Phillip in his father’s study[/caption] Young Phillip Ayaanore Akela-Soore of TV3’s MTN video report fame has disclosed he feels like a president among his peers whenever his citizen video reports are aired. The JSS one pupil has so far filed three video reports that have received commendation from the viewing public for their depth, relevance, creativity and appeal. Philips told 3news.com his reports have made him very popular in the Upper East regional capital, Bolgatanga, especially in his school where he has been able to influence his peers to watch TV3. “ I just feel like I’m a President of the school because most of my classmates, I have influenced them to watch TV3”, Phillip said. According to him, anytime his peers watch his reports on TV they come to ask him how he does it and he simply replies “it is from my own potential”. He added his teachers now expect him to know everything in class and will always threaten to report him to TV3 whenever he is not able to answer a question or perform a task. How Phillip came into the limelight Young Phillip first caught the attention of Ghanaians when he reported on the fall armyworm invasion on his father’s demonstration farm. In that report, Phillip disagreed with the Minister of Agriculture who had said the fall armyworm had been defeated. He showed evidence of the existence of the fall armyworm and called for more to be done. As if that was not impressive enough, Phillip came back with a second report on the same matter, but this time he had discovered a solution for the pest. He practically demonstrated how the fall armyworm could be fought using a traditional procedure which he said was found in a research work conducted by Millar Opens University in Bolgatanga.
In that report, he ended with a resounding remark which we later found out is his motivation for doing what he does. He said “Find not only problems but look for their solutions ” In a one-one interview with our Upper East Regional Correspondent, Rabiu Tanko, Phillip said he grew in a society where people complained a lot about problems and he does not want to be like them so “I thought ahead and found solutions”. The latest report he filed can best be described as a masterpiece. The report, though a citizen report combines great camera skills, skillful stand ups, piece to camera and phenomenal journalistic reportage to tell a story of an abandoned government structure which he said could have been of use to a nearby Senior High School if attended to. The report, just like his previous reports received a lot of accolades, especially on social media. Phillip wants to be an “Engineering Journalist” Phillip is not yet sure if he will want to pursue journalism in the future because he has a competing interest in engineering. His father, Barnabas Ayaanore, tells 3news.com he receives complaints from Phillip’s teachers that he comes to school with electrical wires and spends a lot of the time connecting stuff. [caption id="attachment_108413" align="alignnone" width="852"]
