{
  "id": 5536813,
  "title": "CDD-Ghana advises journalists to Find out how political parties are funded",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/cdd-ghana-advises-journalists-to-find-out-how-political-parties-are",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T09:57:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/cdd-ghana-advises-journalists-to-find-out-how-political-parties-are-funded/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) recently conducted a workshop on \"Regulating Political Party Financing in Ghana\" for journalists in Kumasi. The event, facilitated by Joseph Oti Frimpong and Zakari Tanko Musah, aimed to educate media practitioners on their role in promoting transparency and accountability in political finances. CDD-Ghana Director of Programmes and Operations, Frederick Adu Gyamfi, emphasized that the issue of funding in politics is a concern for everyone, not just political parties or candidates, but also civil society organizations like CDD-Ghana. The workshop highlighted the rising costs of political campaigns, which increased from GHC124,000 in 2012 to GHc4 million in 2020 for an MP and to GHc579 million for a presidential candidate. CDD-Ghana stressed the need for regulations to ensure political parties and candidates spend within limits, stating that no defined campaign period or spending limit allows for excessive spending and undermines democratic accountability and good governance.",
  "summary": "The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has organised a day’s workshop on “Regulating Political Party Financing in Ghana” for media men in Kumasi. The workshop, facilitated by Joseph Oti Frimpong, Programmes Officer, Elections, CDD-Ghana and Zakari Tanko Musah, Legal Consultant, Corruption Watch-CDD-Ghana and funded by the British High Commission, sought to help media…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}