Majority Leader in the 7th Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has confessed that his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), did not expect a massive reduction of seats in the Legislature in the just-ended polls. According to a Citi News report, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said his party was expecting to reduce its seats to up to 150 from 169 and not the current ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), following the declaration of the results of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensa, on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for the peaceful conduct of the polls. The elections, which were held across the country on Monday, December 7, 2020, saw President ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will today, Friday, December 11, 2020, hold an Islamic thanksgiving prayer for victory in the December 7, 2020, presidential and parliamentary elections. The event is scheduled to take place at the Central Mosque in Abossey Okai, Accra. A flyer of the event sighted by GhanaWeb indicates that the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu ...

President of IMANI-Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has condemned the Electoral Commission (EC)for the inconsistencies that characterized the outcome of the December 7 elections. The Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday corrected the total valid votes put out during the declaration of results on December 9. EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa declared the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo as ...

Even before Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo starts his second term as President, Ghanaian lawyer, academic and politician Joe Ghartey have disclosed his intentions to contest for presidency in 2024. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will not be eligible to contest for another election in Ghana after his second term as President which will end in 2024. After the 2020 elections, party ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has admonished the Electoral Commission to publish the results of the outstanding constituency and thoroughly investigate all the allegations of electoral infractions, overwhelming vote-buying and misconduct that occurred throughout the country. A statement issued by the party further called for a probe into the inaccuracies in the EC’s computation of the results for the presidential election. The ...

President Akufo-Addo has announced a 15-member transition team to see to the transfer of power from his previous government to the new one set to begin on January 7, when he is inaugurated The transition team is headed by the Chief Staff at the Presidency Akosua Frema Opare. Other members include the Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo, Finance Minister Ken ...

The Electoral Commission has announced the certified Parliamentary results of the 2020 election across 275 constituencies. According to a statement issued by the EC on Thursday, December 10, 2020, the New Patriotic Party has won 137 seats in Parliament while the National Democratic Congress has won 136 seats. One independent candidate has however won a seat in Parliament while one outstanding result is yet to be provided from the ...

Government has resumed work a day after the declaration of the general elections by the Electoral Commission Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said. Speaking at the Minister’s Press Briefing in Accra on Thursday, December 10, 2020, the Minister emphasized that government remains determined to wrap up its mandate for the year and hence, that informs its decision to ...

The National Democratic Congress has reiterated they have won the majority in Parliament despite the fact that some results of the parliamentary contests are being contested. ” From the evidence available and from the facts that have come to the fore even with recent declaration with Savelugu and others, we have a clear majority in parliament and nothing can change ...