The impending Ashanti Regional Ghana Journalists Association elections will be keenly contested by all standards.
Five contestants had filed their nominations by the close of Friday, May 27, 2025 to vie for the four available positions – Chairman, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
Environmental journalist and News Editor with the Multimedia Group, Kofi Adu Domfeh and Georgina Ama Ankumah of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, and the incumbent Regional Secretary, will be locking horns for the chairmanship slot.
The Vice chairman position looks like the preserve of Nicholas Osei-Owusu, the Regional Correspondent and an Editor in-Chief of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.
Ms. Beatrice Spio-Garbrah, a staff of Media General, is aspiring to be the Regional Secretary of the Ashanti GJA in the upcoming 2025 GJA elections, while Dr. Neta Kris Abiana Parsram goes for the position of the Regional Treasurer.
The forerunners in the upcoming election are Kofi Adu Domfeh and Beatrice Spio-Garbrah, who have pledged to transform the Ashanti GJA.
Mr. Domfeh, with over two decades of experience in the media landscape is widely respected for his dedication to socially responsive journalism, capacity building and thought leadership in media.
His decision to run as Chairperson of Ashanti GJA is premised on his deep-seated conviction that journalism must be a catalyst for community transformation.
“I believe in journalism that is ethical, transformative and anchored in truth,” Mr. Domfeh remarked, adding that his bid is not only to uplift the standards of the profession in the region, but to position Ashanti GJA as a beacon of integrity, innovation and inclusiveness.
Kofi Adu Domfeh says his leadership is based on empathy, accountability and results-driven advocacy, will focus on four strategic pillars namely: Professional Development through prioritising continuous learning and skills upgrading for members; Journalist Welfare through advocacy for improved safety and mental health support; Institutional Innovation to enhance organisational responsiveness and Unity and Inclusion to foster collaboration across media sectors and platforms towards excellence, relevance and collective progress
Affable Beatrice Spio-Garbrah, on the other hand, intends to resuscitate the Ashanti GJA by helping to disseminate information timeously to members of the Association.
Ms Spio-Garbrah, as a beacon of journalistic excellence within the media landscape of Ghana has earned numerous awards and aims at ensuring that the welfare, freedom and rights of journalists in the region are highly protected.
Before joining Media General, Beatrice had worked with Kapital Radio and was the Ashanti Regional Correspondent for Metro TV.
She is a product of Christian Service University (CSU) in Kumasi, mastered in Communication Studies, majoring in the practice of science reporting.
She is currently the Host of the Akoma FM’s Flagship Afternoon Social Program – Akoma Mu Ns3m – which delves into relationship, health, land and legal issues among others, sticking to high standards of professionalism.
Her years of professionalism and high journalistic standards earned her selection by the US Embassy in Ghana to participate in the prestigious IVLP three weeks Exchange Programme in the United States of America in September 2024.
Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Osei-Owusu of the GBC promises to complement the team to help a capable leadership champion progress and total transformation.
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