A professor at the University of Ghana Kodjo Sena has urged Christians and Muslims in the country to stay home and worship from there despite the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions on religious activities by President Akufo-Addo. According to him, the church and mosques could become avenues for the spread of the deadly coronavirus if care is not taken. “People should ...

Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, the Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, has directed churches and mosques to form COVID-19 Task Forces as part of measures to ensure congregants are safe during the novel Coronavirus pandemic. This directive was in line with the government’s decision to ease the restriction imposed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana. Outlining the detailed precautionary ...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) says the position of theNational Democratic Congress (NDC) that the commission can only compile the register of voters once at the inception of the Constitution and not on multiple occasions is an interpretation by the party to serve its ‘parochial interest’ and not a proper appreciation of the 1992 Constitution as a whole. The ...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana, National Identification Authority and the National Commission for Civic Education must carry out their activities with sensitivity to the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Akufo-Addo has told them. In his 10th televised address to the nation on Sunday, 31 May 2020, President Akufo-Addo said: “Constitutional and statutory bodies such as the Electoral Commission, the National Commission ...

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have come again, for the tenth (10th) time, into your homes to speak to you about the Coronavirus pandemic, share with you information about the fight against the virus, and outline to you the decisions I have taken about the next chapter of our common battle. I thank each and every one of you for ...

The Attorney General (AG) has responded to claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Electoral Commission (EC) is enjoined to compile the register of voters only once at the inception of the Constitution and not on multiple occasions, describing the position of the party as “patently absurd, far-fetched, outrageous and grossly erroneous.” In its response to a ...

At a media briefing yesterday. May 27, the Electoral Commission of Ghana finally announced a commencement date for a new voters register. According to the Deputy Chairperson of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, the exercise will start in the last week of June and end in the last week of July. This decision, after ...

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to make their concerns official to the EC. The only way they can do that, according to him, is to attend meetings organised by the EC. However, the largest opposition party decided to boycott an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting being ...

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has said a recent decision by the Commission on Human and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on an asset declaration petition against Chief Justice Anin Yeboah is adequate. The GACC is a cross-sectoral grouping of public, private and civil society organisations with a focus on promoting good governance and fighting corruption in Ghana. Deputy Executive Secretary for ...

As part of the measures to ensure Ghanaians comply with the strict protocols during the compilation of the new voters’ register at various polling stations, the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) has outlined some strict protocols to be adhered to in preventing the spread of the Coronavirus. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting held ...