The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in partnership with the Electoral Commission (EC), has commenced the accreditation process for media houses interested in covering this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
In a press statement, GJA president Albert Dwumfour said media houses in Greater Accra and foreign media who are interested in covering the December 7 elections should submit the names and passport-sized photos of their journalists and media personnel to the GJA at the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra.
“Those in other regions are to submit their documents to the Regional Executive of the GJA in their respective regions for onward transmission to the GJA Headquarters in Accra for processing.”
Interested media houses are to use the following template:
| No. | NAME | MEDIA HOUSE | REGION | CONTACT | PASSPORT PICTURE |
Details of the reporters and crew should be submitted in soft copy and hard copy and must be in Times New Roman format and a font size of 12.
The passport picture must be standard size. No‘selfies’will be accepted.
The deadline for the submission of the documents is 5 pm, Tuesday, October 31, 2024.
The statement further urged media houses in the regions to reach out to the under-listed GJA Regional Chairpersons to submit their documentation for the accreditation:
| N0. | NAME | REGION | CONTACT |
| 1) | Suala Abdul-Wahab | Upper West (Wa) | 0243930944 |
| 2) | William N. Jalulah | Upper East (Bolga) | 0246619090 |
| 3) | Abdul-Majeed Yakubu | Northern, Savannah &North East (Tamale) | 0243016226 |
| 4) | Regina Benneh Siaw | Bono, Bono East & Ahafo (Sunyani) | 0244544664 |
| 5) | Kingsley Hope | Ashanti (Kumasi) | 0208158825 |
| 6) | Desmond Cudjoe | Western & Western North (Takoradi) | 0244764266 |
| 7) | David Yarboi-Tetteh | Central (Cape Coast) | 0241577353 |
| 8) | Maxwell Kudekor | Eastern (Koforidua) | 0242027285 |
| 9) | Emmanuel Agbaxode | Volta (Ho) | 0243030549 |
| 10) | Dzifa Tetteh Tay | Tema | 0244994601 |
In Greater Accra, Charles Benoni Okine (0242615378) and Fiifi Nettey (0244711558) will coordinate accreditation, while Dominic Hlordzi (0598825581/0208366615) will oversee the national process.
This accreditation process ensures credible media coverage of Ghana’s 2024 general elections.