Kwesi Pratt Jnr (born 7 September 1953) is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

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and

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of the ''Insight''

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. Kwesi was a member of ''Alliance for Change'', the organisers of the 1995 Kume Preko anti-government demonstration. He is the founder and owner of Pan African Television network in

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Politics

Kwesi Pratt is a

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UG ...

(CPP) member and has occupied many roles in the party, including his appointment in 2006 as the Publicity committee chairman of the party. In 2020, he appealed to

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to instill fear into the public to reduce the impact of

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since the disease was present, killing people. Kwesi Pratt Jnr continues to put Ghanaian government(s) on their toes, even till date. He recently challenged the wisdom of government giving up Ghana's

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resources to foreign mining companies to exploit and leave Ghana with little to no returns.

References

Living people 1953 births Convention People's Party (Ghana) politicians Ghanaian journalists Managing editors {{Ghana-bio-stub