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Captain Smart devoted the entire motivation session of the Monday edition of his show, Maakye, to Portia Gabor, GJA Journalist of the Year 2021.

After congratulating her for attaining the feat, the first in the history of Media General, Captain Smart capitalised on the medium to eulogise the Best Reporter in Health.

Captain Smart who joined the Media General family almost year and a half ago said Portia’s humility is a virtue worthy of emulation.

He lauded her parents or anyone that might have nurtured her for instilling the trait of respect for humanity in her.

According to Captain Smart, Portia Gabor is so respectful to the extent that sometimes he wonder the sort of training she was given.

“You were well trained Portia. May God bless whoever nurtured you. See, Portia is someone who is so humble to the extent that, when she sees you, the way she will greet you tells it all. I was once walking ahead of Portia with Mr. Afful, former COO then we heard someone calling us softly ‘Brother Captain, Mr. Afful, please good morning’ and I was. like, is it not when you meet someone that you greet?

Meanwhile, he used the medium to shade women who feel too big to respect people and be submissive to men. He lamented that there are some women who feel they are above respect and do not regard people because they think they have status.

Portia Gabor’s feature titled ‘Beggars Paradise’ – which aired on TV3 within the year under review – was adjudged the Best News Production for TV.

She was also adjudged the Health Journalist of the Year with her feature titled ‘Health for Wealth’.

She paid glowing tribute to the pacesetters of journalism in Ghana, especially the female journalists, as she received her award.

“You didn’t only set the pace for us but you broke the glass ceiling,” she stressed.

TV3’s Juliet Bawuah’s story on rugby at the beach also won the Best in Sports.

Joseph Armstrong Gold-Alorgbey’s coverage on how a contractor failed to hand over a completed school block in the Volta Region was adjudged the Best in the education category.

He had followed up to ensure that the completed classroom block was handed over for use by the community.

The three received plaques for their feat and a citation read for them. They were also decorated with sashes.

Godwin Asediba, who joined Media General from EIB Network earlier this year, was adjudged the Best in Sanitation. That story was aired on GHOne.

The 26th GJA Awards Night was chaired by former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana Professor Ernest Aryeetey.

The foundation Secretary General of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) charged the “men and women of the media” to make their space available for debates on policy.

By so doing, he further stated, policy will not be shaped by a few persons but rather shaped out of a thorough discussion and process for development.

By Felix Anim-Appau|Onuaonline.com