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The Deputy Commissioner in charge of operations at the Electoral Commission Amadu Sulley has said he is seeking legal advice over the corruption allegations made against him by the chair of the commission. The EC chair, Charlotte Osei, in reaction to a petition by some anonymous staff of the commission seeking her removal from office, alleged that Mr. Sulley has ...

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has expressed worry over reports that subsidised fertilisers meant to support the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ are being smuggled to neighbouring Togo and Burkina Faso. Volta Region Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, revealed recently that the fertilisers meant for distribution to farmers in the Volta Region as part of government’s flagship agriculture programme ...

The oral examination of embattled businessman and Judgment debtor Alfred Agbesi Woyome is expected to begin Monday, July 24, at the Supreme Court. A single Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Alfred Benin, on the 4th of July 2017 paved way for the oral examination when he dismissed an application by Mr. Woyome, challenging the State’s motion seeking an order ...

Chairperson for the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei has said that Georgina Opoku Amankwah in her capacity as Deputy Chair of the commission evidently exhibited general incompetence severally. Citing a number of occasions where her deputy exhibited ineffectiveness, she maintained that Ms. Amankwah “without authorization and notice to the Chairperson, approved 2015 financial statements of the commission, increased the amount ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that his predecessor, late President John Mills, was and continues to be a source of motivation for him, five years after his death. According to Mr Mahama, who served as Vice President under late Mill, his mentor is ”a man of great moral courage and strength” adding “he remains a source of inspiration ...

Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is now a laughing stock. According to him, a political party which is just six months old in opposition has proven beyond reasonable doubt that it has nothing to contribute to Ghana’s body politic. Obiri Boahen’s comment is in reaction to the NDC’s ...

Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen is urging the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to make the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) their flagbearer for the 2020 general elections. According to him, the NDC by jumping to the defense of the Mrs. Charlotte Osei on the petition asking for her removal from ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has descended heavily on the National Chairman of the opposition NDC, Kofi Portuphy, describing him as a weak political leader who is allowing himself to be ordered around by the ‘boys in their party to engage in trivialities in the name of politics.’ Further describing the ...

The Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Brogya Genfi has warned that there will be turmoil in Ghana if the President attempts to remove the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana Madam Charlotte Osei. Some faceless staff of the EC have petitioned President Akufo-Addo calling for the removal of the EC Chairperson. They alleged ...

The Parliamentary, Constitutional and Legal Committee of Parliament has rejected a request by government for the office of the Special Prosecutor’s Bill to be passed under a certificate of urgency. The committee has therefore recommended the bill be taken through all the normal processes. The minority raised issues of constitutional breaches, stating the bill had not been gazetted when it ...