The PAVA Foundation aims to promote critical thinking, academic and professional excellence in the practice of media and journalism, citizen engagement and good governance. His life and work impacted journalism and free speech in Ghana - he wrote about issues that terrified others, and he earned the nickname "Monday Morning Terror" because of the fiery articles he wrote in his Monday column in The
Ghanaian Chronicle. He stomached no nonsense, and demanded excellence in everything - academic work, governance, parenting, faith, public speaking, etc. He inspired and mentored many, across professions, ethnicity and political divides. Those who loved the truth loved him, and those who hated the truth hated him. If he were alive, perhaps he may have been one of the baby boomers who take the time to learn how to use new technology. I daresay he would have kept a blog! This group is set up to honour the man, and also to see how many generation Xers and Yers know, or have learnt anything about PAVA. The PAVA Foundation wants to continue the work of this great man and build on the legacy he left behind. He spoke freely against injustice, regardless of where it was found, or who perpetrated it. He celebrated success, regardless of whose it was, so long as it advanced out collective well-being. The PAVA Foundation will keep his flame burning for generations to come, embodying the values that characterized him - Excellence, Selflessness, Bold Honesty and Integrity.
