The Ghana Journalists Affiliation (GJA) will this night honour a former Editor of The Ghanaian Occasions, Ajoa Yeboah Afari and 23 different individuals and establishments for his or her distinctive contributions to press freedom and the event of the media panorama within the nation.
The award ceremony, which is a part of the 2025 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) celebrations in Accra, will substitute the annual daytime flag-raising ceremony historically held on the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra.
A press release signed by the Normal Secretary of the GJA, Mr Kofi Yeboah, and copied to The Ghanaian Occasions on Wednesday, mentioned the innovation was supposed to make use of the event of WPFD to formally recognise and honour people and establishments that had championed press freedom and supported the Affiliation through the years.
It mentioned the primary class of honourees includes people recognised for his or her important contributions to the promotion of press freedom in Ghana. They embody three former GJA presidents – Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, Gifty Affenyi Dadzie, and Ajoa Yeboah Afari – in addition to Chief Policy Analyst on the Ghana Institute of Public Coverage Choices (GIPPO), Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby, media and communications knowledgeable, Prof. Kwame Karikari, Managing Editor of The Perception, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, former Editor of the Day by day Graphic, Elizabeth Ohene, and Managing Editor of the Day by day Dispatch, Ben Ephson Jnr.
The second class of honourees, the assertion mentioned, is made up of people who’ve contributed considerably to the expansion of Ghana’s media sector.
These embody worldwide business knowledgeable, Sir Sam Jonah; former GJA Normal Secretary, Shiny Blewu; Lawyer, Kwasi Afriyie Badu; famend journalist, Cameron Duodu; founding father of Crystal TV, Chief Dr Crystal Djirakor; and founders of Ada Radio, Wilna and Alex Quarmyne.
The GJA additionally named a number of establishments to be honoured for his or her devoted help to the Association. These are the Embassy of the USA of America in Accra, Unilever Ghana Restricted, Ghana Broadcasting Company (GBC), the Electoral Fee, Innolink Ghana Restricted, Friedrich Ebert Basis, and highlife musician Abrantie Amakye Dede.
The assertion famous that Group Chairman of KGL Group of Firms, Alex Dadey; Chancellor of Wisconsin Worldwide College School, Ghana, Dr Paul Kofi Fynn; and adb Financial institution would even be honoured for his or her unwavering help to the present GJA administration, even throughout crucial moments.
The nationwide theme for this 12 months’s WPFD commemoration is “Celebrating champions of press freedom and Ghana’s media progress; constructing a resilient media within the AI period.”Globally, the theme is“Reporting within the courageous new world – The affect of synthetic intelligence on press freedom and the media.”
The occasion might be attended by President John Dramani Mahama because the Particular Visitor of Honour, alongside Ministers of State, members of Parliament, members of the diplomatic corps, media practitioners and companions.
BY STEPHANIE BIRIKORANG
