{"id":430822,"date":"2026-01-26T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430822\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:25:09","slug":"bog-urges-media-to-support-economic-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430822\/","title":{"rendered":"BoG urges media to support economic reset"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bank <\/a>Bank of Ghana Headquarters<\/p>\n

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has urged journalists and media owners to support efforts to reset the economy through accurate, balanced and responsible reporting. <\/p>\n

The call was made by Dr Johnson Asiama, the Governor of the BoG, at a two-day residential training workshop organised by the Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers\u2019 APRINPAG BoG Mediassociation of Ghana (PRINPAG) at Solikope in the Ada East District. <\/p>\n

The BoG-supported workshop is aimed at strengthening financial and economic literacy among publishers and editors and improving the media\u2019s capacity to interpret complex economic issues. <\/p>\n

Delivering the Governor\u2019s address, Dr Francis Yao Kumah, Advisor to the Governor, said Ghana entered 2026 with improved macroeconomic indicators. <\/p>\n

He said inflation declined from 23.8 per cent in December 2024 to 5.4 per cent in December 2025, while conditions in the foreign exchange market had stabilised. <\/p>\n

Dr Kumah said gross international reserves stood at US$13.9 billion, equivalent to 5.7 months of import cover. <\/p>\n

He said resetting the economy required resetting expectations, institutions and behaviours, and that the media played a critical role in shaping public understanding. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur expectation is not compliance but responsibility, with emphasis on accuracy, balance and context,\u201d he said, adding that the Bank remained committed to openness and engagement with the media. <\/p>\n

Dr Kumah said monetary and financial policies were often technical, and that inaccurate or poorly contextualised reporting could affect public confidence and expectations. <\/p>\n

He said a responsible and well-informed media helped counter misinformation and contributed to economic stability. <\/p>\n

Outlining the Bank\u2019s priorities for 2026, Dr Kumah said policy would focus on consolidation and discipline. <\/p>\n

He mentioned four priority areas: reforms in the foreign exchange and money markets; resilience in payments systems and digital finance; preventive supervision with emphasis on governance and early risk identification; and clear, evidence-based policy communication. <\/p>\n

Dr Kumah urged journalists to enhance their understanding of economic issues and uphold integrity and accountability in reporting. <\/p>\n

He cautioned that incomplete or decontextualised reporting could heighten uncertainty, particularly in the foreign exchange market, and advised journalists to verify information through the Bank\u2019s official channels. <\/p>\n

Dr Kumah announced initiatives to strengthen media engagement, including expanded training programmes, a regular Editors\u2019 and Producers\u2019 Forum, and the Governor\u2019s \u201cEconomic and Financial Story of the Year\u201d Award. <\/p>\n

He said the award would sponsor the winning journalist to attend the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Meetings. <\/p>\n

Dr Kumah said the Bank\u2019s communications team would continue to support newsrooms with clarifications, briefings and access to official data. <\/p>\n

Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister for Government Communications, said the media played a key role in sustaining democracy and holding governments accountable. <\/p>\n

He said Ghana\u2019s media landscape remained vibrant, although some individuals perceived the media as a nuisance. <\/p>\n

Ofosu said President John Mahama had directed a meeting between media practitioners and security agencies to address incidents of media brutality. <\/p>\n

The minister urged the media to continue to innovate and remain principled, and pledged government support for the private media sector. <\/p>\n

Jeorge Wilson Kingson, Executive Secretary of PRINPAG, said the programme was timely, given the current economic conditions. <\/p>\n

He said the sessions would cover monetary policy, fiscal reforms, debt management, digital finance, and the sustainability of media businesses in the post-debt restructuring period. <\/p>\n

Kingson said the workshop formed part of a broader roadmap to reposition PRINPAG members as informed and credible contributors to national development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bank of Ghana Headquarters The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has urged journalists and media owners to support efforts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-430822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}