POLITICS

President of IMANI-Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has slammed the Electoral Commission for disqualifying some five presidential candidates over what he describes as minor infractions. In a Facebook post Mr Cudjoe said the grounds for disqualification by the Jean Mensa led EC smacks of injustice and high-handedness. “This earth, my brother. Imagine the EC disqualifying candidates on comparably minor correctable infractions to ...

The National Democratic Congress Parliamentary Candidate for Agona West, Paul Ofori Amoah, has been invited by the Central Regional Police Command in connection to an alleged plot to kill his contender for the 2020 polls, Cynthia Mamle Morrison who is the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area. This was after the MP lodged a formal complaint to the police ...

Former President John Mahama has asked President Akufo-Addo and the governing New Patriotic Party government when they will implement the Cocoa Pension Scheme they promised Cocoa farmers after winning the 2016 polls. Speaking at Samreboi in the Amenfi West Constituency of the Western Region, Mr Mahama asked cocoa farmers to vote for the NDC in the December general elections because ...

President Akufo-Addo will today begin a three-day working visit to the Volta and Oti Regions. The President will on the visit commission road projects, hospitals and security installations. He will also cut the sod for new ones to begin and meet the Chiefs and people of the respective traditional areas. “Beginning in the Volta Region, President Akufo-Addo will commission the ...

CLAIM: Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh claims for the four years that the NPP has been in government, there’s not been a teachers strike or demonstration against government. Do the facts support this claim? BACKGROUND On Sunday 11th October 2020 the Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh addressed a conference of the Volta Regional NPP Teachers’ Network in Ho. At this event ...

The runningmate of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Adakabre Frimpong Manso says Cocoa regions in the country are the party’s stronghold in the upcoming polls. According to him, a lot more people from those regions and other parts of the country will in the coming days declare support for his candidate. “Basically, there are people out there who wanted to ...

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has alleged an assassination attempt on Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the Gender and Social Protection Minister by the NDC parliamentary candidate for Agona West. Speaking on Net 2 TV’s ‘The Seat’ show, Monday evening, the Assin Central MP stated that, the Agona West MP who is also the Gender and Social Protection Minister called him on phone last Saturday ...

The flagbearer of the biggest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has said he and his party members are not perturbed about the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government clandestinely implementing some of their polices in their manifesto. According to Mr Mahama, the NPP implementing the NDC’s manifesto promises shows how important and valuable the manifesto is ...

Ophelia Hayford, the first wife of the late Ekow Quansah Hayford, is now the NPP parliamentary nominee for Mfantseman. The decision was taken at the NPP’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Sunday, October 18, in accordance with Article 12 of the party’s constitution. The NEC stated that the party had consultations with all stakeholders of the party as ...

Some national and regional executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party on Sunday stormed the Akwatia Constituency in the Eastern Region for a unity walk as victory appear uncertain for the party in December. Spotted among the dignitaries were Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Sammy Awuku, National Organizer of the NPP, and the National Women’s Organizer ...