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Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to use consultative approach that binds in stakeholders throughout the electoral process. He said the EC, the fulcrum of Ghana’s multiparty democracy, must be supported and protected by all stakeholders to ensure a free, fair and transparent election and a peaceful society. “That notwithstanding, it is equally important ...

A former General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has charged the leadership of his party to instil discipline among members. According to Koku Anyidoho, who has felt sidelined since his defeated at the party’s congress, there are some undisciplined young people in the NDC who think they have seen it all. “We too we saw things…I just ...

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to provide legal reasons why they have chosen to omit the existing voter identification card out of the list of ID cards acceptable for the upcoming voters’ registration exercise set to begin at the end of June. The seven-member panel was presided over by the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah. The ...

Some victims who survived the June 3, 2015, disaster at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra are calling on the government to commit to the compensation packages promised them. The 2015 episode saw an explosion at a fuel station during a heavy downpour which flooded parts of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle leaving over 100 people dead and others sustaining various ...

Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen has that the Komenda Sugar Factory cannot be handed over to the concessionaire unless sugar policy to guide the operations of the factory has been put in place. The Factory in the Central Region was set to begin operations in mid 2020. But Alan Kyerematen told Parliament on Wednesday June 3 there is the need for ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total of 99,468 bags of Cocoa fertilizers to be distributed to 126 farmer cooperative groups within Wiawso and Akontombra districts of the Western North Region. Mr John Ahi, Boako District Technical Officer, said the 126 farmer corporative groups were from the Wiawso and Akontombra ...

Government has signed a historic €500 million contract for the construction of sections of the Western Railway Line. The contract signed on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, is for the construction of a standard gauge rail line between Takoradi Harbour and Huni Valley, according to Railways Development Minister, Joe Ghartey. The deal is considered the largest single rail contract in the ...

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has thrown his weight behind the compilation of a new voter’s register for the 2020 general elections in December. The former president claimed most people on the register used foul means to get their voters identification cards (ID) and that does not make the voters register clean. The debate on the compilation of a new ...

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 ...