By Florence Afriyie Mensah
Kumasi, May 29, GNA – Transparency International Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has trained about 40 selected journalists in the Ashanti Region on the country’s investment regimes.
The training aimed to build the capacity of media practitioners to identify and accurately report on investment-related issues.
The programme forms part of Transparency International Ghana’s project on investments, which seeks to ensure that investment packages attracted to the country are transparent and accountable.
Participants were taken through the GIPC Act 865, which spells out the requirements and provisions for both local and foreign investors, among others.
Mr Benedict Doh, Head of Finance at Transparency International Ghana, speaking at the opening of the training in Kumasi, said the initiative would deepen efforts to address governance and regulatory gaps that undermine investor confidence.
He said research conducted by the organisation revealed a low level of public knowledge on how government attracts investments into the country.
Mr Doh noted that it was necessary to build the capacity of journalists to better understand their roles in reporting on investment regimes and to enhance public awareness.
Mr Michael Otchere, Head of the Ashanti Zonal Office of GIPC, observed that non-compliance by some businesses required by law to register with the Centre impeded their operations.
He appealed to such businesses to comply with the registration requirements rather than operate in secrecy, adding that such practices undermined their mandate and hindered investment development in the country.
GNA
Edited by Yussif Ibrahim/Lydia Kukua Asamoah
Reporter: Florence Afriyie Mensah