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The New Juaben South Constituency of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) in the Eastern Region has launched its 2020 Campaign and Manifesto. The Party is targeting at least 70,000 of total valid votes cast in both Presidential and Parliamentary election on December 7, 2020. In 2016, the NPP garnered 40,758 valid votes in the Presidential election representing 66.06% ,while in ...

Nurses and midwives across the country are beginning a strike today Monday, September 21,2020 over their service conditions. It comes after the failure of government to agree with the healthworkers on their demand for improved conditions of service. A press release by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association noted “having reconvened in the meetings held on 15th and 16th ...

Founder and Leader of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare has urged, current Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Madam Jean Adukwei Mensa to learn from her predecessors to be able to effectively handle the country’s next election fairly. The Bishop was speaking on the way forward on how the Chairperson of the EC can gain trust from the people ...

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, Professor Joseph Atsu Aryee, says there is has to be a national debate on the relevance of charging political parties filing fees by the Electoral Commission. The call comes in the wake of the 100% increment in filing fees for the presidential hopefuls in the upcoming general elections. ...

Wives who treat their husbands with disdain are ungrateful, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has said. In the same vein, it is wrong for husbands to treat their wives shabbily, the founder of Action Chapel International told his congregation on Sunday, 13 September 2020. “To those of you who are wives and are married, remember; once upon a time, you were single.” “You were ...

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has suspended his Personal Assistant, Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman, from acting as an officer of his office. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Secretary to the Chief Imam Advisory Board, Alhaji Ali Kadiri-English, on Thursday, 17 September 2020. According to the statement, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, “in Consultation with his ...

Provisional list of Ghana’s new voter population compiled by the Electoral Commission (EC) shows Dome-Kwabenya in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region with the highest number of voters. This is followed by two other constituencies in the Greater Accra Region – Ashaiman, in second place; and Amasaman in third place. A total of 16, 963, 306 voters ...

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),Mr John Dramani Mahama, has advised members and supporters of the party to verify their names on the provisional voters register when the Electoral Commission opens it for exhibition at polling stations in all constituencies from 18th September to 25thSeptember 2020. Addressing the chiefs and people of Amanten in the Atebubu Amanten ...

Professor Ransford Gyampo has described as politically wise the efforts by former President John Mahama and the NDC to touch base with voters in the stronghold of the ruling NPP. The NDC on on Tuesday held a Townhall meeting in Kumasi to elaborate on their recently launched ‘people’s Manifesto’ as well as highlight achievements of the party in the area. ...

Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s commitment to continuously create an enabling environment for the private sector while ensuring that cost of doing business in Ghana becomes competitive. The Vice President reaffirmed this during the commissioning of a new multi-million dollar Liquid Bulk Terminal at the Port of Takoradi in the Western Region. The facility which was ...