Source: Showbiz
Host of
Hitz FM’s flagship show, Daybreak Hitz has said in an interview with Showbiz
that she left her banking job of two years to pursue her passion.
She said
although it was a difficult decision to take because she didn’t know what the
‘new territory’ had in store for her.
“I left
my job at the bank not knowing what I was going to do but I knew I was going
out there to follow my passion and knew someone would notice my worth and
capabilities.
“ It took
a lot of sacrifice because I was not paid for a year at Hitz FM but I was
determined and I am glad my sacrifice has paid off”, she revealed.
On what
has being her highest moment in her career, she mentioned that her story about
Yaw Siki which received massive response from the public is her biggest story
yet.
She said
the impact the story made was overwhelming.” I like to tell the entertainment
stories that no one is telling. If I say I don’t do glamour stories, then I’m a
liar but that is not my focus because I want to make an impact at the end of
the day.
“The Yaw
Siki story got a quick response from the public including Sonnie Badu coming in
to lend a helping hand to him. That is the kind of stories I will like to be
telling.
“Those
that make an impact or can change someone’s life. It’s unfortunate he turned
down the offer but he’s an individual and he has his personal reasons for doing
that and I respect that”, she said.
In the
entertainment industry, it is not rare for rumours of women sleeping their way
to land jobs to crop up and one lady who has fallen victim to such rumour
mongering is radio and TV personality, MzGee of Multi Media Broadcasting.
But the fast
rising radio and television host debunks the stories making the rounds that she
is where she is right now because she slept with her boss, Mark Okraku Mantey.
MzGee,
real name, Gloria Akpe Nyarku said she’s outraged by the rumour because it is
contrary to what she believes in.
“I am not
a perfect person but I have a rule. My rule is I don’t give sex for jobs
because I don’t want to feel like I am not good enough for the job because I
got the opportunity of sleeping with the boss”, she said in a chat with
Showbiz.
MzGee
started as a producer for Campus on Hitz in April 2014 and later became the
substantive host of the show by August that year. By February 2015, she was the
bench for Hitz FM’s flagship show, Daybreak Hitz and was then put on the
entertainment desk as a reporter in May that same year.
Through
hardwork, she was made the entertainment news presenter on the prime time news
with Isreal Laryea.
Additionally,
she was given another slot to host a four-hour Saturday morning show, Showing
This Week in June 2015.
Recendy,
MzGee was selected by management of Multimedia Broadcasting to cover the just
ended African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) which was held in Port Harcourt,
Nigeria.
Probably,
for a relatively new face in the entertainment industry, these developments
came as a surprise to many, the pace at which she has risen in her career in
two years, hence the purported rumour.
“ I
learnt something early in life that if you sleep for a job, you will have to
keep doing it to maintain and that is not something I will want for myself”,
she added.
MzGee
said she was introduced to Mark Okraku Mantey by Nathaniel Attoh and was given
the opportunity like everyone else to prove her worth.
She said
though she was not perturbed by the rumour, she felt insulted by it. “It was
insulting because people who do not know me or what I was capable of doing
decided to say things that were absolutely false”, she stated
MzGee’s
career in radio started during her days as a student at Cape Coast Polytechnic
with campus-based radio station, Eagle FM as a brunch time host and later
Oceans TV.
MzGee’s
effort also helped veteran actor, William Addo who was suffering from cataract
to get funding from the public for an eye surgery earlier this year.
The
native of Fodome in the Hohoe district in the Volta region said though she is
not intimidated by anyone in the creative industry, there are many whose style
she admires such as Caroline Sampson, Berla Murrdi, Jessica Opare-Saforo and
Anita Erskine.
According
to her, Nana Aba Anamoah has been her biggest inspiration. She recalled moments
when Nana Aba Anamoah was one of the few people who believed she could succeed
in the industry after she was ‘evicted’ from TV3’s reality show, The Hottest
Host.
“I will
forever be grateful to her. After the reality show, Nana Aba picked up her
phone to make calls to people to help me and though it didn’t work out,
I’ll always be grateful to her for that gesture because her faith in me made me
believe I will make it”, she added.
She has
had the opportunity of hosting events such as the Ghana DJs Awards and the red
carpet of the Radio and TV personality (RTP) awards last year.
MzGee who
holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from GIMPA and HND Marketing from Cape
Coast Polytechnic is the first of four siblings.
The
bubbly presenter who is in her early 30s advised young girls not to sleep their
way to land jobs because it won’t you don’t have the talent to back it.
“I advise
young ladies to work hard follow their passion and someone will notice that
hard work. Follow your passion but be ready to serve and most importantly,
don’t sleep for a job” she concluded.
President John
Dramani Mahama has promised to do whatever it takes to ensure that the body of
the late former president of the Ghana Actors Guild, Nii Odoi Mensah, is flown
home for burial. 
Ghanaian
Musician cum Comedian, A-Plus has said that he is not prepared to compose songs
for any of the political parties.