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Bernard Mornah enjoyed registering his name; why didn’t he disrupt the exercise? – Atik Mohammed

General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed has ridiculed the party’s National Chairman and a leading member of IPRAN, Bernard Mornah for participating in the ongoing new voters’ registration exercise. It could be recalled that Bernard Mornah, prior to the registration exercise, vehemently opposed the Electoral Commission (EC) decision to compile a new voters’ register. He threatened ...

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John Boadu slams Carlos Ahenkorah for roaming registration centres

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu has described as unfortunate the inspection visit by Member ofParliament (MP) for Tema West Constituency to some voter registration centres when he knew he had tested positive for coronavirus. JB, as NPP’s scribe is affectionately called, said that was “wrong” and Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, who is also a Deputy Minister ...

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Resign or be fired – Akufo-Addo to Carlos Ahenkorah

The deputy minister for Trade and Member of Parliament for Tema East Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has been given an ultimatum by the President to resign or be fired. The ultimatum was given to him after the MP granted interviews to several radio stations in Accra confirming he visited registration centres despite his COVID-19 postive status. According to Mr Ahenkorah, he ...

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Netherlands ambassador applauds Ghana’s coronavirus management

Mr Ron Strikker, Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana has lauded the Government of Ghana for professionally managing the Coronavirus pandemic also known as COVID-19. He was commending the Ghana Police Service (GPS) for strictly following the preventive measures of COVID-19 when it jointly launched a framework on media-police with the media, among other stakeholders. Mr Strikker described the event planning as ...

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Daily Guide: Stop foreigners from registering

The registration exercise has started and we too endorse the President’s call that all Ghanaians should go and register as voters. A critical register of voters is being compiled and for the first time in several years, we are about to see the true number of the enfranchised in this country. No longer shall we be dazed by unconvincing figures ...

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NPP’s Sir John is dead

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, has passed away. He is reported to have died on Wednesday evening at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a short illness. The renowned lawyer-cum-politician died after testing positive for the novel Coronavirus, GhanaWeb gathered. Sir John reportedly succumbed to complications of the ...

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World Bank supports Ghana with US$315 million

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $315 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to support job creation, skills development and digital transformation in the country. This financing includes $200 million for the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project and an additional financing of $115 million for the eTransform Ghana Project. “The two projects are aligned with the ...

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‘December 7 must be a Ghanaian election, not a West African election’ – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says it must be the collective responsibility of Ghanaians to ensure that the country has a register fit for purpose for the conduct of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we must all make sure that persons who do not meet the requirements, as set out clearly in the Constitution, ...

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‘Bow your heads in shame!’ Nitiwul tells NDC after ‘withdraw army ultimatum’

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 ...

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