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As far as the maintenance of law and order is concerned, there is no over-flogging the subject editorially. It is for this reason that we have decided to return to the subject following especially Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul’s warning that the military would not fold its arms as troublemakers disturb the country’s peace. It would be paradoxical if such political ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is participating in the Electoral Commission (EC) pilot voter registration exercise. The party has therefore directed its regional executives to attend the programme, an indication that when the registration finally takes of later parts of the month the NDC party may participate against its avowed opposition. The exercise commenced today, June 2, 2020, and is ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is satisfied with today’s piloting of the new voters’ registration exercise being conducted nationwide. The exercise which is being held in all 16 regional capitals in the country is to identify problems associated with the new system for the technical team to address them. In a statement, the EC said: “all issues identified will ...

Parliament has disclosed that allegations by NDC MP for Ejumako Enyan Essiam that a question he filed in the House on details of funds allocated for the COVID-19 fight during the lockdown is yet to be answered – weeks later – are false. A statement from the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, indicates that the ...

Scores of people including political activists on Tuesday stormed the Volta Regional Offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) to participate in the piloting of the new Biometric Voters Register (BVR) kit and processes. The exercise is to test the efficacy of the machine ahead of the mass voter registration exercise later this month for the 2020 general elections. The two-day ...

The managing editor for Insight newspaper, Kwasi Pratt Jnr has stated that Ghanaians who do not have sympathy for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his fight against coronavirus are ‘wicked’. In an interview with Peace FM’s Kwame Sefa Kayi earlier today, June 2, 2020, monitored by GhanaWeb, Mr. Pratt highlighted the challenges the president is facing as head of ...

Members of Parliament of the National Democracy Congress (NDC) showed up in their numbers to support the National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, who has been invited by the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) for questioning over his comments about the new voters’ register controversy. The MPs drove in circles while honking continuously, around the premises of ...

The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), one of the popular churches in Ghana with a large congregation, has announced that it will remain closed despite government’s decision to ease coronavirus restrictions and allow religious bodies to operate. In his 10th address to the nation on Sunday, President Nana Akufo-Addo stated that churches and mosques can admit up 100 people during ...

General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has disclosed that the party is putting things together to have their primaries organized within the next three weeks. According to him, the National Executive Committee of the party will meet as soon as possible to have a date scheduled for the primaries. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye ...

The Danquah Institute (DI) has said though it supports the EC’s decision to compile a new register, the electoral management body must be forthright and decisive in its approach and processes. At a press conference in Accra on Monday, June 1, 2020, the Acting Executive Director, Richard Ahiagbah, mentioned the EC’s public education and rationalization as a major reason why ...