POLITICS

Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon who is seeking reelection, is making sure to gain some of the votes from the young. Her campaign team has offered to pay the WASSCE results checking fees for all the Senior High School graduates living in the constituency. The election is just weeks away and candidates ...

The leadership of the Ghana Association of elected Assembly Members (GAAM) have intimtade th role of assembly members in national development and ways to improve their welfare in a meeting with President Akufo-Addo. President GAAM, Charles Adu Asinor, expressed appreciation to government for the continues effort in deepening decentralization and enhancing participatory democracy and uniform development. He, however, bemoaned that ...

The arrest of four persons conducting research for the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, in the Upper Manya Krobo Constituency of the Eastern Region has heightened political tension in the area. The four were arrested Saturday, November 14, 2020, by armed Police officers led by the District Police Commander John Yeboah while in a community administering questionnaires. They were, however, ...

Former President John Mahama says it is the responsibility of the National Democratic Congress to guarantee the place of the late former President Jerry Rawlings in history. According to him, even though Mr Rawlings was not perfect, he had a positive impact on the nation. “No human is perfect but on the balance, his role in Ghana’s history is a ...

Dr. Tony Aidoo, a former Deputy Minister of Defence under the Rawlings administration has said the late former president Jerry John Rawlings will be remembered for the principles that he stood for. Speaking on the demise of the Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on TV3 Thursday, November 12, Dr. Tony Aidoo also noted that he will be remembered ...

Former President John Mahama has told members of the NDC to uphold the principles and values that were cherished by their founder Jerry John Rawlings following his death. “Now, more than ever, we have a sacred duty to uphold and defend the values of the 4th Republic that President Rawlings held so dear – peace, democracy, probity and accountability, respect ...

Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah says the late former President Jerry John Rawlings is best remembered as “a daredevil”. According to Dr. Nkrumah, many Ghanaians do not like Rawlings’s kind because he was too direct and loved to say the truth. Sekou Nkrumah, in a post on his Facebook timeline wrote of JJ ...

NDC flagbearer John Mahama has suspended his campaign towards the December polls following the demise of former President Jerry John Rawlings. “I Just spoke with the campaign committee and we have decided to suspend the campaign for a little while,” he said. “We will be returning to Accra,” Mahama said at Obuasi in the Ashanti region where he has been ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the transformational leadership being provided by the current government is aimed at lifting the north out of poverty unlike the Mahama administration. He disclosed that the development of the north and the country as a whole, remains a major priority to the Akufo-Addo’s administration which is why it has initiated various policies ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is dead, GhanaWeb can confirm. The former president GhanaWeb understands passed on, today, November 12, 2020 after a brief illness. Jerry John Rawlings was born in Accra on 22nd June, 1947, to a Ghanaian mother from Dzelukope, near Keta, in the Volta Region, and a Scottish father. Background of Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings was born ...