The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in partnership with the Electoral Commission (EC), has commenced the accreditation process for media houses interested in covering this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
In a press statement, GJA president Albert Dwumfour said media houses in Greater Accra and foreign media who are interested in covering the December 7 elections should submit the names and passport-sized photos of their journalists and media personnel to the GJA at the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra.
“Those in other regions are to submit their documents to the Regional Executive of the GJA in their respective regions for onward transmission to the GJA Headquarters in Accra for processing.”
Interested media houses are to use the following template:No.NAMEMEDIA HOUSEREGIONCONTACTPASSPORT PICTURE
Details of the reporters and crew should be submitted in soft copy and hard copy and must be in Times New Roman format and a font size of 12.
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The passport picture must be standard size. No‘selfies’will be accepted.
The deadline for the submission of the documents is 5 pm, Tuesday, October 31, 2024.
The statement further urged media houses in the regions to reach out to the under-listed GJA Regional Chairpersons to submit their documentation for the accreditation:N0.NAMEREGIONCONTACT 1)Suala Abdul-WahabUpper West (Wa)0243930944 2)William N. JalulahUpper East (Bolga)0246619090 3)Abdul-Majeed YakubuNorthern, Savannah &North East (Tamale)0243016226 4)Regina Benneh SiawBono, Bono East & Ahafo (Sunyani)0244544664 5)Kingsley HopeAshanti (Kumasi)0208158825 6)Desmond CudjoeWestern & Western North (Takoradi)0244764266 7)David Yarboi-TettehCentral (Cape Coast)0241577353 8)Maxwell KudekorEastern (Koforidua)0242027285 9)Emmanuel AgbaxodeVolta (Ho)0243030549 10)Dzifa Tetteh TayTema0244994601
In Greater Accra, Charles Benoni Okine (0242615378) and Fiifi Nettey (0244711558) will coordinate accreditation, while Dominic Hlordzi (0598825581/0208366615) will oversee the national process.
This accreditation process ensures credible media coverage of Ghana’s 2024 general elections.
