POLITICS

Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah is asking the NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia and National Chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo to step aside from preparations towards the presidential primaries of the party. This is because, he believes, the two executives have compromised their positions and cannot be trusted be neutral in the polls. “Obviously these are people who have already declared support ...

One of the eight disgruntled National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer aspirants has called the bluff of the party’s executives to close the nomination process on Tuesday. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah is confident the NDC National Executive Committee (NEC) will acknowledge it breached the party’s constitution by setting nomination and filing fees without consulting the National Council of Elders, and address the concerns ...

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has painted a bleak picture of the National Democratic Congress’ chances in the 2020 general elections if former President Mahama is chosen as presidential candidate. Speaking to Ago FM, the Nadowli Kaleo lawmaker who is also a flagbearer hopeful of the NDC said the party cannot win the 2020 general elections with Mahama ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has expressed gratitude to his supporters for raising funds for his nomination forms and filing fees as he contests the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer race. The NDC, at its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, 29 November at the party’s headquarters in Accra, resolved that all male flag bearer aspirants are expected ...

From all indications, the largest opposition political party in the country, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is cash-strapped barely two years after the party was voted out of office by the electorate. If the recent comments of the national officers of the party are anything to go by, then the NDC is in dire need of financial bailout to organize ...

Some grassroot supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)have on Monday, 3 December, 2018 queued at the office of former President John Dramani Mahama at Cantonments, Accra to contribute their little to fund the former president’s GHS400,000 filing fee. This comes as MPs4Mahama, a group of 96 Minority Members of Parliament who have declared their support for Mr Mahama’s bid ...

The NDC which is a social democratic political party is very expensive, that is why democracy was not commonly practiced until recent times. The NDC filing fee for the presidential aspirants is very good and moderate, it is not an easy task for the party to convey over 29,000 and above delegates to the polls centres, feed them, pay the ...

Editor-in Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said the Energy Minister John Peter Amewu may be sacked if power crisis ‘dumsor’ returns. The recent power outages triggered fears that the erratic power supply that plagued the country for three years some time back has returned. “When the Akufo Addo administration assumed office we had ...

Nine of the aspirants seeking to lead the National Democratic Congress in the 2020 elections have written to the Council of Elders of the party to intervene in the hefty GHC400,00 being charged as filing fee by the party executives. The aspirants including Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah and Alban Bagbin say the amount is unreasonable blaming the party’s general secretary Johnson ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed concern about the whopping increase in the filing fee for the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and called on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to take a second look at the decision. The Founder of the NDC cautioned that certain actions or decisions could either be a reflection of ...