POLITICS

Independent Presidential hopeful Jacob Osei yeboah has expressed displeasure over the new presidential filing fee of GHC100,00 announced by the Electoral Commission. Mr Osei Yeboah joins opposition parties including the NDC, PPP and APC who have described the fees as exorbitant and unconstitutional. This new fee is a hundred per cent increase from the previous filing fee which stood at ...

The leadership of the Progressive Peoples Party and Convention People’s Party have lamented the ‘high cost’ of the Electoral Commission‘s GH¢100,000 presidential nomination filing fee for the December 7 elections. The National Secretary of the PPP, Papa Kow Ackon disclosed that the EC should have held consultations before putting up such a fee, sighting the 2016 charge as a yardstick. “They ...

Renowned pollster Ben Ephson has jumped to the defense of the Electoral Commission saying there is nothing wrong with the GHC100, 000 filing fee for presidential aspirants for this year’s election. The Electoral Commission on Monday announced that Presidential Candidates in the upcoming elections will pay a filing fee of GHC100,000 while Parliamentary candidates pay GHC10,000. This was announced by ...

The Ministry of Finance has described as unfortunate the recent downgrade of Ghana’s credit rating from B to B-negative by the international ratings agency, S&P Global. It said in a press release issued yesterday that while it recognised that the downgrade was widespread — affecting other countries worldwide — it found it disturbing that rating agencies would choose that path ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is worried that the two main political parties – NDC and NPP – are guilty of flouting the COVID-19 safety protocols as they organize meetings to garner support ahead of election 2020. But NPP General Secretary Nana Obiri Boahen believes law enforcement agencies are responsible for the breaches and not political parties. Vice-President of the ...

The National Youth Organizer for the Convention People’s Party Osei Kofi Acquah has expressed disappointment in the filing fees set by the Electoral Commission of Ghana. According to the Youth leader of the CPP, the electoral commission which is being funded and being ran with the poor tax payer’s money seems to now believe that, only financially well to do ...

The Minority in Parliament is blaming the failure of government to release funds to GRIDco and ECG for the recent power outages being experienced across the country. Speaking to journalists in parliament, Minority spokesperson on Mines and Energy, Adams Mutawakilo accused government of failing to use proceeds of the energy sector levy settle debts of GRIDco and other players under ...

Nana Obiri Boahen, the NPP’s Deputy General Secretary, has urged persons who wish to contest for the December general elections to get out of the contest if they believe the filing fee is too high for them to raise. According to him, it is “immaterial” for any political party that wishes to lead the country should raise concerns about the ...

The Deputy Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Abdul Mustapha Hamid, has urged Ghanaians not to take the “comfort” they are enjoying under President Akufo-Addo for granted. According to him, it is easy for Ghanaians to forget about the conditions that preceded the NPP administration with time. “Ladies and gentlemen of the media, the Akan people say that, ...

Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw, has described as shocking and disappointing Kennedy Agyapong’s attack on a judge who granted an injunction against him. Maurice Ampaw in an interview on Neat FM opined that per his standing in the country as a lawmaker, the actions of the Assin Central MP are abhorring and must be condemned. An angry Maurice Ampaw said ...