POLITICS

Vice President of Imani Africa and technologist Bright Simons has stated that the justification of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) that the old register contains names of unqualified persons so must be discarded for a new one is a plain absurdity. The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) explained to the Supreme Court that, in essence, the current register contains names of noncitizens and ...

Some two lecturers of the Koforidua Technical University have received letters of apology from one Bismark Agbelengor for “wrongly” including their names in a petition sent to the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) by about 101 lecturers, calling on Jean Mensa to reconsider the decision to compile a new register for the December 7 elections. The two are ...

The NDC technical team on COVID-19 has warned teachers and students are at risk of contracting the virus as schools reopen on June 15, 2020. According to the team, per the data being churned out by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the virus seems to be gaining grounds in the country hence the need to take extra precaution in schools. ...

Isaac Adongo writes; The Government of Ghana led by H.E Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo has deliberately deployed a weak so-called Integrated Customs Management System (ICUM) through Unipass to enable he and his cohorts of family and friends steal our dwindling revenues from the Country’s ports.   For decades, Ghana has been at the forefront of leading innovations in trade facilitations ...

Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Deputy Attorney General (AG), has indicated in his legal submissions to the Supreme Court of Ghana in the case of NDC v AG & EC, that the “current voter register is flawed and undermines the right to vote.” In a 32-page document, the AG who is also the first defendant in the case noted that the ...

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, has recognized the relevance of the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda in shaping the country’s progress in a post-COVID-19 era. He gave the remarks at a COVID-19 and Ghana Beyond Aid forum held at the Ministry of Information on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Speaking on the theme “COVID-19 and our match towards Ghana Beyond Aid: Turning ...

The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Abraham Amaliba, has said the party was compelled by the Supreme Court to let go its first relief in its two-pronged suit against the Electoral Commission rather than a voluntary withdrawal of same by the party. “If your correspondent was in court, he would have told you that ...

Convener for political pressure group, LMVCA, David Asante has disclosed that his outfit has obtained evidence to prove that the Electoral Commission is aware that there are persons using fake voters ID cards in the country. “We are in possession of documents that prove the Electoral Commission has written a lot of letters to several institutions, notifying them that voter ID cards that were ...

The Attorney General’s (AG’s) Department has offered its position on why the old voter ID cards should not be accepted as one of the legal documents for proof of citizenship for the upcoming voter registration exercise. The Deputy AG, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in his filed legal argument, cited a number of decisions of the Supreme Court itself, saying the state’s ...

The leadership of the NDC has rescinded its decision to stop the Electoral Commission (EC) from going ahead with the voter registration exercise. Having earlier filed a suit to challenge the electoral body’s decision to conduct the exercise at the Supreme Court, the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, aborted parts of the suit on Thursday morning. The NDC’s ...