The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has appealed to all media houses to intensify public education on the proposed election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). The media is expected to sensitise the general public to enable it to understand and embrace the idea and participate in all the processes to make the vision […]
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I did NOT call for licensing of journalists- Ex-President Kufuor
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has categorically denied calling for the licensing of journalists in Ghana to ensure sanity in the profession, as reported in a section of the media. He was reported to have made the call at the launch of the GJA’s 70th anniversary in Accra on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. However, when […]
Just in: Former GJA President and Vice President of Help Age Ghana, Edward Ameyibor dead
Former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Edward Ameyibor has been reported dead, following a short illness. He is said to passed on yesterday, Monday May 13, 2019. The veteran journalist who was popularly known as Oga, spent most of his active working life with the Ghana News Agency where he rose to become […]
How can law enforcers turn to law breakers in an era of rule of law in 21st Century Ghana-GJA slams police
The Ghana Journalists Association has promised to do all it can to ensure that all journalists who have been assaulted by law enforcement officers, particularly the police, get justice. According the Association, the police who are supposed to be law enforcers have become law breakers and that the Police administration must be find all such […]
The police who are to enforce laws have become law breakers, for assaulting journalists they will not go unpunished-GJA
The Ghana Journalists Association has promised to do all it can to ensure that all journalists who have been assaulted by law enforcement officers, particularly the police, gets justice. According the Association, the police who are supposed to be law enforcers have become law breakers and that the Police administration must be find all such […]
Just in: Ahmed-Hussein-Suale’s funeral set for Feb 7 and 8
The final funeral rites of Ahmed Hussein-Suale will be held at the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) International Press Centre in Accra. It will start with a vigil in the evening of Thursday, February 7, 2019, while the main programme will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019. The organisers invite all Ghanaians to join them […]
Just in: journalist caught in 5m cedis blackmail bribery scandal, GJA reports him to CID
The Ghana Journalists Association has referred a case of extortion and blackmail by a Journalist to the Police CID for further investigations. The Journalist of Accra FM, Nana Okyere Gyampa, is reported to have persistently demanded five million cedis from the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as a condition for dropping […]
23RD GJA Awards: be advocates for investment that will contribute to Ghana’s sustainable development-Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has entreated the media to be advocates for investment that will contribute to the country’s sustainable development. The president while congratulating Bernard Koku Avle of Citi Fm for emerging the 2017 Journalist of the Year at the just ended 23rd Ghana Journalists Association Awards said the media must remain active […]