Citi News reporter, King Nobert Akpablie, was named the Premium Award Winner, at the Ghana Journalists Association’s maiden awards for the Volta Region on Saturday night.
Mr. Akpablie was also picked an award for the Business and Economics reporting category.
The GJA took into consideration Mr. Akpablie’s stories on tensions stemming from salt mining in Adina, the relevance of oil palm industry through the lens of Dodze, the struggle of fishermen who have resorted to carting charcoal at the expense of the environment and a tourism feature on the Adaklu Mountain.
Mr. Akpablie has been working with Citi FM since 2014, operating from the southern part of the Volta Region, where he has led with high-profile stories in the areas of Agriculture, Tourism, Business and Economics, Health and Sanitation, among others.
He started journalism during his time at Ho Polytechnic with the campus radio (Volta Premier FM), combining his Telecommunications Engineering course with voluntary work at the station as a presenter and studio technician.
He also recently graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Public Relations).
The awards ceremony was held in collaboration with Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) to honour deserving members who put in entries for the various categories.
The ceremony was the first of its kind to be held by a regional chapter of the GJA.
The categories for the awards were Agriculture, Education, Health, Business and Economics, Tourism, Disaster Management and Prevention, Sports, Sanitation, Crime and Court Reporting.
The awards night was graced by distinguished personalities including the Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid and the Volta Regional Minister, Archibald Letsa.
A media fund for journalists in the region was also launched at the ceremony.
Find below the list of award winners
AGI/GJA Awards 2017
1. SANITATION – Ivy Setordzi
2. EDUCATION – TV Africa
3. DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT – Sumaiya Salifou
4. HEALTH – Hubert Mawuli Yevu Agbi
5. TOURISM – Benjamin Atipo
6. AGRICULTURE – Duho Fred
7. COURT & CRIME – Charlotte Ablah Lumor
8. SPORTS – Tilda Elinam Acorlor
9. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS – King Norbert Akpablie
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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana