POLITICS

A group calling itself the Concerned University Lecturers of Ghana has kicked against the decision of the Electoral Commission to compile a new voters’ register for the upcoming elections. An Open Letter, signed by over 100 lecturers from various universities across the country said the EC boss’ entrenched position to exclude the current Voters’ ID card from the list of ...

Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has berated the Akufo-Addo administration describing it as autocratic and dictatorial. In a statement, the NPP founding member said: “There is no doubt that there is political tension in the country”, adding: “Autocracy and dictatorship appear to be rearing [their] heads in our body polity”.   He noted: “As a founding member of the New Patriotic Party, ...

The Performance Audit Report on Capital Projects funded through District Development Facilities in 30 Districts Assemblies compiled by the Auditor-General has uncovered cases of payment for no work done. Findings of the Audit Report on payment and work done showed that monies were disbursed for non-executed works resulting in overpayments. “For example, the pavement for work at the taxi station ...

A member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has appealed to the Chief Justice to allow a televised broadcast of the voter’s register case between the NDC and the Electoral Commission currently at the Supreme Court. In a statement, the South Dayi MP said his appeal is due to the high public interest in ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that the underlying legal reasons for its decision not to include the existing voters’ Identification Card (ID) in its upcoming registration exercise is because the Supreme Court itself has held that the register is reasonably not credible and that by implication, the cards issued pursuant to it are also reasons not credible. The EC ...

A member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communication Sam George has raised concerns over the Board Chairman of the National Communications Authority Kwaku Sakyi-Addo serving as a show host on new radio station Asaase FM. According to him, such a development, as advertised by the radio station, will be conflict of interest. “I wish to draw your attention to ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, who credits himself for the woes of the Head Pastor of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has dared Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei to proceed with his ‘evil’ intent against Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and others. Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei, believed to be a staunch member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ...

A self-styled preacher, Prophet Kwabena Owusu Agyei who was seen in a viral video threatening and castigating President Akufo-Addo and the electoral commission chairperson Jean Mensa has been arrested. The preacher was reportedly arrested by plain cloth security men during a live interview with Accra-based Hot FM Tuesday morning. The pastor at a Church Service on Facebook live via NDC ...

Outspoken founding member of the governing NPP, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has expressed what he says are his “deep worries” about events in Ghana since President Nana Akufo-Addo took the reins of power. In a press statement issued on Monday, June 8, 2020, the senior citizen said these events risk plunging the country into anarchy if care is not taken. “There ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that the underlying legal reasons for its decision not to include the existing voter’s Identification Card (ID) in its upcoming registration exercise is because the Supreme Court itself has held that the register is reasonably not credible and that by implication, the cards issued pursuant to it are also reasonably not credible. The EC ...