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Graphic Online
BY: Vance Azu
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As I indicated in my previous epistle, I served as the Graphic Chapter Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) for a very long time; first as the acting Chairman from 2001 to 2004, after which time I was unanimously confirmed as the substantive Chairman.
Even though while I was serving as chairman I travelled to the United States in April 2004 on vacation for four months, the office remained vacant because at the time it was unattractive and nobody bothered himself or herself about the vacuum that my absence had created.
As a result, the Graphic Chapter became dormant until I returned to rejuvenate it.
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After working for two years as a reporter on national service, in addition to a year as a stringer with The Mirror, my appointment was finally regularised on September 1, 1994.
The receipt of my appointment letter a few days before the appointment took effect brought me some joy, which ultimately renewed my commitment and invigorated me to work harder to justify the confidence the company had in me by engaging me as a reporter.
I duly completed my three-month probation, having gone all out to get the most exclusive of all the exclusive stories for The Mirror.
It was around that same period that my membership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) was regularised, having been an affiliate member during my three-year period as a service person and stringer.