2024-07-29 12:39:14
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He is hostile to speeches, promises are not his business. He speaks through actions. Minister Fana Soumah as we speak of him did not take advantage of the grace period to tackle the challenges of the information and communication sector.
While his former colleagues at RTG, his friends and acquaintances were in the euphoria of his appointment, the former star of national television was already on the ground. He did not prioritize the problems, he tackled everything at once. Rural radio, national radio, RKS, national television Koloma, Boulbinet’s, the news site rtgguinee.info, the national daily, AGP, everywhere his mark is visible after only four months of management.
With him, there is no room for trial and error, it is now and immediately. For his first outing in the interior of the country as minister, the people of Pita left the fields and pastures to come and welcome him as if someone had whispered in their ear, come and witness the start of the revolution in the information and communication sector. On site, the 25th annual review of rural radio that he chaired resulted in recommendations that will wake rural radio from its long sleep.
A few meters away, in the city of Karamoko Alpha Mo Labé, Minister Fana Soumah said no, that he would not leave Labé until the return of the national radio signal lost more than ten years ago. Before his eyes, the technicians set to work and immediately, the populations of the capital of Fouta found the programs of 88.5.
A connoisseur of the information and communication sector, having spent his entire professional career in public service media, Minister Soumah, upon arriving at the head of the information department, was fully aware of the task that awaited him, which is why he gave up the comfort of the office in favor of the field. And as if he had the magic wand, wherever he goes, the results are immediate.
When he took over the Guinean savannah (Upper Guinea) in all the localities he crossed, he revived the rural radio stations. From Dogomet to Kankan via Dabola center, Banko and Kouroussa everywhere, he gave new life to local radios by bringing state-of-the-art equipment for their proper functioning in favor of local communities.
In Kankan and Siguiri, without fanfare, the Minister of Action allowed populations long deprived of Radio Guinea programmes to find 88.5 again.
His pragmatism, his efficiency, his commitment and his passion for public service have heralded the renewal of the information and communication sector.
True to the vision of General of the Armed Forces Mamadi Doumbouya, that of relieving the populations, especially the less well-off, the head of the information department is preparing to launch in the coming days the social program of free distribution of yagui antennas to low-income populations to allow them to access free programs on national television and Channel 2.
In his program to revolutionize the media sector, Minister Fana Soumah does not differentiate between public and private media. He offers the same opportunities to journalists from all media, as evidenced by the many training courses he offers to information professionals from all media. His only concern is to qualify journalists and professionalize the Guinean press.
The head of the information department is the perfect example of the ministers of the Bah Oury government who validly embody the institutional restructuring and rectification advocated by the CNRD authorities.
I forgot, Fana Soumah is also this unifying Guinean. Through his actions and words, he has succeeded since the time he occupied the position of Director General of Radio Télévision Guinéenne (RTG) to create a real union between all the workers of this state media in particular and in general between state and private media. With him, it is Guinea by the Guineans and for the Guineans. As if to say that the President of the Republic, General Mamadi Doumbouya, has at his side a fine Guinean who, like him, is driven by good intentions to lead our country towards a better tomorrow.
While waiting for the continuation of his offensive in the south and on the coast, the reformist Minister Fana Soumah has succeeded in the satellite rise of public media to allow populations to easily access radio and television programs, RKS and the second public channel throughout the world.
Saliou Bah