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 ...
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EC clarifies disparities in presidential election results percentages
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 ...
Read More »Election 2020: NDC rejects ‘flawed’ presidential results
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the results of the 2020 presidential elections announced by the Electoral Commission on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference moments after the EC Chairperson declared President Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the keenly contested election, Minority Leader and a leading member of the NDC, Haruna Iddrisu, said the party has overwhelming evidence that ...
Read More »Election 2020: Five dead in 61 electoral incidents – Police
The Ghana Police Service has confirmed that five people have died from 61 electoral and post electoral incidents nationwide. In a statement, the Police stated that Twenty-one of the incidents are true cases of electoral violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five. The cases according to the Police happened in the Awutu Senya East constituency, ...
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: EC announces final certified presidential, parliamentary results
The Electoral Commission is announcing the final results of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. The event is happening at the Electoral Commission’s Headquarters. Electoral Commission Chair, Jean Mensa is making the big announcement, flanked by her deputies. Meanwhile, scores of party supporters of both parties have thronged the venue ahead of the announcement. Watch the announcement below: Source: www.ghanaweb.com Share ...
Read More »Wait for EC’s declaration and jubilate in moderation – Akufo-Addo to NPP supporters
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), to celebrate the party’s victory in Monday’s polls in moderation in accordance with public order and safety. The President’s caution follows reports that some supporters of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have massed up at the offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) to ...
Read More »Leila Dzansi unhappy about Dumelo’s loss
Ghanaian filmmaker Leila Jewel Djansi has expressed her utmost disappointment following John Dumelo’s defeat in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency. In a bid to congratulate her colleague, John Dumelo, for a good attempt at this year’s election, Ms. Dzansi believes the election was conducted solely on bribery. “Elections conducted on bribery SHOULD always end in a loss. #GhanaDecides. But, my Jonivi did ...
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: NDC addresses Ghanaians
The National Democratic Congress is holding a press conference to address some controversies around the electoral process, two days after the polls. The party has in the past 48 hours held a series of press conferences to register their displeasure with the Jean Mensa-led EC and other stakeholders in the process. As it stands now, scores of NDC supporters have massed up at ...
Read More »I can’t find my running mate – Akua Donkor
Flagbearer of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor says she can’t locate the whereabouts of her running mate, Ernest Adakabre Frimpong Manso after the release of the presidential elections results from some constituencies, MyNewsGh.com reports. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Angel TV monitored by MyNewsGh.com, the GFP flagbearer said her running mate hasn’t contacted her since the ...
Read More »‘I just love this time of the year, it makes me laugh’– Shatta Wale
According to dancehall musician Shatta Wale, the shenanigans that are being exhibited during this time of the election in Ghana brings him a lot of laughter. This observation by the SM Boss follows off the back and forth ensuing between the members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over who is in a ‘comfortable lead.’ On ...
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