{"id":170896,"date":"2015-11-30T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T16:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=170896"},"modified":"2015-11-30T18:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T18:43:20","slug":"gyan-apenteng-inducted-as-new-nmc-chairman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=170896","title":{"rendered":"Gyan Apenteng inducted as new NMC chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kwesi Gyan Apenteng, a member of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has been elected as the new chair for the National Media Commission (NMC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Apenteng prior to his election served as\u00a0a Commissioner on the board of the NMC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, eighteen members including Citi FM&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, Samuel Attah-Mensah, Managing Editor of the Insight News Paper, Kwesi Pratt and Gina Blay of the Daily Guide will steer the affairs of the\u00a0 National Media Commission, NMC, for the next three years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151130_110951-1024x5761.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-170901 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151130_110951-1024x5761-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"sammens\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151130_110951-1024x5761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20151130_110951-1024x5761-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are the 8<sup>th<\/sup> commission to manage the affairs of the body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ALL-MEMBERS1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-170902 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ALL-MEMBERS1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"members of NMC\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ALL-MEMBERS1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ALL-MEMBERS1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outgoing Chairman\u00a0of the NMC, \u00a0Ambassador Kabral Blay Amihere at the swearing ceremony, charged newly sworn\u00a0in members of the commission to avoid engaging in active partisan politics before, during and after the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, they must\u00a0put Ghana\u2019s interest first\u00a0to avoid any political tensions during the said period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is the full list of the new NMC members:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table width=\"948\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\"><strong>NO<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"234\"><strong>NAME<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"270\"><strong>CONSTITUENCY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Nana Addo Gyau Akabisa II<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Ghana National Association of Teachers<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Ernest Benjamin Kakra Essamuah<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">National Council of Women &amp; Development<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Hon Fritz Frederic Baffour<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Parliament House<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Hon Osei Bonsu Amoah<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Parliament HouseHouse<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Hon Richard Mawuli Quashigah<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Parliament House<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Williams Orleans Oduro<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Ghana Bar Association<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Samuel Attah-Mensah<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Kwasi Gyan Apenteng<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Ghana Journalists Association<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Dr Doris Yaa Dartey<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Ghana Journalists Association<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Dr Perpetua\u00a0 S. Dadzie<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Ghana Library Association<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Perry P.K. Ofosu<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Ghana Institute of Journalism<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Kingsley Ofei-Nkansah<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Trades Union Congress (Ghana)<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Alhaj Noor-Deen Saeed<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Muslim Group<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Apostle Abraham Ofori-Kuragu<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Christian Group<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">15<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mrs Gina Blay<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Private Newspaper Publishers\u00a0 Asso. of Ghana<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">16<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Orlando Baeta<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Advertisers Association of Ghana<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Office of the President<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">18<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Kwesi Pratt Jnr.<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Office of the President<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"678\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 N. 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C.\u00a0 KEY STAFF<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr George Sarpong<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Executive Secretary<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Alex Katey Bannerman<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Deputy Executive Secretary<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Ms Paula Sanziri<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Administrative Officer<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"42\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Mr Kofi Nyantakyi<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Private Secretary<\/td>\n<td width=\"174\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwesi Gyan Apenteng, a member of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has been elected as the new chair for the National Media Commission (NMC). Mr. Apenteng prior to his election served as\u00a0a Commissioner on the board of the NMC. Meanwhile, eighteen members including Citi FM&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, Samuel Attah-Mensah, Managing Editor of the Insight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":170865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-170896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/170865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}