PRINPAG Commends MFWA for Sensitisation Workshop on Illicit Financial Flows Reporting
The Managing Editor of The New Trust newspaper, Mr. Isaac Amoah, has lauded the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) for organising a sensitisation workshop on the newly launched Guide for Journalists on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), Progressive Taxation, Reserve-Based Lending and Domestic Resource Mobilisation Reporting.
The event, held on Friday, August 15, 2025, at the Sunset Hotel in Kumasi, brought together editors and senior journalists from the Ashanti Region to familiarise themselves with the guide, which was first launched in Accra earlier this year.
Speaking on behalf of the Ghana Private Newspapers and Online Publishers Association (PRINPAG), Mr. Amoah praised MFWA for providing what he described as a timely resource to equip the media with the skills, legal frameworks, and investigative techniques needed to expose financial crimes that cost Ghana an estimated $1.4–$3 billion annually.
“The guide comes at an appropriate time to help journalists investigate IFFs and tax evasion in Ghana,” Mr. Amoah noted. “It provides ethical frameworks, legal context and investigative tools to promote accountability and drive change in national development.”
The workshop is 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.
Mr. Amoah urged editors and senior journalists to commit fully to using the guide in their work, warning against shelving it after the training. “Without decisive commitment, we will leave here and go and dump the guide into the shelves,” he said, stressing the need for consistent application to ensure reporting standards are harmonised across media houses.
He further called on journalists to uphold the ethics of the profession, deliver balanced and accurate reportage, and use the guide as a common reference point to prevent misinformation and disinformation on IFF-related issues.
Commending MFWA for extending the training to the Ashanti Region, Mr. Amoah assured the foundation of PRINPAG’s continued collaboration to block revenue leakages and safeguard funds for national development.
The sensitisation workshop forms part of MFWA’s efforts to raise awareness about IFFs, progressive taxation, reserve-based lending, and domestic resource mobilisation, and to empower the media to play an active role in fiscal justice advocacy.
