Akufo-Addo congratulates GJA for successful election

President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the members of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) for the conduct of successful elections last Friday.

“I congratulate Affail Monney on his decisive re-election as President of the GJA; Linda Asante Agyei as Vice President; Edmund Kofi Yeboah as General Secretary; Mary Mensah in-charge of Public Affairs; and Albert Tuffuor as Organising Secretary,” the President said Monday in a press statement.

He encouraged the losing aspirants to be commended for graciously conceding defeat.

“It is my hope that the GJA and its leadership, over the next four years, will continue to contribute to the growth of a vibrant and critical media that has won Ghana the reputation of having one of the most media-friendly and liberal climates on the continent,” President Akufo-Addo said.

The President also charged the leadership of the Association to the enhancement of public accountability as a strategic goal of public policy.