Children kicked out of school for calling insecure oppressive president names but please visit

Last year a video went viral of a few high school girls insulting President Akufo-Addo. The girls spoke in 2 different languages, some simply insulting the size of his head. Nothing threatening, children being children, living in a country with an over 54% rate increase inflation in December 2022.

Ghana where only 27% of the roads were paved according to 2019 statistics, even less roads paved in the Upper West and Upper East areas of the country. Areas where these children attend senior high school, also in this areas younger children sit outside under trees for schooling because they don't have physical buildings in which to attend school.

Many schools don't have chairs, desks, or textbooks. Yet their president claims that 85% of the population are literate. When schools don't have books or texts to learn from, what sources are they using to learn how to read?

Ghana has dropped 30 places in standings for it's lack of freedom or speech which also translate to freedom of the press.

Ghana drops 30 places in world press freedom index; lowest in nearly 2 decades

The 2022 index put together by campaign group, Reporters Without Borders, saw Ghana ranking 60 after placing 30 in 2022.

This is Ghana’s lowest-ever ranking in 17 years after it ranked 66th and 67th in 2005 and 2002 respectively.

The latest report is out of 180 countries assessed with Ghana recording a decline in its indicative points from 78.67 percent to 67.43 compared to last year.

It said although the country is considered a regional leader in democratic stability, journalists have experienced growing pressures in recent years.

“To protect their jobs and their security, they increasingly resort to self-censorship, as the government shows itself intolerant of criticism”, the report mentioned.

According to Reporters Without Borders, the safety of Ghanaian journalists has deteriorated sharply in recent years.

For example, the campaigners said in 2020, reporters covering the effectiveness of anti-COVID-19 measures were attacked by security forces.

Source: Citi Newsroom

Although the constitution and law provide for freedom of speech and press, the government sometimes restricts those rights. The police arbitrarily arrest and detain journalists.[3] Some journalists practise self-censorship. The constitution prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government respects these prohibitions in practice.[4]

Prison conditions

The almost 400 years old James Fort Prison in Accra was in use as a prison until 2008. It was originally built for 200 slaves, but housed over 740 male and female prisoners.[6]

Squalid conditions, poor food, and overcrowding in Ghana's prisons were called "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment," by the UN in 2013.[7] The extent of prison overcrowding is estimated to be higher than the government's official figures.[7] Prison authorities use a system where inmates known as "black coats" whip other misbehaving prisoners with canes.[7]

In 2002 the government of Ghana censored Internet media coverage of tribal violence in Northern Ghana

Source; wikipedia

Ghana seeks to transform its tourism offering to attract investment and increase visitor numbers

Tourism provides a significant source of foreign exchange in Ghana, contributing to the government’s tax revenue, economic growth and job opportunities. The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC) estimated that the sector accounted for 4.9% of GDP in 2018, making it the fourth-largest contributor after cocoa, gold and oil. Tourism supported 602,425 direct and indirect jobs that year, up 10% compared to 2017, when the sector employed 550,000 people. The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) estimates that by 2029 around 746,400 people will work in Ghana’s tourism sector.

Source: Oxford Business Group

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