[ 2016-07-14 ]

I left my banking job to follow my passion – MzGee
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.

Source - Showbiz

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