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 ...

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen; Fellow Ghanaians; My Brothers and Sisters; Allow me to begin by expressing my deepest gratitude to you for your tremendous support— which you expressed overwhelmingly and convincingly at the polls. There is no doubt that Ghanaians from every region of this great nation voted for change—and we did so in both the Presidential and the ...

The immediate-past Majority Leader in Parliament and MP-elect for Suame, Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu says the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) will have a pretty torrid time in the early stages doing Parliamentary business following the huge loss of seats. According to him, it is sad and unfortunate that some of the party’s best, knowledgeable, and experienced Legislators are not returning to the ...

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute (AMI), Koku Anyidoho has said he is happy that Ghana will have a “tight parliament” next year. He said this is good for democracy in Ghana and would make negotiations in the House great. He was reacting to the outcome of the results for the parliamentary election. To him, the polls revealed that ...

The Electoral Commission has clarified the disparities in the presidential election results percentages declared on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. In a statement, the EC acknowledged that the Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa “inadvertently used 13,433,573 as the total valid votes cast.” “The total valid votes cast is 13,119,460. This does not change the percentages stated for each candidate and the declaration ...