POLITICS

Professor Ranford Gyampo, Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana has described the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei and her two deputies as “legally wise” but “politically unwise”. According to him, although President Akufo-Addo was right in handing the petition against the Chair and her deputies to the Chief Justice, he failed ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed its planned demonstration over the dismissal of the chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei due to the demise of the former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur. The opposition party announced Thursday evening that it will hold a major demonstration in the capital, Accra over president Akufo-Addo’s decision to remove Mrs. Osei and her ...

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has described his predecessor, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as a “first class gentleman” following his death. In a Facebook post to mourn the late vice-president, Dr Bawumia said Amissah-Arthur “dutifully served our nation.” The post read: “I received with shock and sadness the sudden death of my predecessor, His Excellency Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, former Vice President of the ...

The dismissed Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei has eulogized the late Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur describing him as a true gentlemen. The former Vice President died at the 37 military hospital Friday Morning after he reportedly collapsed at the Air Force base gym. In a Facebook post, Mrs. Osei who was removed as EC chair by President Akufo-Addo ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was bound by recommendations by the five-member committee set up by the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo to remove Mrs Charlotte Osei from office as Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) private legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini has said. Her two deputies: Georgina Opoku Amankwah and Amadu Sulley, were also removed from office by the president ...

National Youth Organizer for the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Siidi Abubakar, has sent a strong warning to the President of Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo that, the umbrella family is ready to engage in a civil disobedience over the removal of Mrs Charlotte Osei as the Chairperson for the Electoral Commission (EC). Speaking in an interview with ...

Fierce critic of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Dr. Arthur K. Kennedy has commented on the President’s decision to dismiss three commissioners including Charlotte Osei of the Electoral Commission. Dr. Arthur K. Kennedy who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) but does not shy away from criticising the party is calling on Ghanaian to reserve their judgement ...

Immediate past Chair of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, breached procurement laws in the award of several contracts, prior to the 2016 elections, a report by the committee that investigated her has indicated. Mrs Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwaa have been removed from office following a recommedation by the committee constituted by the ...

Former Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur has died, Starrfmonline.com has learnt. The former governor of the Central Bank died shortly after being rushed to the 37 military hospital after he reportedly collapsed while at the gym early Friday morning. Amissah-Arthur was an economist, academic and politician who was the sixth Vice-President of Ghana, in office from 6 August 2012 until ...

A group calling itself, Caucus for Democratic Governance Ghana (CDG-GH) has opined that corrupt activities have become a national disaster under the watch of President Akufo-Addo. Some Ghanaians have levelled corrupt activities against the NPP government led by President Akufo-Addo since the assumption of office. In a statement issued on Thursday, June 28 and signed by the group’s Chief Convener, ...