Kwesi Pratt Jnr

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A renown Ghanaian journalist

Kwesi Pratt Jnr
Born7 September 1953
OccupationManaging Editor of the Insight Newspaper
ChildrenMaame Ama Pratt

Kwesi Pratt Jnr (born 7 September 1953 [1] ) is a Ghanaian journalist [2] and managing editor of the Insight Newspaper. [3] [4] Kwesi was a member of Alliance for Change, the organisers of the 1995 Kume Preko anti-government demonstration. [5] He is the founder and owner of Pan African Television network in Ghana.

Politics

Kwesi Pratt is a Convention People's Party (CPP) member and has occupied many roles in the party, including his appointment in 2006 as the Publicity committee chairman of the party. [6]

In 2020, he appealed to the government to instill fear into the public to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic since the disease was present, killing people. [7] Kwesi Pratt Jnr continues to put Ghanaian government(s) on their toes, even till date. He recently challenged the wisdom of the government giving up Ghana's gold resources to foreign mining companies to exploit and leave Ghana with little to no returns. [8]

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References

  1. theheraldteam. "Happy Belated Birthday! Mr. Pratt". Archived from the original on 6 January 2019.
  2. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld – Ghana: Information on the date of founding of the Movement for Freedom and Justice (MFJ) including whether there were informal meetings held before its founding". Refworld.
  3. Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch and Justin Willis. December 21, 2016. Ghana shows a troubling willingness to accept political corruption, our recent survey shows – The Washington Post
  4. "Kwesi Pratt blasts Menzgold; dares them to sue if they've a case". 18 September 2018.
  5. "'Kume Preko' victims deserve national recognition – Tarzan". Modern Ghana.
  6. Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Yaw (23 February 2006). Daily Graphic: Issue 1,49671 February 23 2006. Graphic Communications Group.
  7. "Create fear and panic to prevent coronavirus second wave - Kwesi Pratt to govt". GhanaWeb. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. "Ghana, are we that stupid? - Kwesi Pratt fumes". GhanaWeb.