The Electoral Commission (EC) will use the no-verification-no-vote policy for the 2020 elections. As part of efforts to upgrade its Biometric Voter Management System (BVMS), the EC plans to do away with the manual verification of voters, according to the Commission’s Director of Elections, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, who spoke on Eyewitness News. “We want to eliminate the possibility of depending ...
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Enorme prijsverschillen nieuw rijbewijs per gemeente: van 32,95 tot 102,45 euro
Voor vervanging van een rijbewijs ben je in de ene gemeente veel duurder uit dan in de andere. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Independer. De kosten voor een nieuw rijbewijs, nadat het is gestolen of kwijtgeraakt, variëren van 32,95 euro tot 102,45 euro. Voor een spoedaanvraag moet tussen de 67,05 euro en 136,55 euro worden betaald. Veel gemeenten rekenen bovenop ...
Read More »Kilo’s kwijtraken door anders te eten: dit zijn de vier opties
Deze maand wil bijna iedereen wat afvallen, maar hoe? Vetarm eten? Minder koolhydraten? Is vasten de weg of moet je je leefstijl aanpassen? Voedingsdeskundige Jaap Seidell en arts Tamara de Weijer geven commentaar op deze vier mogelijkheden. Een koolhydraatarm dieet Eens in de zoveel tijd keert de hype over ‘low carb’ terug, onder nieuwe namen als Atkins (1972), Montignac (1996), ...
Read More »Why some applicants are yet to get their Ghana Cards – NIA boss explains
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has attributed the delay in issuing Ghana cards to some applicants to inconsistencies in the data provided by the affected applicants. Explaining why many applicants were yet to have their cards printed or issued to them, the Executive Secretary of the NIA, Professor Ken Attafuah said the NIA was resolving the issue on a case ...
Read More »NDC, Mahama run to churches, pastors to stop EC’s new voter roll – Reports
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its flag bearer, Mr John Dramani Mahama, have turned to the head pastors of The Church of Pentecost to intervene in the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voter register a few months into the elections. The party’s National Chairman, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, while reiterating the NDC’s opposition ...
Read More »Watch: The road trip in Kumasi that requires a mask
Video Archive Listen to the Article A young man with a pollution mask stands by the Atonsu-Lake road waiting for his customers. It doesn’t take long for them to arrive one after the other, offering 50p for one mask as the passengers brace for one hell of a journey. “We have reduced the price so everyone can buy,” he said. ...
Read More »Greater Accra is the most expensive region in Ghana, Ashanti among the cheapest
An analysis of the Ghana Statistical Service’s data on inflation for 2019 shows that Greater Accra was the most expensive region for consumers over the past 12 months. The country’s statistical agency which collects data on the changes in prices of food and non-food items on Wednesday, released its December 2019 data which showed that inflation in Greater Accra stood ...
Read More »13 political parties back EC’s move for new voters’ register
Thirteen political parties say the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 elections is necessary. The parties which include the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), National Democratic Party (NDP), People’s National Convention (PNC), Convention People’s Party (CPP) among others, believe the EC has made a solid case for a ...
Read More »2020 election results will be rejected if EC rejects stakeholder contributions – Kwesi Pratt
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has said he will lead Ghanaians to reject the 2020 general election results should the Electoral Commission (EC) ignore the contribution of stakeholders and conduct the polls the way it wants. Speaking at a public forum organised by the Coalition of CSOs for Good Governance on whether or not the ...
Read More »Ghanaians to use National ID cards as voter identification soon – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the introduction of the National Identification Card will soon erase all arguments about the use of voters’ register for elections in the country. According to him, the card will automatically replace the voters’ ID since the Electoral Commission (EC) will extract details of all those who have turned eighteen and above and ...
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