Philip Teye Agbove, a journalist with Fourth Estate and Fact-Check Ghana-projects of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has been adjudged Online News Journalist of the Year at the 28th Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) Awards.
The 28th GJA Awards, with the theme "75 Years of Excellence in Journalism: The Role of the Media in Democratic Governance and Elections", was held on September 28, 2024, at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Teye Agbove clinched the category for his story titled "$ 1 million per constituency toilets abandoned as communities defecate in the open." This was a bold and gripping exposé that sheds light on the tragic neglect of basic infrastructure in Ghana's coastal communities in the Ada and Sege constituencies in the Greater Accra region.
Through vivid storytelling and detailed investigative work as well as sorrowful but powerful pictures of the abandoned structures, Teye Agbove uncovered the broken promises of the $1 million dollars per constituency initiative, revealing the dire consequences of abandoned public toilet projects.