Abigail Ashley, a renowned female radio and television personality on United Television (UTV) and OkayFM, has been adjudged winner of Radio Personality of the Year at the 7th edition of the Ghana Outstanding Women Awards (GOWA) of this year’s awards ceremony.
Abigail Ashley beat the likes of alonside Felicia Osei of Onua FM, Gloria Antoinette Tetu, Keely-Jade Brewer of Asaase Radio and Vivian Kai Lokko of Citi FM to win the coveted award.
Abigail Ashley, host of My Health, My Life and Mo Ho Y3 on UTV and Okay FM respectively, expressed gratitude to ASKOF Productions, organizers of GOWA for the recognition while acknowledging the enormous roles played by the Despite Media in projecting her work.
“I am very grateful for this recognition, I don’t take it lightly. For my people at Despite Media, I’m very grateful for the opportunities and love you have shown me over the years. And to the organizers of this event, thank you for the recognition, I’m very grateful,” she said.
“I want to also thank the media for always being there for me, and for helping to spread the word about my shows. I’m grateful for their assistance,” she said.
She thanked Dr Osei Kwame (Despite), Dr Ofori Sarpong, Dr Fadda Dickson, and all of the Despite and Special Group of companies for supporting her activities.
Abigail was recently honoured with two awards at the Golden Age Business and Creative Art Awards (GABCAA) 2024, held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra.
Later in an interview with the media at the awards ceremony, Abigail Ashley urged young ladies who aspire to join the media to work hard towards their goals. She also seized the opportunity to admonish fellow journalists to advocate for peaceful elections and desist from using their medium to spread hate speech.
Abigail Ashley is the project leader for “Behind My Smiles Foundation” a non-governmental organization (NGO) focusing on Kidney health education and also the author of the book “A Decade of My Life, Behind My Smiles.
Source: UTV
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