62 cleared for GJA elections at national and regional levels
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has approved 62 aspirants to contest for various national and regional positions in the upcoming elections scheduled for June 30, 2024.
Among those cleared are 13 candidates for national positions and 49 for regional roles, following a thorough review of petitions against some aspirants by the vetting committee.
Balloting is set for Friday, June 13, 2025, at the Ghana International Press Centre, which serves as the national secretariat.
National
Current President Albert Kwabena Dwumfour is in a competitive race against Charles Yao Mawusi, a media trainer and consultant.
Meanwhile, the current Public Relations Officer (PRO), Rebecca Ekpe, faces Mary Tawiah Mensah, the Foreign Editor of the Daily Graphic and a former PRO of the GJA.
Dominic Hlordzi, the current Organising Secretary of the association, has moved to the General Secretary position and facing strong competition from Akwasi Agyeman, who previously lost the position to Hlordzi. Akwasi Agyeman currently works with Adom FM under the Multimedia Group. He previously worked with the Despite Group.
Maxwell Kudekor, the former Eastern Regional Chairman, has entered the race for the position of Organising Secretary, competing against Suleiman Mustapha, the Acting Editor of Graphic Business.
In the Treasurer contest, Bertha Badu-Agyei from the Ghana News Agency is running against Theodora Amedetor from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).
Abagali Ceasar, who lost the Public Affairs position in the last election, is also vying for a win this year against Zadok Kwame Gyesi, a former journalist with Graphic Online.
Region
In the Ashanti Region, Kofi Adu Domfeh and Georgina Ama Ankomah are contesting for the Chairperson position, while Kingsley Nana Buadu and David Yarboi-Tetteh are competing for the same role in the Central Region.
In the Eastern Region, Yvonne Neequaye and Neil Nii Armatey Kanarku are facing off for Chairperson, with Isaac Akwetey Okunor and Gloria Afful contesting for the Secretary position.
Abdul-Majeed Yakubu, the Northern Regional Chairman is going again as unopposed, while Daily Graphic’s Mohammed Fugu is going unopposed as North-East Regional Chairman.
In the Upper East Region, Albert Sore and Ebo-Bruce Quansah will battle for the Chairperson role.
The Chairperson position is also being fiercely contested in the Upper West and Volta Regions, where Emmanuel Agbaxode and Kofi Belley Harrison are vying in Volta, while Prosper Kuorsoh and Seidu Ibrahim Bomanjo are competing in the Upper West.
Additionally, Ewoenam Kpodo and King Freeman Nutsukpoe are contesting for Treasurer in the Volta Region.
