POLITICS

Majority Leader in the 7th Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has confessed that his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), did not expect a massive reduction of seats in the Legislature in the just-ended polls. According to a Citi News report, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said his party was expecting to reduce its seats to up to 150 from 169 and not the current ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), following the declaration of the results of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensa, on Wednesday, 9 December 2020, has expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for the peaceful conduct of the polls. The elections, which were held across the country on Monday, December 7, 2020, saw President ...

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 ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has admonished the Electoral Commission to publish the results of the outstanding constituency and thoroughly investigate all the allegations of electoral infractions, overwhelming vote-buying and misconduct that occurred throughout the country. A statement issued by the party further called for a probe into the inaccuracies in the EC’s computation of the results for the presidential election. 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 ...

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 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 ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), to celebrate the party’s victory in Monday’s polls in moderation in accordance with public order and safety. The President’s caution follows reports that some supporters of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have massed up at the offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) to ...