President of the National House of Chiefs Ogyeahohuo Yaw Gyebi II, who doubles as the Paramount Chief of the Sefwi Anhwiaso Traditional Area in the Western North Region, has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to use legitimate means in defending their rejection of the December 7’s presidential election results. He has avidly appealed to the leadership of the ...
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Mahama’s defiant statement shows he was misinformed – Ben Ephson
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Former President John Dramani Mahama made his ‘defiant’ statement about the just-ended Presidential and Parliamentary elections because he may have been misinformed by the leadership of his party, Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper Mr Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson has said. “I think that he may have been misinformed. He ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints transition team for next government
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed a transitional team to facilitate the smooth changeover of administration even though his party, the NPP and himself will remain as president for the next four years. Under the Ghanaian constitution, a transitional team is enacted 24 hours after the declaration of presidential results. The appointment of the transitional team comes a day ...
Read More »We will resist any attempt to subvert the will of Ghanaians – Mahama vows
John Dramani Mahama, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress says the party will resist any attempt by the Electoral Commission and the ruling New Patriotic Party to rig the elections. Mahama remains firm in his conviction that he is the winner of the polls and suspects the EC is colluding with the government to change the outcome of the December 7 polls. ...
Read More »Professor Opoku-Agyemang as Vice Presidential candidate didn’t help NDC – Political analyst
Political Analyst and governance expert Frederick Agyarko Oduro has said one of the reasons the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was defeated in the 2020 general elections was as a result of the party’s decision to choose a lady as its Vice Presidential candidate. According to Mr. Oduro who described the party’s decision as “experiment”, his assertion is based on analysis of the ...
Read More »Akwatia NPP to punish saboteurs
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch in Akwatia has vowed to punish all party executives and members who sabotaged the party from retaining the parliamentary seat in the constituency. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, December 11 at Akwatia, NPP Chairman of the Akwatia constituency, Alhaji Baba Yakubu, decried how the party lost the parliamentary seat even though it won in the ...
Read More »Election 2020: NPP gains 137 seats, NDC 136 in Parliament – Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission has announced the certified Parliamentary results of the 2020 election across 275 constituencies. According to a statement issued by the EC on Thursday, December 10, 2020, the New Patriotic Party has won 137 seats in Parliament while the National Democratic Congress has won 136 seats. One independent candidate has however won a seat in Parliament while one outstanding result is yet to be provided from the ...
Read More »We will accept Fomena MP back – NPP
The New Patriotic Party has disclosed that they will accept the Member of Parliament for Fomena Constituency, Lawyer Andrew Amoako Asiamah back to the party. The Fomena MP became an outcast of the NPP after he decided to run independently in the parliamentary race in the December 7 elections. His seat was declared vacant after the party wrote to the Speaker of ...
Read More »EC revises disparities in presidential election results
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has explained some disparities in the December 7 presidential election results which were declared by the Chairperson of the Commission on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. The EC in a statement stated that, Jean Mensa “inadvertently used 13,433,573 as the total valid votes cast.” “The total valid votes cast is 13,119,460. This does not change the percentages stated ...
Read More »Gunshots fired, tyres burnt at Mahama’s office
At the peak of last night’s disturbances, gunshots were fired at the office of former President John Dramani Mahama by irate supporters of the National Democratic Congress. GhanaWeb reporters at the premise report that repeated gunshots were fired at the car park as irate supporters protested the outcome of the 2020 Presidential elections declared by Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission. ...
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