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About last night

Today, among the goods that are universally intended for everyone, we must also include new forms of property, such as patents, algorithms, digital platforms, technological infrastructure and data. In a context where the wealth of nations depends increasingly on knowledge and technology, when these goods remain concentrated in the hands of a few, without adequate forms of sharing and access, a new imbalance is created that contradicts the universal destination of goods. In turn, it widens the gap between the included and the excluded, between those who can participate in the digital revolution and those who remain on the margins. #MagnificaHumanitas

On one hand Brah us trying to gaslight us into not believing our lying eyes 🤣 Like they didn't write what we saw On the other hand, it is like he heard & is trying to save face &pretend he was doing the right thing all along 🤣 In other words, the pressure is working. 🤜🏾🤛🏾

Emmanuel Oppong from @Citi973/@Channel1TVGHA, is this really what the tech ecosystem is saying about the #NITADraftBill? NITA’s fees (GH¢20k+ for fintechs), mandatory certifications for devs/freelancers, and pre-enforcement of the unpassed NITA Bill aren’t “aggressive pushback”, they’re seen as an existential threat that will kill startups, drive talent away, and destroy jobs in Ghana’s fastest-growing sector. The tech community isn’t on a “bandwagon.” We’re unified that this overreach will reverse years of progress. Reporting the full picture not just the Minister’s emotional defence is all we are asking for! Journos @Channel1TVGHA and @Citi973 should do better.

@Citi973 THIS is what you should be covering because it affects you directly. But nah you would rather sell your souls for a few bucks? Journalists? DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF JOURNALISTS?? 🤦‍♂️ 🤡 🤡 🤡

"Why do women have to be nice and polite to the men who harass them. Why can't they just say no?" This is why. Because if a girl says no, men will throw petrol bombs at her house. And more.

Illegal mining is a criminal offense. These criminals do it openly, post themselves destroying the lands, post themselves holding bands of cash that they’ve earned from their criminal activities. Mind you, the mining sites can be located, their TikTok accounts can be traced. These criminals do not even pay tax. Under the constitution, taxes belong to the state and minerals in their natural form belong to the state. It’s the people who work legal jobs that are taxed, that have to pay for licenses and permits to do business. It’s the IT professionals that will be taxed and will be paying exorbitant fees just to operate their means of living. However those imposing these fees promised that galamsey can be combatted within a short period of time. We employ and pay people with our taxes to combat and solve the galamsey crisis directly or indirectly including; 1. Policemen and security agencies 2. The President who all these minerals are vested in 3. The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources 4. The Minerals and Mining Commission 5. The Environmental Protection Agency 6. The local authorities Yet these people are mining illegally and posting tons of videos on TikTok. They cannot be traced.

Bright Simon’s always argues that when it comes to governance in our part of the world, policies are not largely meant to solve problems and I agree with him 100% Ask yourself why the sector Minister is aggressively pushing this bill when almost everyone in the sector is against it? Why’s the government so interested in this bill such that it cannot be reviewed? I won’t be surprised if in all this, the real intention is to fund ‘broke’ NITA and not specifically to solve any issues Tell me why I need to pay for a website for my business and also pay the regulator for it plus a 1% of revenue

ya, i feel like it’s time for us to get really honest. most students using AI to do all their work do it b/c they’re lazy. they’re not secret scholars just juggling a lot of responsibilities or disillusioned by an emphasis on getting a job rather than learning. they don’t care🤷🏾‍♀️

That ministry has serious problems. Minister is arrogant Deputy Minister can't define coding GIFEC boss has fake PhD No wonder they saw that NITA Bill and decided it was the best thing for Ghana's tech industry.

Sam George math: Join 1million Coders for free, Pay 6,000ghc to get licenced before you can practice.

Hon. Sam George says by nagging and complaining, you guys are simply writing his political memoire...and that he has his eyes on "the prize". Guess who will hand him that prize? You the voter. You will. If you don't your children will hand it to him, while his children have better lives than yours. Interesting life engineering. A cycle of social gap expansion.

SAM GEORGE HAS ZERO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TECH GET HIM OF THAT MINISTRY ASAP!!!!!!!!!!

Overcriminalization is a serious problem in Ghana. Every violation of the law is treated as a criminal act. A crime is a special kind of wrong. How does proceeding to install ICT infrastructure without a license attract criminal consequences? The group of lawyers drafting these bills for the government must take their legal theories seriously. Crimes regulate public wrongs. Before you criminalize a conduct, you must first determine its legal ontology. You don't just make everything criminal. For fuck sake! Read your law books!

Imagine if the smart guy who developed the Dumsor Tracker had to seek permission before deploying the project. Meeehn, fuck that. Sack Sam George and his team immediately.

It's so clear that the people in charge of digitization, communication, and IT have no knowledge about the sectors they are heading. It shows in the policies they are implementing. A whole deputy minister of communication can't even define coding, and I'm 100% sure he still can't

THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT NEED FIXING. GALAMSEY ELECTRICITY WATER TRANSPORT FLOODING BASIC EDUCATION ETC …all BASIC HUMAN AMENITIES BTW. and yet where you direct your attention is on the young people desperately trying to make an honest living despite the terrible circumstances they’ve been thrown into - SAME CIRCUMSTANCES YOU CAUSED BY THE WAY! WHERE ARE OUR PRIORITIES? EI. this country saps more and more of my soul out of my body everyday. disgusting.

❌Drainage system? - Failed (Floods everywhere) ❌Utility System? - Failed (Galamsey and inconsistent electricity ❌Security? - Failed (Crime rates are still solid) ❌Education? - Failed (schools in mud houses & teachers are not paid etc.) ❌Healthcare? - Failed (patients receive treatment on bare floors + doctors salary arrears) ❌Employment? - Failed (NSS folk are starving; 2 in 4 Ghanaians are jobless) ❌Transportation? - Failed (procuring buses we do not need, railway conversation abandoned, horrible roads deter drivers from functioning etc.) ❌Digital Economy? - Failed ($250m for AI center, Aku AI, One million coders program sham, NITA bill, Deputy Minister cannot define coding etc.) ❌Agriculture? - Failed (Cocoa farmers are not paid, galamsey is ruining lands etc.) ❌Legal system? - Failed (OSP is being frustrated and cannot function properly; past government's thieves are walking free etc.) ❌Housing? - Failed (Rent costs more than cocaine and blood. No controls. Lands in Awoshie cost more than 5 bedroom homes in Frisco, Texas) ❌Entertainment? - Failed (No mega arenas; movie theatres are a mess; Musiga has been ass for decades etc.) ❌Religion? - Failed (Agradaa is still allowed to run a church; a Jihadist/extremist is being vetted into public office in broad daylight.) ❌Toursim? - Failed (NAI Lecy increased by $100, roads to Nzulezu can take your life, etc.) ❌ Finance - Failed (financial market still a baby market, investment returns minimal, etc.) Ghana 🇬🇭 is crumbling right before our eyes, and there is an army of partisan donkeys to support the wrongs and blame opposition💔

Why is the Mahama government so much interested in regulating speech, expression, and creativity? Of all the things they could do, why is their attention fixed on these things?

You are trying to pass a bill, yet citizens are sharing their genuine concerns about it. Instead of addressing those concerns, you’re telling us the bill has been around since 2008. So if this bill has existed for so long and it still won’t help the country, should we still pass it? Chale, what kind of country is this?

Your point is, you’re enforcing already existing legislations and not a Bill. But as someone with legal knowledge and a legislator too, you definitely know and the courts have cemented into public knowledge that existing legislation can be wrong and can be criticized. NPP v IGP. The IGP was enforcing existing legislation (Public Order Act) to restrict people from embarking on demonstrations without his permit. Supreme Court struck down those provisions. Mensima v Ag. Existing L.I stated that one must be part of a cooperative society to be granted a license to be a local distiller. Court struck down that provision. Martin Kpebu v Ag. Existing legislation that’s the Criminal Procedure Act stated that one cannot be granted bail for certain severe offenses. The Supreme Court over fifty years later struck down that provision. When your response is that you’re just enforcing an existing legislation, any citizen of Ghana who is adversely affected by that legislation can bring an action to strike it down as breaching the constitution or administrative power. Even in the case of Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association v NMC, the court struck down existing regulations that sought to censor and restrict the broadcasting content of independent broadcasters. Infact common sense makes it clear that only existing legislations can be problematic. In the case of Amanda Odoi v Ag as well as Richard Sky v Ag the court held it is not Bills but existing legislation that can be questioned by citizens in the public interest. Ghanaians have a right to question, critique and even challenge existing legislation in court. They don’t have to be IT experts to challenge a law you think only affects IT experts. The law potentially affects every prospective IT specialist and every single Ghanaian who will utilize those services because we will pay the extra costs when these license costs and restrictions are imposed on them, because WE are the final consumers. Administrative fairness under the Wednesbury case principle mandates that the administrative body will be REASONABLE if it considers all that it ought to take into consideration. On one hand you were fighting exorbitant DSTV prices for the “people” because it benefited your mandate. On the other hand you’re now imposing exorbitant fees on the same people you’re going to release as coders and such costs will be transferred to every Ghanaian. The former government did not impose such fees under the existing law because it would’ve been unreasonable and harsh to do so. You’re known for many things but you’re not known for passing and enforcing unreasonable laws or?