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A non-profit, public interest and accountability investigative journalism project of @themfwa Got leads? Share via https://t.co/aLu8BrE8aH
Accra, Ghana
Joined April 2021
Months before the gov't scrapped the guidelines that limited mining in forest reserves, Akonta Mining was actively felling trees and digging in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve and the Ministry of Lands declared the company’s operation illegal. https://t.co/q5LdlZI2VX
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When the government on June 9, 2023, rallied Ghanaians to plant trees as part of the Greening Ghana campaign, the Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Sam Pyne
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Months before the gov't scrapped the guidelines that limited mining in forest reserves, Akonta Mining was actively felling trees and digging in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve and the Ministry of Lands declared the company’s operation illegal. https://t.co/q5LdlZI2VX
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When the government on June 9, 2023, rallied Ghanaians to plant trees as part of the Greening Ghana campaign, the Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Sam Pyne
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Publicly funded but closed to the public: Ghana’s premium hospitals shut out NHIS patients Read more here: https://t.co/raPizcjPpM
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At the reception of University Hospital, Legon, the response was casual, almost dismissive. “You can take it to 37 [Hospital],” a staff member said when we presented our NHIS card. No explanation. No sympathy. Just a referral to 37 Military Hospital. https://t.co/BH0Ww1cS6L
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At the reception of University Hospital, Legon, the response was casual, almost dismissive. “You can take it to 37 [Hospital],” a staff member said when we presented our National Health Insurance...
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If you missed our series on how the NLA, under its former boss, Sammy Awuku, gave money meant for the poor and mentally afflicted to the rich and also gave away its GHC3 billion prime business for peanuts, check out this thread.
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At the reception of University Hospital, Legon, the response was casual, almost dismissive. “You can take it to 37 [Hospital],” a staff member said when we presented our NHIS card. No explanation. No sympathy. Just a referral to 37 Military Hospital. https://t.co/BH0Ww1cS6L
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At the reception of University Hospital, Legon, the response was casual, almost dismissive. “You can take it to 37 [Hospital],” a staff member said when we presented our National Health Insurance...
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Publicly funded but closed to the public: Ghana’s premium hospitals shut out NHIS patients Read more here: https://t.co/raPizcjPpM
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If you missed our series on how the NLA, under its former boss, Sammy Awuku, gave money meant for the poor and mentally afflicted to the rich and also gave away its GHC3 billion prime business for peanuts, check out this thread.
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Former board chairman of NLA, Gary Nimako Marfo, runs away from engaging the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa(MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, on how NLA gave away its GHC3 billion prime business to KGL for peanuts.
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Early this year, Samuel Awuku, made a grand speech in Parliament about how lottery can contribute to Ghana’s development. But during his tenure as NLA boss, he signed a 15-year contract that gave NLA's prime GHC3 billion business to KGL. Read more:
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But what the 41-year-old first-time MP did not disclose to Parliament was that, during his leadership, he signed off the most lucrative business of the NLA
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Former board chairman of NLA, Gary Nimako Marfo, runs away from engaging the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa(MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, on how NLA gave away its GHC3 billion prime business to KGL for peanuts.
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Lottery Bonanza: Sulemana Braimah takes on Gary Nimako over GHC 3 billion lottery deal. https://t.co/ttpKvkq9E7
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Lottery Bonanza: Sulemana Braimah takes on Gary Nimako over GHC 3 billion lottery deal. https://t.co/ttpKvkq9E7
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While the public is told that KGL was the financial lifeblood of the NLA, the NLA's Good Causes was sponsoring KGL Foundation activities. #inthepeoplesinterest Read the Full Story: https://t.co/bzhRjlDoPx
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