The station’s anti-galamsey campaign, ‘Stop Galamsey Now’, 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.

Citi FM’s flagship programme, the Citi Breakfast Show, was named the best talkshow on radio, adding to the award it won at the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) awards in September this year.

Citi FM also picked up honours for Best Political Reporting as well as an Anti-Corruption Award for the station.

Host of the station’s 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).

Another of the station’s 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.

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.

A six-month ban was imposed, and was eventually extended by three more months to January 2018.

List of awards won by Citi FM at the 2017 GJA Awards:

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 – Umaru Amadu Sanda.
6. Special Awards for Fight Galamsey – Kojo Agyeman.

The host of Peace FM’s morning show, Kokrokoo, Kwame Sefa Kayi was named the overall best journalist at the event.

Other Award winners

Best Agriculture report – Seth Bokpe (Daily Graphic)

Best Feature, Education and Investigative Reporting – Alice Aryittey (GHOne)

Best Health Report – Peter Kwao Adator (TV3)

Best Sanitation and Hygiene Report – Jamila Akweley Oketchire (Daily Guide)

Most promising journalist – Portia Gabor (TV3).

Best Talk Show TV – Good Evening Ghana (Metro TV)

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The two judges claimed the award is an endorsement of unethical journalism and pray the Court strips Anas of the award and the GJA charged for contempt.

[contextly_sidebar id=”VsUp1VCL7F3ljSpSejdnPapESvVqjgck”]Justice Dery had earlier petitioned the GJA asking it to withdraw the award from the investigative journalist because in his view, Anas’ judicial corruption piece that won him the award is under contention.

He threatened that failure to heed to his call will result in a law suit.

But Affail Monney prior to the suit told Citi News, the association won’t yield to such demands, and is thus ready to defend its actions in court.

He explained that “Anas doesn’t need any superfluity of proof to show his international solidity and his national competence when it comes to investigative journalism and he has received a litany of awards for what he has done.”

“He is one of the best investigative journalists the world has ever produced. In the wisdom of the association, Anas stood out, nationally and internationally as the best. As far as we are concerned, what happened has been consigned to history,” he added.

Below are reliefs being sought by Justices Dery and Habib Loggo:

A declaration that the conduct Ghana Journalist Association on 27^th August 2016 by which the GJA  at its 21^st award ceremony gave the overall best journalist 2015 award to Anas Aremeyaw Anas for his exposé on so called judicial bribery and corruption when cases are pending in the Supreme Court and the high court over the subject matter of the exposé of judicial bribery and corruption amounts to contempt of court pursuant to clause 12 of Article 19 and clause 2 of Article 126 of the 1992 constitution.

An order nullifying the award pursuant to clause 2 of article 1 of the 1992 constitution.

An order directed at the Ghana Journalist Association to withdraw the award from Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

An order pursuing the executive committee members of the Ghana Journalist Association for contempt of court.

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