Seasoned media practitioners veering into politics has become something of a fad these days, with the recent parliamentary primaries of both major parties seeing some interesting additions to the political scene.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and Kwame Dzokoto, for starters, both won their primaries, whilst several others also won or lost their bids to join the state legislature in next year’s elections.
The one and only Chairman of the airwaves, Kwame Sefa Kayi is a boss at his job, but then it seems so was this fraudster.
A Business man Papa Poku Sarpong has been arraigned before court for allegedly defrauding Kwame Sefa Kayi of $45,600. The businessman was given the sum to purchase two 4×4 vehicles for the broadcast journalist, according to the Ghana News Agency.
According to Myjoyonline.com report, Ace broadcaster, Kwami Sefa Kayi says the policy of paying TV license fee being advocated by the Ghana Media Commission is not the solution to the woes of the national broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Company (GBC).
“There is too much wastage in GBC…there is a lot of waste in GBC and no one is doing anything about it…George Sarpong knows the fundamental problem with GBC, it is not about collecting TV license…,” Sefa Kayi said on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Programme on Tuesday.
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A night of celebrating consistent achievers, motivational speeches and a fantastic gathering of British Ghanaians perfectly sums up the GUBA 2015 awards ceremony.
The Hilton Metropole Hotel, Edgware Road, London, was host to this year’s Ghana UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards which saw dignitaries such as the Former First Lady of Ghana – Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, Ghana High Commissioner to the UK- HE Victor Smith, Mayor of Royal Borough of Greenwich – Norman Adams, Councillor John Fahy, Lord Hastings, Kwesi Kwarteng MP, Diane Abbott, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence.
The Kingston University Choir of the University Gospel Choir of the Year (UGCY), founded by former GUBA winner- Lorraine Wright, set the tone of the night with a melodic rendition of the Ghana National Anthem. They were shortly followed by Comedian Simply Andy who gave a comedic delivery to the audience. Journalist Afua Hirsch and Media Personality Kwame Sefa Kayi were the hosts on the night.
The former First Lady of Ghana – Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings graced the stage to present the Pioneering Director Award to Amma Asante. An advocate for female empowerment, Mrs Rawlings stated: “As African women, we have held our continent together. We have transformed our continent” whilst expressing delight and admiration of the work of Amma Asante. Amma Asante dedicated her award to her father, whilst reflecting on the difficulty of success within the media industry – “I hope that my story is an inspiration for all” she concluded.
On receiving the Business Entrepreneur Award, Nana Kwame Bediako asserted the need for improvement in Ghana “We will work hard to change our country, to change Africa and to effect change – he concluded. Dr Kwabena Duffuor shared similar sentiments in his acceptance speech urging the audience that “we need to work to develop a country that our children will be proud to call their own.”
Several awards were presented by sponsors and supporters such as: Gillian Blavo of Blavo and Co, Felix Nyarko-Pong CEO of uniBank Ghana, Eddie Kadi on behalf of Ultimalt and Genevieve Boateng Head of Marketing ABN TV to name a few.
The wanna-be queens have just gone through their first task that is to warm them up for the tougher ones ahead. The task was dubbed ‘media interaction and profiling’. In this task ace broadcaster, Kwame Sefa Kayi had a close-up interaction with the ladies in groups of four. The series was recorded at the Aphrodisiac Night Club in an ambiance of relaxation.
The task got the ladies to think on their feet while Mr. Sefa Kayi propelled them to come out with honest responses to the questions put before them. It was a one-on one interaction with each of them that disclosed interesting stories about them and their families.
The task was basically to know the individual personalities of each of the contestants and to also know their views on social issues such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria, premarital sex and homosexuality.
