Bishop Akolgo and Rosemond Ebi-Adwo Aryeetey (2nd & 3rd R) with participants
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has organised a sensitisation workshop in Kumasi to equip editors and senior journalists with skills to report effectively on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), progressive taxation, and domestic revenue mobilisation.
The training, held on Friday, August 15, 2025, forms part of the “Tax for Development: Strengthening Civil Society and Media for Fiscal Justice” project, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) through Oxfam in Ghana.
Senior Manager at MFWA, Rosemond Ebi-Adwo Aryeetey, said IFFs undermine Ghana’s ability to fund infrastructure and development projects, urging the media to use the new Media Guide on IFFs launched earlier this month in Accra.
Consultant, Bishop Akolgo, explained that IFFs occur through trade mispricing, money laundering, and other illegal practices, costing Ghana billions of cedis annually. He encouraged journalists to apply the guide and hold institutions accountable.
Representing the Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), Isaac Amoah, described the guide as a timely tool for exposing financial crimes, while Isaac Frimpong of GIBA stressed the responsibility of broadcasters to connect fiscal issues to the daily realities of citizens.
The Kumasi workshop is one of a series of regional engagements aimed at promoting fiscal justice and strengthening media reporting on economic governance.
By David Afum, Kumasi