The immediate past Director of Newspapers at the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh has been elected as chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC).
He was elected at a meeting of the re-constituted commission on Friday.
He competed for the position with Mr Benedict Batabe Assorrow.
The election went through rounds with each candidate obtaining 8 votes in the first round.
The second round saw Mr Boadu-Ayeboafoh increasing his vote by one as against Mr Assorrow's 8 votes.
The commission is made up of 18 members and one member, Mr Yaw Buabeng Asamoah who is also the Member of Parliament for Adentan constituency in Accra was absent.
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