{"id":445680,"date":"2017-12-11T03:51:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T03:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/demand-better-emoluments-for-journalists-mustapha-hamid-to-gja\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T03:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T03:51:37","slug":"demand-better-emoluments-for-journalists-mustapha-hamid-to-gja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/demand-better-emoluments-for-journalists-mustapha-hamid-to-gja\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand better emoluments for journalists &#8211; Mustapha Hamid to GJA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Fred Kwame Asare<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/74883540.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mustapha Hamid Info Minister2\" title=\"Mustapha Hamid Info Minister2\" width=\"295\" height=\"181\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512964297_342_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, has expressed displeasure on the phenomenon of media owners paying media practitioners meager salaries for their services.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hamid who acknowledged the contribution of the media to the development of the country was astonished to the reality of media practitioners being paid as less as GhC300.<\/p>\n<p>He has, however, implored the GJA and it\u2019s entire membership to commit its energies towards bargaining for \u201cbetter emoluments for journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said these when delivering a keynote address at the maiden edition of the Ghana Journalist Association\/ Association of Ghana Industries (GJA\/AGI) awards ceremony held on Saturday in Ho.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we say the media is basically the watchdog of our democratic process, then it should not be possible for the media person to be compromised. But how do we say that Media people should not be compromised when media people are paid as less as GhC300, GhC400\u201d, he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hamid indicated that \u201cunfortunately media people in Ghana are among the poorest paid people, that is matter that is of great concern to me and perhaps to every other citizen who should be concerned about proper governance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Awards ceremony<\/p>\n<p>9 practicing journalists in the Volta Region were recognized and awarded for excellent reportage at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the list of awardees at the AGI\/GJA Awards 2017<\/p>\n<p>Sanitation \u2013 Ivy Setordzi (Joy News)<\/p>\n<p>Education \u2013 Team TV Africa<\/p>\n<p>Disaster Prevention and Management \u2013 Sumaiya Salifou (GNA)<\/p>\n<p>Health \u2013 Hubert Mawuli Yevu Agbi (VPFM, Ho and Joy News)<\/p>\n<p>Toursism &#8211; Benjamin Atipo (Tv Africa)<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture \u2013 Duho Fred (Global Fm, Ho)<\/p>\n<p>Court and Crime \u2013 Charlotte Ablah Lumor (Shalom Lumor)<\/p>\n<p>Sport \u2013 Tilda Elinam Acorlor (GBC, Volta Star, Ho)<\/p>\n<p>Business and Economics \u2013 King Norbert Akpablie (Citifm).<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 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>General News of Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: Fred Kwame Asare 2017-12-11 Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid The Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, has expressed displeasure on the phenomenon of media owners paying media practitioners meager salaries for their services. 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