Kudos to GJA’S Award Winners

Who on this earth will not like his or her effort to be recognized and

appreciated? If you said no, then why do you do what you are doing? Yet if you

disagree, please permit me t o state it categorically clear that someone

somewhere is watching what you do therefore, that admirer of yours is

appreciating your effort or judging your laziness. This comes to note, that

whatever talent one has whether used wrongly of correctly, at the end, one shall

be judged accordingly not regarding one being a baby, a boy, a girl or a man or

a woman. So those of the wrong perception with the song “after all, it is

government’s work or bungalow, why do I have to stretch myself.” Well, the

conditions surrounding the environment in which your work may be pulling you

back, but I do not share in your opinion; rather it is how best you use your

talent that matters. let me turn to the 15th Ghana Journalist Association’s

Award Winners. I confess that all of you deserve the award, but let me limit my

congratulatory message to my favorite Samuel Agyemang of Metropolitan Television

and Edward Nyarko of Ghana Television. Edward, your effort has been recognized.

Sammy, I must say your story has indeed top all. Let me also use this

opportunity to appeal to landlords and landladies both in the city and the

village. Please make your rent moderate for everyone to afford. If this is done,

Ghanaians will no more be homeless. Now to my fellow senior journalists, please

I humbly urge you to abide by the 17 code of ethics and make the profession a

unique one. Perform only your watchdog role, educational, informational and

entertainment role accordingly with standards of quality and your minds on

society’s interest. Be ambassadors of peace and not ambassadors of destruction

because the development of Ghana lies heavily on your shoulder and the vice

versa. Permit me to also alert G.J.A of the uprising mushroom journalism

institutions in the country. it is so appalling, that some are using two to four

years to complete the journalism course while others use just six or eight month

because they can speak and write , please you are deceiving yourselves. Once

again I congratulate you all the winners.

BY: BRIGHT SELASIE YAO AVORNYO

STUDENT (GHANA INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM)

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