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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Minister of Defence, Mr. Dominic Nitiwul, has debunked claims made by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, that President Akufo-Addo is attempting to use the Ghana Armed Forces to “steal the victory” of the biggest opposition party in the 2020 general elections. While addressing the media on Tuesday, 8 December 2020, Mr Mahama said: “Some ...

Watch live Ghana’s opening game against Nigeria in the WAFU U-20 Cup of Nations tournament at the Stade de Gaulle in Porto-Novo. Ghana begins its campaign today as Nigeria was held by Cote D’Ivoire in its opening game three days ago. Ghana coach Karim Zito is expected to head into the game with a 4-4-2 formation. Asante Kotoko’s Ibrahim Danlad ...