NPP’s GH¢5,000 parliamentary application fee could sideline women, youth – GenCED

The Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED) has warned that the reported GH¢5,000 parliamentary candidate application fee introduced by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) could deepen financial barriers to political participation, particularly for women, young people and persons with disabilities. The NPP recently announced a GH¢5,000 application fee for parliamentary aspirants, alongside a GH¢2,000 fee for declaring interest. The party…