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Nobody is afraid of your jail threats – Sampson Ahi fires back at Atta Akyea

Deputy Minister of Works and Housing in the Mahama administration, Sampson Ahi says there was nothing untoward done in the execution of the agreement of the Saglemi Housing Project. According to him, everything was ongoing as planned until the Mahama-led government lost the elections. Mr Ahi’s claims come in the wake of pronouncements by the Minister of Works and Housing, ...

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New register: Consult stakeholders – Rawlings to EC

Former president JJ Rawlings has entreated the Electoral Commission (EC) to embark on an extensive consultation with all stakeholders ahead of the compilation of a new voter’s register. Speaking during the 41st anniversary of the June 4 uprising in Accra on Thursday, Mr. Rawlings said: “It is equally important for that revered institution, EC, to ensure that the processes leading ...

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Election 2020: Rawlings urges EC to use consultative approach

Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Thursday urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to use consultative approach that binds in stakeholders throughout the electoral process. He said the EC, the fulcrum of Ghana’s multiparty democracy, must be supported and protected by all stakeholders to ensure a free, fair and transparent election and a peaceful society. “That notwithstanding, it is equally important ...

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Anyidoho implores NDC leadership to instil discipline in the party

A former General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has charged the leadership of his party to instil discipline among members. According to Koku Anyidoho, who has felt sidelined since his defeated at the party’s congress, there are some undisciplined young people in the NDC who think they have seen it all. “We too we saw things…I just ...

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Voter’s register has non-Ghanaians – Kufuor backs new register

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has thrown his weight behind the compilation of a new voter’s register for the 2020 general elections in December. The former president claimed most people on the register used foul means to get their voters identification cards (ID) and that does not make the voters register clean. The debate on the compilation of a new ...

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Daily Guide: The Defence Minister has spoken

As far as the maintenance of law and order is concerned, there is no over-flogging the subject editorially. It is for this reason that we have decided to return to the subject following especially Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul’s warning that the military would not fold its arms as troublemakers disturb the country’s peace. It would be paradoxical if such political ...

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NDC joins EC pilot registration exercise

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is participating in the Electoral Commission (EC) pilot voter registration exercise. The party has therefore directed its regional executives to attend the programme, an indication that when the registration finally takes of later parts of the month the NDC party may participate against its avowed opposition. The exercise commenced today, June 2, 2020, and is ...

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