Preparations are underway for the much-anticipated Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) elections, scheduled for today, June 30, 2025.
The Elections Committee has approved 62 aspirants to contest various national and regional positions.
Thirteen candidates, including incumbent executives, are vying for national positions, while 49 others are contesting regional roles, following a thorough vetting process and a review of petitions against some aspirants.
Current President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, is seeking re-election against media trainer and consultant Charles Yao Mawusi.
Also, the current Public Relations Officer (PRO), Rebecca Ekpe, is in a stiff competition for the Vice President position with Mary Tawiah Mensah, the Foreign Editor of the Daily Graphic and a former GJA PRO.
The current Organising Secretary, Dominic Hlordzi, is contesting for the General Secretary position. He faces strong competition from Akwasi Agyeman, who works with Adom FM under the Multimedia Group and previously worked with the Despite Group.
Maxwell Kudekor, the former Eastern Regional Chairman, is contesting for the position of Organising Secretary against Suleiman Mustapha, Acting Editor of Graphic Business.
In the race for Treasurer, Bertha Badu-Agyei of the Ghana News Agency is facing off against Theodora Amedetor from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).
In the Ashanti Region, environmental journalist and News Editor with the Multimedia Group, Kofi Adu Domfeh, is competing against Georgina Ama Ankomah for the Chairperson position, while Kingsley Nana Buadu and David Yarboi-Tetteh are contesting the same post in the Central Region.
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