The Elections Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has officially released the full list of vetted and approved candidates eligible to contest in the upcoming GJA national and regional executive elections, scheduled for June 30, 2025.

A total of 13 national candidates and 49 regional candidates have been cleared to stand for various leadership positions within the Association.

The Committee further indicated that nominations for the Vice Chairperson position in the Volta Region remain open until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2025.

Candidates who file and successfully undergo vetting before the deadline will be included in the elections.

According to the Elections Committee, all petitions submitted against prospective candidates were carefully reviewed and assessed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the GJA Constitution, as well as decisions and recommendations made by previous GJA Election Dispute Adjudication Committees.

“The Committee commends the petitioners for their vigilance and commitment to democratic due process within the Association,” the statement noted.

The Committee also extended its best wishes to all candidates as they enter the final stretch of the campaign period, ahead of what is expected to be a competitive and transparent election.

The full list of qualified candidates is published below.

Candidates for national office

NAME OF CANDIDATE	POSITION
DWUMFOUR ALBERT KWABENA	PRESIDENT
MAWUSI YAO CHARLES	PRESIDENT
EKPE REBECCA	VICE PRESIDENT
MENSAH MARY TAWIAH	VICE PRESIDENT
HLORDZI DOMINIC	GENERAL SECRETARY
AGYEMAN AKWASI	GENERAL SECRETARY
KUDEKOR MAXWELL	ORGANISING SECRETARY
MUSTAPHA SULEIMAN	ORGANISING SECRETARY
BADU- AGYEI BERTHA	TREASURER
AMEDETOR THEODORA	TREASURER
ZAMBAGA RUFAI SAMINU	TREASURER
CEASAR ABAGALI	PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ZADOK KWAME GYESI	PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Candidates for regional office

NAME OF CANDIDATE	REGION	POSITION
DOMFEH KOFI ADU	ASHANTI	CHAIRPERSON
ANKOMAH GEORGINA AMA	ASHANTI	CHAIRPERSON
OSEI-WUSU NICHOLAS	ASHANTI	VICE CHAIRPERSON
SPIO-GARBRAH BEATRICE	ASHANTI	SECRETARY
PARSRAM NETA KRIS ABIANA	ASHANTI	TREASURER
BENNEH-SIAW REGINA	BONO	CHAIRPERSON
PEPRAH KWADWO DENNIS	BONO	VICE CHAIRPERSON
TEBRA IMORO AYIBANI	BONO	SECRETARY
DAYEE YAO DANIEL	BONO	TREASURER
ANTWI FREDERICK	BONO EAST	CHAIRPERSON
BAFFOE-ADJEI DOMINIC	BONO EAST	VICE CHAIRPERSON
ANAS SABIT	BONO EAST	SECRETARY
ASANTE MAVIS	BONO EAST	TREASURER
BUADU KINGSLEY NANA	CENTRAL	CHAIRPERSON
YARBOI-TETTEH DAVID	CENTRAL	CHAIRPERSON
MARFO ADU GYAMFI	CENTRAL	VICE CHAIRPERSON
NEEQUAYE YVONNE	EASTERN	CHAIRPERSON
KANARKU NEIL NII AMARTEY	EASTERN	CHAIRPERSON
AMPEM DARKO KORANTENG STEPHEN	EASTERN	CHAIRPERSON
AGYEMAN AMA TAKYIWAA AMPADU	EASTERN	VICE CHAIRPERSON
OKUNOR ISAAC AKWETEY	EASTERN	SECRETARY
AFFUL GLORIA	EASTERN	SECRETARY
FUGU MOHAMMED	NORTHEAST	CHAIRPERSON
YAKUBU ABDUL-MAJEED	NORTHERN	CHAIRPERSON
FUTUKPOR ALBERT	NORTHERN	SECRETARY
KULAMON KANTAM JOYCE	NORTHERN	TREASURER
NTOW KWABENA	OTI	CHAIRPERSON
DEWORNU MICHAEL	TEMA	CHAIRPERSON
KYEI PATRICIA	TEMA	SECRETARY
ATTIAKA EDITH ELIKPLIM	TEMA	TREASURER
SORE ALBERT	UPPER EAST	CHAIRPERSON
QUANSAH EBO-BRUCE	UPPER EAST	CHAIRPERSON
ASAAH ATINGA JOSHUA	UPPER EAST	VICE CHAIRPERSON
ADONGO APUBEO ANTHONY	UPPER EAST	SECRETARY
WEGWI RAYMOND	UPPER EAST	TREASURER
BOMANJO SEIDU IBRAHIM	UPPER WEST	CHAIRPERSON
KUORSOH PROSPER	UPPER WEST	CHAIRPERSON
NAZIRU ALHASSAN	UPPER WEST	SECRETARY
AWUDU IVAN DOMASSA	UPPER WEST	TREASURER
AGBAXODE EMMANUEL	VOLTA	CHAIRPERSON
HARRISON KOFI BELLEY	VOLTA	CHAIRPERSON
SETORDJIE IVY	VOLTA	VICE CHAIRPERSON
ATSIVOR KOFI LAMBERT	VOLTA	SECRETARY
NUTSUKPOE KING FREEMAN	VOLTA	TREASURER
KPODO EWOENAM	VOLTA	TREASURER
CUDJOE DESMOND	WESTERN	CHAIRPERSON
MENSA AGBELI KWAME	WESTERN	VICE CHAIRPERSON
SMITH JOANA SHIRLEY EWURAMA	WESTERN	SECRETARY
AZIZ TUNDE MARIE	WESTERN	TREASURER