Category: POLITICS

The campaign team of Prof Joshua Alabi, a flagbearer hopeful of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has debunked rumours making rounds that a candidate is taking care of the feeding and transportation of delegates who are to vote at tomorrow’s flagbearership primaries. In a statement copied to GhanaWeb, the campaign team of the former Vice-Chancellor indicates that the falsehood… Read More

The government on Wednesday laid a Bill in Parliament to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the country. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which was read for the first time, is to amend Article 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution to provide for a district chief executive to be elected by universal adult… Read More

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, Professor John Gatsi, on Thursday said President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directive to the two major political parties to resolve political vigilantism in the country is a narrow approach to solving the problem. He said the country’s security challenge should be tackled holistically by all stakeholders because it was much broader and… Read More

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia has discounted the claim that a mere meeting between the NDC and the New Patriotic Party (NPP), could help solve the menace of political vigilantism in Ghana. According to him, the impression created by President Akufo-Addo in his 2019 State of the Nation Address that, the… Read More

Addressing Parliament Thursday, the President announced that under the new budgetary realignment programme each constituency will get “$1 million a year for priority projects.” “We have re-aligned the national budget to ensure that every constituency gets the cedi equivalent of $1 million a year for priority projects,” the president said. President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo delivering the 2019 State of… Read More

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was not sincere with his directive to the two main political parties, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to disband all party-affiliated militia groups, Bodi MP, Sampson Ahi, has said. According to him, Mr Akufo-Addo and the NPP are direct beneficiaries of such militia groups in Ghana… Read More

NDC’s Koku Anyidoho says his party will forever remain in opposition if whoever will emerge winner in the upcoming flagbearership race on Saturday, February 23, 2019 does not unite the party. He admitted the party is “disunited” and if it does not put up a united front – they will forever be stuck in opposition. Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning… Read More

NDC’s Koku Anyidoho says his party will forever remain in opposition if whoever will emerge winner in the upcoming flagbearership race on Saturday, February 23, 2019 does not unite the party. He admitted the party is “disunited” and if it does not put up a united front – they will forever be stuck in opposition. Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning… Read More

Former President John Mahama is urging delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to disregard the lawsuit which seeks to challenge his eligibility as presidential candidate. Addressing his final campaign meeting in Drobo in the Jaman South constituency in the Brong Ahafo region Wednesday, Mr Mahama said the law suit was frivolous and without foundation. He said the lawsuit is… Read More

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has banned the use of motorbikes at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer election centers in the region which comes off on Saturday, February 23, 2019 According to the police, no motorbike whether registered or unregistered would be allowed at the voting centers in the region and called on members of the party as well… Read More