The Electoral Commission (EC) says the Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) which matured recently, does not give the Commission the mandate to use the biometric data of the National Identification Authority (NIA). What the CI sort to do, the Commission explained in a statement signed by Sylvia Annoh, the Acting Director of Public Affairs, “is to rely on the physical NIA ...

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as “unfortunate” recent statements made by the Minority Leader ofParliament following a meeting of the Chair of the Commission with the Special Budget Committee. Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday told journalists that after meeting the Committee, Jean Mensa had suggested that the number of polling centres to be used for the upcoming registration exercise ...

From the building of a new data centre through the acquisition of enhanced voting equipment and materials, to the conduct of the December 2020 General Election, Ghana’s Electoral Commissionwould save the nation millions of cash in its activities. Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, made the assessment, on Wednesday, and wondered why the Minority Caucus was raising ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is intensifying its smear campaign against President Akufo-Addo and the Electoral Commission (EC) after being rattled by the approval of the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (C.I.126) by Parliament. The new constitutional instrument (C.I.) gives a legal framework for the EC to compile a new register of voters in preparation for ...

In June 2017, the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia urged Ghanaians to restore the nation’s values, which has been destroyed by corruption, as it is a requisite for nation-building. He made the statement at the National Commission for Civic Education’s (NCCE) national dialogue which took place at the National Theatre on June 14, 2017. “The ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has said that there are names of more than one million dead people still on the country’s electoral roll. This according to her could create room for manipulation, as a result, all the necessary steps must be taken to ensure that names that were not supposed to be on the ...

The Chief of Breman in the Suame Constituency in Kumasi, Baffuor Kotei Kutin Sraman, has caused a stir by offering special prayers at a cemetery for the flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), ex-President John Dramani Mahama. The traditional leader particularly prayed to the ancestors of Breman, which is one of the known traditional towns in Asanteman, ...

Former President John Mahama has asked the government to withdraw the Public Universities Bill saying in the event that it is passed despite opposition from the University Teachers Association and other stakeholders, he would have it repealed should he win the 2020 polls. In a write-up, the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress said: “What our universities need is ...

Former President John Mahama is advocating for the withdrawal of the Public Universities Bill since it does not guarantee the “independence of our intellectuals and other researchers in state-owned universities”. “The Bill as it stands does not only risk undermining academic innovation and ingenuity; it will also jettison decades of scholarly excellence and adversely affect Ghana’s position as the preferred ...

Supporters of Lawyer Philip Addison are outraged over the party’s decision to disqualify him and have urged that he goes independent. Lawyer Philip Addison, who rose to fame during the 2012 election petition hearing at the Supreme Court was disqualified from contesting the Akuapem North seat on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). A spokesperson for the ...