The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) says the best journalist award went to Sefa Kayi based on results and not reports.
The GJA on December 20, 2017, awarded some prolific journalists in Ghana including the Peace Fm’s Political Host, Chairman Kwame Sefa Kayi who was crowned the overall best journalist
Many commentators and journalists have criticized the GJA as being unfair to other members of the association for handing the ultimate prize to him when there was no story to prove what he did to deserve the award.
However, Mr. Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, the Organizing Secretary of GJA has stated that the award was given to Sefa Kayi based on the ‘Journalism with results’ and not stories as perceived.
People have doubted the criteria GJA used in awarding its members.
On Atinka Fm in Accra, Mr. Dwumfour in responding to accusations by critics said, Sefa Kayi’s work has brought results to the society.
He asserted that the awards committee awarded Kwame Sefa Kai based on his long period service, command on his show (Kokrokoo), hard work, his impact on the society and decency.
According to him, Sefa Kayi’s efforts to provide incubators to hospitals to help cater for premature babies were as well considered.
“Therefore, Sefa Kayi’s award was based on the fact that, a journalist must bring results, he must be relevant” adding that he has been a good member of the association for not less than 10 years.
Mr. Dumfour hinted that the National Executives of the association will release a communiqué to the general public to make certain clarifications to put to rest the controversies.
Source: mynews
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WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE AWARD I WAS SHOCKED,THIS IS FRAUD AND FAKE , WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE WHOSE STORIES HAVE CHANGED THE NATION? AS FOR THIS AWARD PAAAAA,KWAME SEFA KAYI DOES NOT DESERVE IT. THE GOVT PAID TO LET GJA GIVE IT TO HIM.TWEEEEAAAAAA
WHEN WILL SETH KWAMI BOATENG 'Lock Up AND forgotten that sparked Justice for all; Balls In Danger; Next to Die or is it Waiting to Die? that unprecedentedly touched the conscience of a whole NATION and CONTINENT that will see thousands of MOTHERS and BABIES SAVE not to mentions the rapid response and the near completed edifice of within THREE MONTHS. MANASSEH AZURI'S TOIL TO CURTAIL CURRUPTION AT THE PERIL OF HIS LIFE IN NUMEROUSE investigative piece and even his colleague CAPTAIN. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED. Investigating, Writing Articles and producing documentaries on them is NO EASY TASK IN journalism. I THINK GJA MUST RE-THINK THEIR CHOICE for the ULTIMATE....THEM KILL FIRE PAPA.
I think this award was given to Kwame Sefa Layi by the government through GJA as a way to say thank you. Even from the look of things, the house and the 4x4 car are even more than the incubators he is raising funds to buy. We are watching for next year
THE EXPLAINATION IS TOTAL RUBBISH !!!! CORRUPTION AT IT's BEST !!! WHAT HAS KWAMI SEFA KAYI DONE TO DESERVE SUCH AN AWARD ????
I like Sefa but I think he understands this is a fraud. This is wrong, based solely on what I am reading no other journalist will ever get this coveted prize. I thought of the GJA as the last bastion of free and fairness in the country. How do you think you can explain this stuff away. I think they better come up with a better explanation as this sounds like fraud. How do you even measure the impact of sefa's work on the society viz-a-viz other journalists? What about the journalists who work tirelessly to provide stories in the newspapers. Talk is cheap, no one reviews your words. Real journalists go out to look for stories that have impact on the citizenry. Sitting on the radio to discuss and review someones work gives you a much bigger platform but does not make you a journalist. How many original stories has Sefa personally authored? How many breaking news has be come up with? Please Sefa, be humble enough to reject this scam and give it to the faceless journalists who at the risk of their lives produce stories for you to read on AIR. Eg journalist who deal work on producing stories like the galamsey, rot in the judiciary among others.
Ask your self why that your Captian Smart will pick a courorpt topic and will never see it to the latter, i will tell cos he bring these issues up and use it to go and take money so he keeps queit we know thme wai. Chairman General ahs won it if u dont get it go burn the sea.
Congrats Chairman General, enemies go die and die again
The above comment are baseless and ***barred word***. Go and Organise your own award and vote your own winner. ***barred word***! KWASIAKWA. I bore rough, Jealous go kill you all ***barred word*** WATI.
Massa; For me there are three institutional elements who are wrecking Ghana today with their toxic mindset of corruption asnd fraudulent activities ; they are PASTORS : JOURNALIST AND POLITICIANS ; this whole institution have decided to take advantage of the weakness in the moral weakness of the society in Ghana to promote their version of morality which basically means promoting moral corruption ;does this GJA think Ghanaians are so stooooopid !!!!!!not to read between the lines about the deep seated corruption perpetuated by these Journalist and talking about result -massa WHAT A LOAD toxic faeces by this GJA; this Sefa-kayi only discusses biased political views on radio talk shows and does charity work ;the GJA should understand that Radio talk show journalisn is only part of Journalism and charity work is not journalism because journalism can be used as tool to promote charity work ; that is all that sefa -kayi is doing ; so what is this BIG DEA about results ; Sefa -Kayi only listens to people views ; so what is journalistic about charing a political review on radio ; massa don't come play with our balls about Kwame Sefa -kayi the guy is an idiotic species seeking his own interest; next time the GJA will nominate him as the next president ogf GHana after Nana Adddo; GUYS don't be foooooled by this cheap journalistic antic because it is FRAUD !!!!!and everybody knows that !!!!
He should gellaway...this kululu awards...you favored that guy thats all.sefa kayi always discussing political issues on his show...thats how he makes his money.I like folks like captain smart and not this big headed kwami