POLITICS

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has criticized both President Akufo-Addo and the judiciary, accusing them of undermining the Constitution by stalling the passage of the Anti-LGBTQ Bill. The Bill which was passed by Parliament and now awaits presidential assent. According to Mr Bagbin, the judiciary’s acceptance and processing of cases related to the bill, coupled with the president’s alleged refusal ...

Kofi Akpaloo, the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), has made some bold promises to support Ghanaian citizens. He has vowed to provide GHC500 monthly to children under 18 and GHC700 to unemployed individuals above 18. During an interview on Channel One TV’s Face to Face with Umaru Sanda Amadu, Kofi Akpaloo said he aims to put money in people’s ...

Abraham Ossei Aidoo, a Member of the Parliamentary Service Board and former Majority Leader has cautioned that the ongoing parliamentary impasse could have serious consequences for Ghana’s legislative and governance process. The deadlock erupted after Speaker Alban Bagbin indefinitely adjourned Parliament, following heated disputes between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) caucuses. The primary contention centres ...

Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu, former Member of Parliament for Bantama and previous Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, has urged the government to eliminate the payment of ex- gratia for members of the 8th Parliament. His call, he stated, follows recent disputes in Parliament, which he attributes to obstructionist behaviour from the Minority Caucus. Describing the Minority’s actions as ...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has suspended printing of ballot papers for the presidential election slated for December 7, 2024. This follows the death of one of the candidates, the Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor. This was announced by the Commission through a press release dated October 29 and signed by the Deputy Chairman ...

The Leader and Founder of the Movement for Change, Alan Kyerematen, has confidently predicted an unexpected outcome in the upcoming December 7 general elections, promising what he describes as a “big surprise” in favour of his grassroots-focused campaign. Convinced that his message is resonating with ordinary Ghanaians, Mr. Kyerematen believes his appeal is reshaping the political landscape in ways traditional ...

With a mandate to ensure free and fair elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) faces the steep challenge of regaining public trust, and Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah believes transparency is key. In an interview on PM Express on Tuesday, the former senior UN Governance Advisor spoke on actionable steps the EC could take to regain legitimacy and trust following Afrobarometer’s revealing data on institutional ...

Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has described the five questions asked him by former President John Dramani Mahama as flimsy. Dr Bawumia said he thought Mr Mahama would have agreed to debate him one-on-one for these issues to be addressed however he has not accepted to debate him. This was after the presidential ...

Former President John Mahama has asked Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia “why the exchange rate is GHS17 to the dollar?” This is just one of a series of questions that the flagbearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress posed to his main rival in the 7 December 2024 presidential contest while campaigning in the Northern Region. In Mr Mahama’s view, ...

Mr Fifi Boafo, the spokesperson for Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Presidential Candidate popularly known as Napo, has debunked viral social media reports claiming that Dr. Prempeh made derogatory remarks about Ghana’s Ga and Ewe communities. The viral post alleged that Dr. Prempeh had stated, “Gas and Ewes are the problems of Ghana” and suggested, ...