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NMC appoint new heads for GCGL and GNA

By Mutala Yakubu
GCGL
Mr Benjamin Ato Afful is the new MD of GCGL
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The National Media Commission (NMC) in consultation with President Akufo-Addo have appointed Mr Benjamin Ato Afful as the new Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL).



Mr Afful is a Pan-African media, marketing and brand specialist.

Mr Albert Kofi Owusu who is a well-known media practitioner has also been appointed as the new General Manager of the Ghana News Agency (GNA).

Mr Albert Kofi Owusu

The appointments were made in consonance with the 1992 Constitution, which mandates the NMC to appoint chief executive officers and governing boards of the state-owned media organisations, in consultation with the President.

Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng the Chairman of the NMC,  made this known in a statement issued in Accra last Friday, October 26, 2018.

The Commission also appointed Mr Augustine Yampson, as Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).

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