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Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency and Majority LeaderOsei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said there is the need to change the constitution of the political parties to enable all card-bearing members to be able to vote to elect executives of the party including parliamentary candidates. He said on TV3‘s New Day Wednesday, September 23 that this will deepen the democratic credentials of ...

General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has described as foolish calls made by former president John Dramani Mahama on the international community about the ongoing voters register exhibition exercise. Mr. Mahama who is the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) together with his running mate, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 ...

Introduction The two main political parties, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress(NDC) have outdoored their respective manifestos, ahead of the December 2020 general elections. The manifestos are replete with a bevy of promises, on which the two parties have anchored their developmental intentions for the people of Ghana. These developmental blueprints ...

“The chief of this area is foolish and walking around,” this is the exact quote District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere East Mary Boatemaa Marfo used in describing Mponuahene of Asokore Traditional Area Nana Akwantey Boffour. The appointee who is heard in a leaked audio scheming against the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, wants ...

A murky $150 COVID-19 test contract awarded to Frontier Healthcare Services Limited (FHSL) incorporated in Ghana on July 21, 2020 – just 40 days before President Akufo-Addo opened the air borders – has set tongues wagging. FHSL is embroiled in an ownership suspicion as it’s linked to a company incorporated in the notorious offshore tax haven of Dominica, an island ...

Government has extended the free water package in the wake ofCOVID-19 to the end of the year, the Water and Sanitation Ministry has announced in a statement. The statement noted the move to enable Ghanaians continue with the handwashing protocol in the combat of the deadly virus. It, however, urged Ghanaians to be judicious in the water of water. So ...

The Ghana Airports Company Limited has announced that effective 6 pm Tuesday, September 22, 2020, airlines that fly passengers who do not possess PCR tests or disembark passengers with positive PCR tests at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra will be charged a fine of US$3,500 per passenger. The airport authorities have also indicated that non-Ghanaians who on arrival ...

Veteran journalist Kweku Baako has reacted to a statement from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which sought to discredit his claims that former President John Dramani Mahama cut sod for projects when budgetary allocations had not been made for the said projects. Baako on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, said on Peace FM that the Mahama government and the NDC could ...

Ghana’s Labour Act 651 is under review to address sexual harassments and other emerging trends of violence against women at places. Mrs. Ruth Ferkah Kyere, Head of International/ Gender Desk, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, said this at a meeting organized by Gender Center for Empowering Development (GenCED) in Accra. The meeting, which brought together stakeholders from the Trades ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said a video circulating on social media purporting to show its officials printing new voters’ ID cards although the voters’ registration exercise has been completed is misleading. The video, according to the EC, erroneously creates the impression that staff of the Commission are printing ID cards after the expiration of the voters’ registration exercise. The ...