{"id":417474,"date":"2017-09-12T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/sannie-daara-was-a-serial-caller-i-trained-him-to-become-bbc-journalist-ekow-asmah\/"},"modified":"2017-09-12T13:00:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:00:22","slug":"sannie-daara-was-a-serial-caller-i-trained-him-to-become-bbc-journalist-ekow-asmah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/12\/sannie-daara-was-a-serial-caller-i-trained-him-to-become-bbc-journalist-ekow-asmah\/","title":{"rendered":"Sannie Daara was a serial caller, I trained him to become BBC journalist &#8211; Ekow Asmah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 12 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/37160931.295.jpg\" alt=\"Saani Daara GFA PR\" title=\"Saani Daara GFA PR\" width=\"295\" height=\"235\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Sannie Daara<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505221222_147_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Veteran journalist, Ekow Asmah, has told Happy FM, an Accra based radio that he trained Ghana Football Association (GFA) Communications director Sannie Dara to become a journalist when he frequently used to be a serial caller.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Happy FM, Ekow Asmah said, \u201cSannie Daara was a serial caller, but I gave him the opportunity in journalism at the time I was with radio gold. I trained him from a serial caller to a BBC trained journalist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment he has done what I couldn\u2019t do, rising from being a journalist to a football administrator,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to securing his dream job at BBC, Saanie Dara worked with Radio Gold and Choice FM.<\/p>\n<p>However, Daara switched his role from being a global Journalist to become the Communications director of the Ghana Football Association under GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 4 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 12 September 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-09-12 Sannie Daara &#13; Veteran journalist, Ekow Asmah, has told Happy FM, an Accra based radio that he trained Ghana Football Association (GFA) Communications director Sannie Dara to become a journalist when he frequently used to be a serial caller. 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