Umaru Sanda Amadu, The Cowboy Journalist, Now Cowboy Lawyer - Inspiring Tale Of A Fabulous Journalist.

ACCRA, GHANA — Captivating media personality, Journalist and host of Eyewitness News and FaceToFace Umaru Sanda Amadu, is celebrating a career-defining moment as a “Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court.” The “cowboy journalist,” as he identifies himself on his Facebook platform as he joined the list of distinguished lawyers after being called to the Bar at the 63rd Call to the Bar ceremony.

Organized by the General Legal Council, the young lawyer joined 1,567 others to take part in the annual event. Amadu continues to make history as one of the most celebrated television presenters in the country. The cowboy journalist is from Asutsuare Junction in Shai Osudoku, Greater Accra. He started his career as a young herdsman and was the only child in his family of seven siblings to gain any form of formal education.

After his call to the bar, the cowboy journalist went back to his village of Asutsuare Junction. His parents welcomed him in the same cattle kraal where he spent his herdsman days, which he described as his “office.” Amadu was back in his old “room” to inspire young people back in his community. The cowboy lawyer also made it a point to introduce himself to the kids in the village as the “Cowboy Lawyer.”

“I grew up among the cattle grazing and my options were limited. Lawyer? What is this? Nobody in this village sends their children to become lawyers,” he said. “But after years of being an ordinary young man, I had the fortune to be picked from the stream of hopeless and unfortunate children to become a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Ghana. I had to come back to this village to tell the children that I have become a Cowboy Lawyer and that they too can achieve great things in life if only they dare to dream Beyond The Limit! Alhamdulillah.”

The cowboy journalist attended the Asutsuare Junction D/A Basic School and graduated in 2003. He subsequently joined Tema Secondary School and completed his secondary education, earning a district scholarship to Tema Secondary School. He joined the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) to study communication, graduating with a diploma in 2010. He later returned to GIJ and pursued a degree in Communication Studies with Journalism as an option, graduating with first class honors in 2014.

He began his professional journalism career as an intern at Sena Radio and TV3. He joined Citi FM as a national service personnel in 2010, advancing from the news desk to anchoring duties. He currently hosts the Citi Breakfast Show and The Big Issue, having become a household name. Over the years, he has received numerous awards and accolades, both locally and internationally, for his excellent reporting and outstanding coverage of national and international events. Notably, he was awarded the Radio for Peace Building – Africa Award in Rwanda, GJA’s Best SDG Reporter, and the State Honor for his role in reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cowboy journalist has created history and joined the inner circle of Ghana’s legal giants. Sanda Amadu, a former herdsman and national radio personality, has traversed the path of the nation’s media scene to the Supreme Court as a Barister and Solicitor. His journey resonates even within the legal industry as young lawyers and media personalities shower praises on the cowboy lawyer over his historic feat. The cowboy journalist’s inspirational story has captured the hearts of many young and talented students nationwide and across the western world.