The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has organised a two-day capacity-building workshop for journalists in Accra, aimed at strengthening reporting on Ghana’s energy and extractive sectors as well as public financial management (PFM).
The training, held from August 14 to 15, 2025, brought together 25 selected journalists from across the country. Participants engaged with policy analysts, technocrats, and experts from the petroleum, mining, and energy industries on issues such as fiscal governance, corruption detection, and investigative reporting.
ACEP Policy Analyst, Betty Owusu, explained that the initiative was designed to address gaps in fiscal literacy among the media, which often lead to underreporting or misrepresentation of crucial sectoral issues.
“A well-informed press is key to promoting accountability. By equipping journalists with tools to interpret budgets, audit reports, and other official documents, we can ensure more fact-based, evidence-driven reporting,” she said.
The training also exposed journalists to investigative techniques including data analysis, document examination, and whistleblowing, while highlighting critical information sources such as the national budget, PIAC reports, and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) reports.
With recent amendments to Ghana’s Public Financial Management Act introducing stricter sanctions for fiscal breaches, ACEP believes that the media’s watchdog role is now more crucial than ever in safeguarding public resources
Source:Lovinghananews.com
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