My hypothesis is that he believes he is doing stakeholders a favour by engaging on such consequential legislation. Notice how he points to his predecessors and argues that they did not engage at all on other legislation. The implication seems to be that stakeholders should be grateful for the engagement, even if the quality of that engagement is lacking.
If you publish a poor first draft of a bill and subsequently make substantial changes to it, a genuine commitment to transparency requires that you publish the revised and more polished draft as well. That way, stakeholders can review the current provisions under consideration and provide informed feedback.
Dear President @JDMahama, 335 Ghanaians have signed a letter sent to your office expressing our disappointment by the manner in which @samgeorgegh responded to concerns raised by citizens about the NITA bill 2025. He was dismissive and condescending toward citizens.
A minister went live on national television, visibly excited that he had finally found a “gotcha moment” against ordinary Ghanaians.
Why? Because a draft bill was published on the ministry’s official website, then quietly revised four different times through closed-door meetings without properly communicating any of those changes to the public.
After that, he confidently says: “The old bill is dead. You people are online criticizing a dead bill. You don’t have the updated bill.” As if secrecy, poor communication, and public confusion are achievements.
You are pushing 15 digital bills that will affect millions of citizens, businesses, creators, and young people, yet the public engagement has been chaotic from the beginning. Instead of transparency, accountability, and respect, citizens are being mocked on live TV for reacting to the only version they were officially given access to.
Leadership is not a game of catching citizens off guard. If people are confused, the failure is in communication, not in the public asking questions. This is not it.
Ghana is failing us.
Despite a very full plate, I have been needled by a Ghanaian business journo friend of mine based in NYC to have a go at the debate that has taken Ghana's tech community by storm: the draft NITA bill.
My short essay effectively aligns with what everyone else is saying: shred the bill and come back with something more aligned with modern tech reality!
But in the tradition of the Scarab, I try to go into a bit more detail than most mainstream pieces.
I also point out something that seems missing in the debate. With the rapid surge of technologies like AI, everyone is or will soon be doing stuff previously considered "ICT professional stuff."
Licensing ICT professionals is akin to licensing bloggers in today's rowdy information environment: trying to stop a hurricane by blowing fumes from one's mouth.
https://t.co/hrmLM6SKtE
ok. @NITAGhana The 2025 NITA Bill forces every ICT business & professional to get your licence, pay fees (including 1% of gross revenue), and face fines or jail time for non-compliance.
What exactly has NITA done for Ghanaian startups, freelancers and developers to deserve a mandatory cut of our money? Lets start here. First answer this. I have 4 more
Dr. Ernest Ofori Sarpong, President of @Odadee_Official, commissions a new, 600-bed residential facility as he celebrates his 60th birthday today.
🆕️ The Ofori Sarpong House
📍 Venue: PRESEC, Legon
⏰ 9:00 AM
Videbimus Lumen.
Dumsor: Government has proceeded with installations of over 3,000 transformers throughout the country - Richmond Rockson Esq, Director of Communications - Ministry of Energy and Green Transition.
Watch here: https://t.co/RwFYCQ6mIq
#Newsfile
I hear local voice agents are back in fashion 👀 Here is a demo of the Khaya AI assistant in action. It can do free flowing conversations - no preprogramming required.
If we get 1000 retweets WE GO DROP AM RIGHT NOW for you 🤝 Internet do your thing 😅
We are now officially ZEN Petroleum Holdings PLC!
Today marks a defining chapter in the ZEN journey as we officially listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange following a successful and oversubscribed IPO.
#ZENPetroleumHoldingsPLC#ZENListed#GSE#IPO#theZENway