POLITICS

Two contests at the just ended National Delegates Congress of the NDC were considered by many to be the most hotly contested, and considering the positions at stake, who would be wrong to see such high profile dignitaries in those races. Prior to the elections over the weekend, the prediction of who was to win the National Chairman race was ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has found it absurd, a decision by the minority members in Parliament, to describe the 2019 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Akufo-Addo-led government as “Made-in-China”. Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako explained that with a population of 1.3 billion, China, recently became the world’s second-largest economy; contributing 39% to world growth in ...

Former President John Mahama has advised NDC delegates who will vote at the party’s 9th delegates Congress at the Trade Fair today to elect executives they can trust. According to him, Ghanaians are counting on the NDC to deliver them from the hardships inflicted on them by the Akufo-Addo government hence the NDC cannot fail. In a solidarity message ahead ...

All eyes are on the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who are set to decide their fate for the election 2020 as executives given the mandate today will seek to unseat the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) from governing the country. A total of 65 aspirants are vying for the positions of National Chairman, Vice National Chairman, General Secretary, Vice ...

All is set at the Accra International Trade Fair Centre here in the capital as the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are set to decide on National Executives who will steer the affairs of the party from the year 2020 and beyond. The importance of this Delegates’ congress cannot be overemphasized as the party hopes the new crop of executives ...

Former President and NDC flagbearer aspirant John Mahama has raised concerns over government’s decision to spend a whopping GHC1.8billion on the free SHS Policy next year, saying the money should be divested into other sectors to create opportunities for graduates of the policy when they leave school. “When these students graduate, where will they get employment? Some of that money ...

All the presidents Ghana has had under the Fourth Republican constitution have been accused of practising nepotism for appointing known family to positions of appointment. President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has been cited for leading the charge when it comes to nepotism in government. Speaking on Corruption Watch on Adom FM Friday, Executive Director of the Centre for Democratic Development ...

A flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has claimed that the NDC is broke, bemoaning the lack of party offices in key electoral areas, such as the Volta region. Speaking to journalists ahead of the party’s delegates congress, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah disclosed that some of the party’s branches in the Volta region have no offices, ...

Delegates of the opposition National Democratic Congress have started arriving at the Fantasy Dome at Trade Fair in Accra for Saturday’s Congress which will elect a new general secretary, chairman and other national executives of the party. Over 9000 delegates are expected to take part in the polls. Political watchers say the general secretary slot is the keenest as the ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has blamed the collapse of indigenous banks in the country on the refusal of the government to pay contractors for work done under his administration. He said contractors took loans from the banks to execute the projects so the delay in payment weighs heavily on the books of the banks hence the insolvency challenges. UT ...