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The Member of Parliament-elect for the Keta constituency in the Volta region Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpe has been attacked by unknown assailants, the National Democratic Congress has announced. The party in a statement said the yet-to-be lawmaker was attacked in his residence at Anlo-Afiadenyigba. “The Member of Parliament Elect for Keta was attacked by unknown assailants at his Anlo-Afiadenyigba residence in ...

Ghanaian Dancehall artiste Samini has congratulated Ghanaians, President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and NDC flagbearer former President John Dramani Mahama for the peaceful way they conducted themselves during the just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections and has asked Ghanaians to help the president work for Ghana. Samini in a video shared on social media said Ghana was the winner in the elections and congratulated Ghanaians for putting the ...

President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara has congratulated Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his reelection in the just ended 7 December polls. President Ouattara said he is looking forward to working with him for the mutual benefit of both countries. “My warmest congratulations and best wishes to my brother Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his re-election as 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 ...

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 ...