POLITICS

The controversial registration exercises by the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) will soon resume following the easing of restrictions on public and social gatherings by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In his 10th televised address to the nation on the Coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday, May 31, the president urged institutions to adhere to safety protocols ...

The Fulani Community in Ghana says it will be disenfranchised if the Electoral Commission insists on the two main means of proof of citizenship – Ghana card and Passport- in the upcoming voter’s registration exercise. According to the Fulanis, the National Identification Authority refused to register them for the Ghana cards and they are also denied the opportunity of securing ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that Churches and schools for final year students will resume in June as part of measures to ease the restrictions introduced to slow the spread of the deadly COVID-19. Effective June 5, 2020, Churches can reopen with a maximum of 100 people under effective social distancing rules. Churches and Mosques must also not ...

President Akufo-Addo has clarified that the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) are not covered under the restrictions he imposed on institutions and Ghanaians in the wake of COVID-19. In an address to the nation on measures taken to combat the virus by government, the President said the EC and NIA are to undertake their operations but ...

Bernard Mornah says his recent statement that has generated controversy was only offering counsel to the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana. His comments rebuked the EC over their attempt to compile a new voters’ register amid concerns from political parties. The CID of Ghana Police Service invited Mr. Mornah for questioning over those pronouncements he made against the EC, which ...

A former Finance Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration has stated that the negative impact of COVID-19 on the Ghanaian economy is severer than the impact of the power crisis and the global financial crisis that had a direct impact on the economy. Mr Terkper’s comment comes after the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday, presented a report to ...

President of Policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe is convinced the posture and utterances of the Electoral Commission (EC) as regards this year’s electoral process are indications that the body is under a spell. “The more one listens to the EC commissioners on this horribly managed electoral process, it becomes obvious immediately, that they have been possessed by some ...

The woes of embattled pastor Daniel Obinim, founder and leader of International God’s Way Church (IGWC), do not appear to be over as the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) chases him to pay about GH¢1.6 million in taxes to the state. As if that is not enough, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who has launched ...

Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC), the Bono regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that the brother of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills, is someone who always speaks under the influence of alcohol. Previously, a furious Samuel Atta Mills, a relative of President Atta-Mills cum MP for Komenda-Edina-Eguaafo-Abirem (KEEA), sounded a stern warning to politicians, especially those ...

Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama has donated some Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the South Tongu and Ketu South District/Municipal hospitals in Sogakope and Aflao respectively, on Thursday 28 May 2020 in support of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Each of the two facilities received 2000 nose masks, 2000 pieces of hand ...