POLITICS

The Electoral Commission (EC) is on track to compile a new voters’ register to replace the blemish-fraught roll. This came to light during the EC engagement with some civil society organisations (CSOs) at Alisa Hotel in Accra yesterday to justify the need for the compilation ahead of the 2020 general elections in December. The determination of the commission could not ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says it will reward law-abiding commercial drivers with a quarterly incentive of GHC 300, disbursed into their bank accounts if they win power in the December polls. The stipend, the party explains, is for commercial drivers who become certified in basic first aid and crash scene management. The promise comes in the wake of two ...

Tears run down the checks of former president John Dramani Mahama yesterday, January 16, 2020 during the launch of NDC’s Electronic Payment Platform held in Accra. The former president who mounted the podium to address the crowd ended up weeping for close to two minutes. Though the reason for his tears is not clear, it could be seen from all ...

A coalition of major Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and key individuals under the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) have collectively rejected the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters’ register ahead of this year’s general elections. The coalition, numbering about eighteen (18) CSOs are the latest to join several groups to criticize the EC’s plan to introduce ...

Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that it has awarded the contract for the construction of the new Production and Disaster Recovery Data Centre to Persol Systems Limited and began processes for construction. The telecommunication giant, MTN, has also secured the contract to provide network or internet connectivity services to the various district offices of the Commission. The selection was ...

Former President John Mahama says a future NDC administration will reintroduce the automatic promotion for teachers if the party wins power in the December polls. He also reiterated his claim that an NDC government under his leadership will cancel the controversial teacher licensure exams. Speaking at an event in Accra to launch digital platforms for donations towards the party’s campaign, ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a digital campaign aimed at getting members to help finance the party ahead of the  December polls. Members of the party, according to the initiative, are required to download a special application on playstore on their mobile phones to enable them easily contribute. As part of the initiative, members of the ...

The Coalition of Affected Savings and Loans Customers (CASLOC) have reiterated their readiness to vote out the Akkufo Addo led-government in the 2020 polls for failing to address the plight of about 3.3 million depositors of the closed-down financial institutions. They argued that if less than a hundred thousand customers of DKM and the likes could send NDC to opposition ...

The 21-member Eminent Advisory Committee of the Electoral Commission (EC) has called on all political parties and other stakeholders to remain calm in the wake of the EC’s decision to compile a new voters register. This follows a meeting between the committee and the EC, for the commission to outline its justification for a new voter register for the upcoming ...

Influential New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has “begged” President Nana Akufo-Addo to relieve the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng of his post, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), the heart surgeon who has been made the head of the committee fighting the illegal mining menace in ...