ghanaians were grateful.

"The unity, the promotion and preservation of the culture and the peace that people of Ghana are enjoying could be largely attributed to the GBC".

He therefore urged workers of the corporation to be mindful of GBC mandate and mission in their day-to-day performance of their duties to give meaning to the public broadcaster as a national asset.

"An informed public can be changed but uninformed public can never be changed", Mr. Khalid said and urged staff of GBC to continue to educate the people to adopt best practices, either politically, socially, economically or culturally to move the development of the country forward. Mr. Khalid promised to collaborate with other development partners to see how best they could help provide the GBC with its basic needs to enhance quality work delivery.

Workers and concerned students of the University for Development Students went on a float through the principal streets of Wa and later converged at the four-courts of the Regional Coordinating Council.