General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has disclosed that the party is putting things together to have their primaries organized within the next three weeks. According to him, the National Executive Committee of the party will meet as soon as possible to have a date scheduled for the primaries. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye ...

The Danquah Institute (DI) has said though it supports the EC’s decision to compile a new register, the electoral management body must be forthright and decisive in its approach and processes. At a press conference in Accra on Monday, June 1, 2020, the Acting Executive Director, Richard Ahiagbah, mentioned the EC’s public education and rationalization as a major reason why ...

Due to President Akufo-Addo’s announcement on the resumption of religious activities as part of easing the COVID-19 induced restrictions, the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has outlined some detailed guidelines for churches that will be operating. Mr Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, at a media encounter on Monday evening, June 1, 2020, stated, amongst the advisories for various religions, elderly persons ...

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 ...