{"id":448824,"date":"2017-12-21T01:21:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T01:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/citi-fm-wins-6-gja-awards-anti-galamsey-campaign-recognized\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T01:21:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T01:21:38","slug":"citi-fm-wins-6-gja-awards-anti-galamsey-campaign-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/citi-fm-wins-6-gja-awards-anti-galamsey-campaign-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM wins 6 GJA awards; anti-galamsey campaign recognized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/17384976.295.jpg\" alt=\"Citi Wins 6 Gja Awards \" title=\"Citi Wins 6 Gja Awards \" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Citi FM bagged six awards at today&#8217;s GJA awards at the Banquet Hall in Accra<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513819298_395_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Citi FM strengthened its position as one of Ghana\u2019s leading radio brands as the station bagged six awards at today\u2019s [Wednesday] Ghana Journalists Association [GJA] awards at the Banquet Hall in Accra<\/p>\n<p>The station\u2019s anti-galamsey campaign, \u2018Stop Galamsey Now\u2019, which was launched earlier this year, came up for special mention at the ceremony, with the station picking up an award for its unrelenting fight against the menace.<\/p>\n<p>Citi FM\u2019s flagship programme, the Citi Breakfast Show, was named the best talk show on radio, adding to the award it won at the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) awards in September this year.<\/p>\n<p>Citi FM also picked up honours for Best Political Reporting as well as an Anti-Corruption Award for the station.<\/p>\n<p>The host of the station\u2019s news analysis programme, The Big Issue, Umaru Sanda Amadu, also picked up an award for his work in development journalism, which is contributing towards the attainments of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).<\/p>\n<p>Another of the station\u2019s reporters, Kojo Agyeman, who emerged first runner-up in the 2017 edition of the Ghana Mining Industry Awards, was also given a special award for his reports.<\/p>\n<p>His reports were key to the #StopGalamseyNow campaign which eventually prompted the Minister of Lands and National Resources, John Peter Amewu to crack down on the illegal miners.<\/p>\n<p>A six-month ban was imposed and was eventually extended by three more months to January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>List of awards won by Citi FM at the 2017 GJA Awards:<\/p>\n<p>1. Special Award for the Fight Against Illegal Mining. 2. Anti Corruption Award. 3. Best Talkshow ( Radio). 4. Best Political Reporting 5. Development Journalism for Furthering SDGs \u2013 Umaru Amadu Sanda. 6. Special Awards for Fight Galamsey \u2013 Kojo Agyeman.<\/p>\n<p>The host of Peace FM\u2019s morning show, Kokrokoo, Kwame Sefa Kayi was named the overall best journalist at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Other Award winners<\/p>\n<p>Best Agriculture report \u2013 Seth Bokpe (Daily Graphic)<\/p>\n<p>Best Feature, Education and Investigative Reporting \u2013 Alice Aryittey (GHOne)<\/p>\n<p>Best Health Report \u2013 Peter Kwao Adator (TV3)<\/p>\n<p>Best Sanitation and Hygiene Report \u2013 Jamila Akweley Oketchire (Daily Guide)<\/p>\n<p>Most promising journalist \u2013 Portia Gabor (TV3).<\/p>\n<p>Best Talk Show TV \u2013 Good Evening Ghana (Metro TV)<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 44 updated by: 3 --><\/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 Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-20 Citi FM bagged six awards at today&#8217;s GJA awards at the Banquet Hall in Accra Citi FM strengthened its position as one of Ghana\u2019s leading radio brands as the station bagged six awards at today\u2019s [Wednesday] Ghana Journalists Association [GJA] awards at the Banquet Hall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":448825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Citi FM wins 6 GJA awards; 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