News Night: Bawumia Visits Jailed Wontumi; Gov’t Makes Ghanaian Languages Main Teaching Medium

News Night with Kenneth Gyasi and Gemma Appiah on Joy 99.7 FM brings you the biggest stories making headlines across Ghana.

NPP flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has paid a solidarity visit to jailed Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), marking the first high-profile visit since his imprisonment. We bring you details from the visit and the latest from court, where Chairman Wontumi appeared in a prison bus looking grim as proceedings continued in his Tano Nimiri illegal mining trial.

Also tonight, Global InfoAnalytics and its Executive Director Mussa Dankwah have come under fire from Nhyiaeso MP Dr. Stephen Amoah, who rejects a performance poll ranking him among Parliament's worst-performing MPs.

Meanwhile, government has announced a major shift in Ghana's basic education system, with Ghanaian languages set to become the principal medium of instruction under a revised curriculum for basic schools. We hear from education experts on what the changes could mean for teaching and learning.

Plus, the Bank of Ghana is warning traders, transport operators and businesses that refusing pesewa coins and the GH¢1 and GH¢2 coins is against the law. Offenders could face arrest, hefty fines or up to three years' imprisonment as the central bank moves to enforce the use of legal tender.

Stay with us for comprehensive reports, expert analysis and the stories shaping Ghana.

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