Former President and National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has lashed out at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over recent remarks questioning the NDC’s ability to manage a 24-hour economy due to past energy challenges. Speaking at a mini-rally in Ellembelle during his Western Regional tour, Mr Mahama rejected Akufo-Addo’s claims that the NDC failed to resolve Ghana’s ...
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Election 2024: MFWA urges EC to lift media access restrictions at collation centres
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to reconsider its decision to restrict media access to collation centres during the 2024 elections. The MFWA argues that the directive could undermine transparency and accountability in the electoral process, which relies heavily on the media’s oversight role. The EC, in a memo to its regional directors, ...
Read More »Election 2024: Ghana will be in safe hands under Bawumia – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence in Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s ability to secure Ghana’s future and lead the nation to greater development.Tourism packages Addressing a rally in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, November 26, the president emphasized that Dr. Bawumia is well-equipped to build on the foundation laid by his administration. He assured the gathering that the New ...
Read More »NDC will prosecute all those involved in the National Cathedral scandal – Asiedu Nketia
Johnson Asiedu Nketia, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has vowed that a future NDC government will prosecute individuals implicated in the controversial National Cathedral project. Speaking during a campaign stop in Kaase, within the Asokwa Constituency of the Ashanti Region, Mr. Nketia underscored his party’s determination to ensure accountability for alleged corruption and abuse of power surrounding ...
Read More »Vacant seats saga: Afenyo-Markin and Ato Forson sign memos to Speaker as ‘Majority Leader’
Following the verdict by the Supreme Court on the declaration of four parliamentary seats vacant by Speaker Alban Bagbin, one would have expected that the controversy that arose over which party forms the Majority or Minority in Parliament would have been resolved. The verdict by the Apex Court on November 12, 2024 declared Alban Bagbin’s ruling of the four vacant ...
Read More »Mahama accuses EC and NPP of colluding to rig 2024 elections
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of collaborating with the Electoral Commission (EC) to manipulate the outcome of the upcoming December 7 general elections. Speaking at a mini rally in Sekondi, located in the Western Region, on Tuesday, 26th November, Mahama alleged that the EC had enlisted ...
Read More »John Mahama pushes for removal of politically affiliated polling officials to safeguard electoral integrity
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama has called for the removal of individuals identified as politically affiliated from polling station roles within the Electoral Commission, expressing concerns that their presence could disrupt the December 7 elections and compromise the electoral process’s integrity. Speaking to residents of Sekondi during his campaign tour of the Western Region, Mr Mahama ...
Read More »We’re not like NPP, we won’t sack you like they did in 2017 – Mahama assures newly recruited police officers
Claims by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that newly recruited officers for the Ghana Police Service will be sacked by a government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not true. Presidential candidate of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama, who is making the allegations says the NPP has been spreading this falsehood to create disaffection for the party. According ...
Read More »It’s ill-timed & will drain the taxpayer – Ato Forson on why NDC MPs oppose recall of Parliament
The Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has said that a request to recall the House is ill-timed and will constitute a needless drain on the Ghanaian taxpayer. He has suggested that the leadership in Parliament should meet immediately after the elections on December 7 to resolve the stalemate in the House. He has therefore pleaded with the Speaker of ...
Read More »Mahama is a spent force, back Bawumia -Napo to Tafo constituents
Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has dismissed former President John Mahama as “a spent force in politics,” suggesting that he cannot be relied upon to provide the solutions Ghana needs. Addressing a large rally of NPP supporters at Tafo Pankrono in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Opoku Prempeh argued that Mahama, the National ...
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