Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) must bow their heads in shame for playing propaganda with the deployment of soldiers to the various border towns in Ghana, as part of measures to prevent the citizens of neighbouring countries from smuggling themselves into Ghana and bringing along with them more COVID-19 cases, Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has said. The ...

The much-anticipated voters registration exercise of the Electoral Commission is commencing on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Ahead of that, Chairperson of the commission, met with media persons Monday, to relay updates with regards to the exercise. She, among other things, touched on measures put in place by the EC to ensure the process is safe and risk-free, as far as ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo to proceed on his leave which has accrued to 123 days, a statement by the presidency has said. According to the statement signed by Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, per the records available, the leave will take effect on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Since his appointment ...

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta has terminated the road contract between the government of Ghana and Messrs Nkwantabisa contractors. The contract agreement which had the contractors working on the Akyem Wenchi Junction to Kade stretch in the Eastern Region according to the minister was ended based on what he describes as unnecessary delays in its completion. ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday appealed to both winners and losers in last weekend’s parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to make peace. He congratulated all those who came out winners and got the opportunity to represent their Party at the elections in December. “As always happens during elections, there are losers, many of these people are important ...

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has called for the amendment of the Legal Framework that appoints the top hierarchy of the Electoral Commission. This is to make way for bi-partisan consultation in the selection of the Commissioners to cure what he described as, the ‘mischief of mistrust’. Speaking at a forum on Independent Governance Institutions and the 2020 Elections ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said its officials will be in all the districts throughout the country to undertake the Voters Registration Exercise from June, 30 to August 6. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, signed by Mrs Sylvia Annoh, Acting Director of Public Affairs of the EC, said qualified applicants above 69 years, pregnant women, lactating mothers ...

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the largest opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has gone berserk by unleashing unprovoked attacks on certain personalities in the country, especially the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, simply because she is trying to lead the compilation of a new voters’ register ahead of the December general election. Without any justification, the NDC ...

Two-time president of Ghana, John Agyekum has called for the relentless support of the NPP and its leadership ahead of the December elections. Addressing the National Council and members of the National Executive Committee of the NPP at the acclamation of Nana Akufo-Addo as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2020 polls, the former President implored Ghanaians to sustainably renew ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has come at the National Democratic Congress for misinterpreting the Supreme Court’s ruling on the new voters register. According to him, the opposition NDC and its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia could have understood the ruling better if they had critically paid attention to the judgement provided. “They are still trying to make a comeback to give us an ...