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Accra, Oct. 11, GNA – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in collaboration with the Electoral Commission (EC) has organised a day’s workshop for media professionals to enhance their capacity for fact-based reporting and countering election-related mis and disinformation.

The project is being organised by MFWA with funding support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom.

Mr Samuel Dottoh, the Deputy Director for Electoral Services, EC, in his presentation lauded the media’s role in the nation’s electoral processes.

“We know the traditional role of the media is to educate, inform and entertain, but an electoral management body (EMB) cannot successfully conduct an election without the media playing an important role of informing the electorate about the processes that they have to go through,” he stated.

“So, EC is expected to inform the media, organise workshops like what the Media Foundation has done for us in collaboration with the Electoral Commission”.

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