2 w. ago BoG dismissals must be viewed separately from political layoffs – Dr Kwapong advises Minority

CDD-Ghana Fellow and Director for the Democracy Project,Dr John Osae Kwapong has advised the Minority in Parliament to exercise caution in conflating the recent Bank of Ghana (BoG) staff dismissals with other public sector layoffs following the December elections.

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3 w. ago NPP urged to prioritise reforms over early primaries – CDD Fellow cautions

CDD-Ghana Fellow and Project Director for the Democracy Project, Dr John Osae-Kwapong, has questioned the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) decision to hold its internal primaries in early 2026.

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3 w. ago Galamsey: Repeal LI 2462 as you promised – Osae Kwapong to Mahama

Dr John Osae-Kwapong, a Fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and Project Director of The Democracy Project, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to honour his campaign promise to repeal Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462, which regulates aspects of Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

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3 w. ago This Saturday on Newsfile: Galamsey fury, NPP early primaries and effects of Israel

This Saturday on Newsfile, host Samson Lardy Anyenini and his panelists will discuss the latest "galamsey fury" sparked by the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey, where they accused the government of reneging on promises following repeated calls to revoke Legislative Instrument 2462, which they say still permits mining in forest reserves.

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3 w. ago Livestream: Newsfile discusses Galamsey fury, NPP early primaries and effects of Israel

This Saturday on Newsfile, host Samson Lardy Anyenini and his panelists are discussing the latest "galamsey fury" sparked by the Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey, where they accused the government of reneging on promises following repeated calls to revoke Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which they say still permits mining in forest reserves.

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3 w. ago Ken Ashigbey criticises government over failure to revoke LI 2462

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications and the Digital Chamber, Ing. Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has delivered a scathing critique of the government’s failure to honour its promise to revoke Legislative Instrument (LI) 2462, describing the delay as a betrayal of citizen trust and a threat to Ghana’s forest reserves.

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