“Many were called but few were chosen for Public Service.”
Cyril Harry Kwasi Acolatse, a retired Assistant Director of Radio and former Head of Current Affairs at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), was one of a kind who devoted his Professional life for Public Broadcasting, spanning forty (40)- years.
Mr. Cyril Acolaste worked with the National Boadcaster, GBC Radio and GBC Television.
Cyril died at age 77, on Monday, October 28, 2019, in Tema in the Greater Accra Region.
Among the programs he hosted on Ghana Television were Focus, Searchlight, Insight, Topic, Talking Point and Public Concern.
He won the Outstanding Interviewer Award in 1989 and 1990.
He was a former Vice President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and a former member of the National Media Commission (NMC).
In November 2013, the GJA honoured him with a Meritorious Award for his contribution to the journalism profession.
He truly paid his dues to Mother Ghana in the field of Media and Public Education, Journalism and overall Human Resource Development.
GBC’s Radio Ghana, in this tribute celebrates the contribution of Cyril Acolatse.
He will be buried at Woe in the Keta district of the Volta Region, after a burial mass at Christ the King Catholic Church in Accra.
Cyril left behind his wife, Mrs. Appolonia Acolatse (née Appolonia Byll) five (5) children including Mrs. Mary-Ann Acolatse Bashan and Mrs. Selikem Acolatse Apaloo both Broadcast Journalists.
