Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has reached an out-of-court settlement with a member of the association, Caroline Boateng, in the matter of “CAROLINE BOATENG VRS THE GJA PRESIDENT & ORS” to pave way for its elections in month October 3.
This announcement was contained in a statement from the GJA signed by its general secretary Kofi Yeboah.
President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Affail Monney, was sued for holding himself as an officer of the association after his term of office expired in November 2020.
The plaintiff, Caroline Boateng, also wants the court to order the creation of an Interim Management Committee.
In addition, she wants the court to “declare that all actions of the defendants from 17th day of November 2020 to date null and void.”
Also sued was the GJA National Council which is made up of national executives and the Regional Chairmen of the GJA whose tenure of office ended the 17th of November 2020, the plaintiff maintains.
The third defendant in the suit was the GJA Election Committee.
Caroline Boateng argues that Mr. Monney and the National Council “failed in their duties to ensure that the [Election Committee] carry out its mandate because [they] wanted to illegally extend their mandate and influence the subsequent elections.”
The suit thus forced the GJA to hold on to its elections.
But according to a press statement from the GJA “The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has reached an out-of-court settlement with a member of the Association, Caroline Boateng, in the matter of “CAROLINE BOATENG VRS THE GJA PRESIDENT & ORS” to pave the way for the GJA national and regional elections to be held by October 3, 2021.”
The statement also urged all aspirants for the national office positions and the regional branches to submit names of their nominees to: The Chairman, GJA Elections Committee, Ghana International Press Centre, Accra before the close of work on Monday, September 6, 2021.
“The Committee shall ensure that a voters’ register of members in good standing (GJA members who have paid their dues up to date), including retirees and past executives, shall be generated or compiled from the records of the GJA Secretariat, and such members shall cast their own vote”.
