POLITICS

The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, John Boadu has issued a stern warning to Eric Amankwa Blay, an aspirant in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary primaries at Assin North constituency to return bicycles he seized from delegates after losing the election or be dismissed from the Party. Eric Amankwa Blay gifted 250 bicycles to ...

Former President John Mahama has called on Chiefs and traditional leaders in the Tongor area of the Volta region to urge their people to come out and register if the Electoral Commission begins the mass voter’s registration exercise. According to the NDC flagbearer, taking part in the registration exercise will enable them cast their ballot in order to decide the ...

Former Finance Minister, Seth Tepker, says the current payment plan for withheld depositors funds as announced by the Receiver of defunct Microfinance Institutions and Savings and Loans companies is unfair. According to Mr Tepker, the objective behind the establishment of the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) was intended to generate enough funds, some of which should be available for government ...

Pressure group OccupyGhana has said before President Nana Akufo-Addo, a few weeks ago, further eased the COVID-19 restrictions imposed on the country to curb the spread of the virus, there had been several deaths which were kept from him, thus, denying him the full picture and complementary data to inform his decision. Following its zoom meeting with the leadership of ...

Dr Dickson Adomako Kissi, the victor in the Anyaa Sowutuom parliamentary race of the governing New Patriotic Party, has revealed that he spent more than GH¢1 million in cash on his delegates. The medical doctor polled 324 votes to beat four contenders including the current Municipal Chief Executive, Dr Emmanuel Lamptey. There were a total of 835 votes cast. Dr ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for holding a successful parliamentary primaries. “I congratulate the one hundred and sixty-eight (168) parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who were elected in the exciting, competitive primaries of Saturday, 20th June, 2020, in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament,” the President said in ...

The First prosecution witness in the case in which Member of Parliament Mahama Ayariga and eight others are standing trial is out of coverage area. In court on Monday, when the case was called the state was expected to call its first witness, but Michael Baafi, an officer from the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu’s office said they have not heard ...

The National Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress Sammy Gyamfi says former President John Mahama will pay the locked-up funds of customers of the collapsed financial institutions in full if he wins the December polls. Addressing the media at a press briefing in Accra Monday, Mr Gyamfi also noted the former President will work to restore indigenous businesses ...

The losing aspirant in the governing New Patriotic Party’s Tema East parliamentary race, Mr Benjamin Ashitey Armah, has said while he gave each of the 767 delegates that voted in the internal polls GH¢550, his main contender, the incumbent MP, Mr Daniel Titus-Glover, gave each delegate a tabletop fridge and GH¢1,000. Mr Titus-Glover polled 522 votes to beat Mr Ashitey ...

A defeated NPP parliamentary aspirant in the Kumawu constituency primaries Edward Kofi Osei has reportedly asked his supporters to retrieve monies they paid delegates to vote for him. According to the US-based legal practitioner, such actions do not promote unity in the party. Four members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Kumawu constituency contested for the Saturday parliamentary ...