Joy FM’s Emefa Apawu Lands a Juicy Appointment Under President Mahama’s Government

• Renowned Ghanaian broadcaster Emefa Apawu has found herself among the lucky radio/TV presenters to land appointments under President Mahama's administration
• Emefa Apawu of Joy News has been appointed to serve at the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC)
• Netizens who saw the post about Emefa's latest role expressed mixed reactions in the comments section

Prominent media personality Emefa Apawu has been appointed under the John Dramani Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

She adds to the number of journalists who have landed jobs in the public sector after the President's 2024 election victory.

Emefa Apawu has been appointed to the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC) as the Corporate Affairs Manager, Citi News reports indicate.

She was the face of most of the shows on Joy News, including their midday bulletin, The Probe, Top Story, etc., all on Joy FM. She sometimes hosted The Pulse on the Joy News Channel.

Emefa Apawu's latest appointment marks a new beginning for her as she transitions from broadcasting to a major leadership position.

See the post announcing Emefa Apawu's appointment below:

Joy FM's Raymond Acquah lands government role

Emefa Apawu is not the only Joy News broadcaster to have landed a role in the public sector. Her colleague, Raymond Acquah, also recently landed an appointment at the Finance Ministry.

Raymond was appointed as a Technical Advisor, Strategic Communications at the Finance Ministry.

In this capacity, Raymond will lead efforts to enhance public engagement and communications strategy.

His appointment was announced via an internal memo dated March 11, 2025, and signed by the Chief Director at the Ministry, Eva Eseelba Mends, a classfmonline report said.

Profile of Emefa Apawu

Emefa Apawu had her secondary education at Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) Girls’ Secondary School in Ho, where she pursued General Science.

She has a Bachelor's degree in Management from Central University and a Master's degree in Development Communication from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

Her career as a journalist took off in 2003 at Radio Gold as a production assistant. She later worked with Class Media Group as a news anchor on Class FM, and also worked at XFM and Radio XYZ.

In 2017, Emefa joined Multimedia Group Limited as the lead news anchor at Joy FM. She also hosted the midday news and Newsnight on Joy 99.7 FM and was the host of the programme dubbed “The Probe.”

Throughout her illustrious career as a journalist, Emefa has won several awards and notable amongst them was in 2020 where she won the Exceptional COVID-19 Reporting award at the 25th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards.

Reactions to Emefa Apawu landing government appointment

Netizens who saw the post about Emefa Apawu's appointment expressed mixed reactions in the comments section.

While it came as a surprise to many, others questioned the move and tagged the appointment as politically motivated.

@Charllycolegh wrote:

"Citi FM is doing the Lord's work today paa o ajeiii TV3 and Joy fuo are winning. Ao NDC Twitter footsoldiers ay3 mobo o."

@_titusck wrote:

"The people will now tag all the media houses. TV3, Joy News, Which one is next?"

@Gabby wrote:

"All these NDC neutral journalists grabbed juicy appointments in Mahama's government."

@Ma_Cafui wrote:

"Why Citi FM no get some?"

@OneDessy wrote:

"It seems the national cake is getting finished oooo."

@NanaOkwabina wrote:

"The neutrals are enjoying than the foot soldiers."

@kwameforson14 wrote:

"Things are becoming much clearer now. They bought a large cross-section of these media guys."

@terrynii123 wrote:

"Smh… Joy FM of 1997 is now nothing to write about, just a political platform for NDC now…. It's sad. Komla and Tommy Annan Forson, Ato Kwamenina and co … Your work in the past to make this radio station the best in the world is now in vain."

Paa Kwesi Asare lands a job at BoG

In a related development, Yen.com.gh reported that a former employee at TV3, Paa Kwesi Asare, landed a new job at the Bank of Ghana (BoG). He joined the monetary policy regulator's Communications Department.

Paa Kwesi, who has transitioned from his media job at TV3 to a public service PR job, is a renowned Ghanaian journalist noted for his contributions to business news coverage.

Netizens who saw the post of his new role were delighted and expressed their views in the comments section.

Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh