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 ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo has said governments of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) always develop the local economy while those of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) destroy it. He has therefore asked Ghanaians to vote massively for him and the NPP in this year’s presidential elections in order to take the development of the economy to another level. Speaking during the unveiling ...

A Private Legal Practitioner and member of the Communications Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawyer Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has backed the clarion call of the party’s flagbearer on all members of the largest opposition party to participate in the upcoming mass registration exercise for new voter’s identification card for the 2020 general election. He said Mr Mahama’s call on party ...

The Ministry of Railways Development has signed an agreement with DongFang Electric International Corporation for the supply of rolling stock and 35 standard gauge trains. Total value of the standard gauge trains is estimated at $243,600,000. Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, signed the agreement with DongFang Electric International in Accra on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. In a similar development, the ...

Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has indicated that the digitisation of the Births and Deaths Registry is near completion. He added that the registry digitisation process, which is 80 per cent complete, will have its database integrated into the National Identification Authority. He further explained that the database integration will also include Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and National Health Insurance ...

The Electoral Commission says it has accepted and will respect the decision of the Supreme Court in the compilation of a new voters’ register for the conduct of the December 2020 presidential and parliamentary election. Attempts by the EC to undertake a new registration exercise towards a new register was challenged at the Supreme Court by the National Democratic Congress and one Mark Tekyi-Benson. ...

Professor Ansu D. Sonii Sr., the Education Minister of Liberia who has tested positive for COVID-19, has been flown into Accra for treatment. The 70-year-old minister was flown in over the weekend after his condition deteriorated. In a Joy News report, the minister was said to be in a stable condition and responding to treatment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The ...