Since the inception of the Fourth Republic on January 7^th, 1993, the role of money in Ghanaian politics has grown exponentially. In 2018, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) reported an estimated 59% increase in the cost of running for office as a member of parliament from 2012 to 2016.

The present cost of running for parliament in Ghana, as estimated by this study is GHC 4million ($693,000). GHC 2million of that sum is spent nurturing the constituency of interest and running for primaries and the other GHC 2million is calculated to be expended during the general election campaign.

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