The Ghana Publishing Firm Restricted (GPCL) has rolled out Gazette 360, a nationwide public schooling marketing campaign designed to deepen public understanding of the Ghana Gazette and make entry to the official journal simpler for all residents.
The marketing campaign, which can function media engagements, neighborhood outreach, and digital studying platforms, seeks to demystify the Gazette, spotlight its significance in authorized and civic life, and shield the general public from fraudulent publications.
It additionally goals to make sure that people, companies, and establishments know easy methods to acquire genuine gazettes and use them as dependable authorized references.
Underneath the theme “Realize it, Use it, Belief it,” Gazette 360 emphasizes transparency, accountability, and the safety of Ghana’s democratic governance.
Launching the initiative in Accra, GPCL’s Managing Director, Nana Kwasi Boatey, stated the Gazette had been upgraded with new safety features, together with a gold coat of arms and watermarks, to forestall counterfeiting.
He defined that the options weren’t decorative however essential safeguards to trace authenticity.
He revealed that digital verification techniques have been additionally being developed to make it simpler for the general public to verify real publications.
Mr. Boatey cautioned that faux gazettes have been damaging the reputations of many Ghanaians via fraudulent marriages and identify adjustments.
He careworn that those that falsify the Gazette have been “waging struggle in opposition to the state” and warned that offenders could be pursued, arrested, and prosecuted.
He urged the media to help the combat in opposition to faux gazettes, describing the marketing campaign as a nationwide accountability to guard the integrity of Ghana’s most authoritative authorized document.
GPCL’s Company Affairs Supervisor, Lantam Papanko, defined that Gazette 360 was created to interrupt down misconceptions in regards to the Gazette and spotlight its relevance to on a regular basis life.
He stated the marketing campaign wouldn’t solely contain the press but in addition prolong into faculties, universities, church buildings, mosques, and neighborhood boards, so that each Ghanaian may perceive the Gazette and its function in governance.
Mr. Papanko careworn that Gazette 360 was not only a GPCL initiative however a nationwide marketing campaign calling on residents to worth reality, legality, and integrity in public information.
He thanked MarryRight Ghana and AngloGold Ashanti for his or her partnership and known as on the media to maintain the dialog alive.
Operations Supervisor at MarryRight Ghana, Barimah Agyemang, stated marriage officers and venues have to be printed within the Gazette to present weddings authorized drive.
He warned that ceremonies performed with out correct gazetting risked missing binding authorized authority, which may expose {couples} and establishments to authorized disputes.
Mr. Agyemang pledged MarryRight’s help in spreading the marketing campaign’s message nationwide and counseled GPCL for taking steps to guard the integrity of marriages and different authorized processes.
Background
The Ghana Gazette is the official journal of document of the Republic of Ghana. It publishes legal guidelines, parliamentary devices, authorities notices, firm registrations, and different authorized paperwork.
Any info printed within the Gazette is legally acknowledged and enforceable, making it a trusted supply of communication between the state and the general public.
By: Jacob Aggrey
