Monthly Archives: January 2020

13 political parties back EC’s move for new voters’ register

Thirteen political parties say the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 elections is necessary. The parties which include the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), National Democratic Party (NDP), People’s National Convention (PNC), Convention People’s Party (CPP) among others, believe the EC has made a solid case for a ...

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2020 election results will be rejected if EC rejects stakeholder contributions – Kwesi Pratt

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has said he will lead Ghanaians to reject the 2020 general election results should the Electoral Commission (EC) ignore the contribution of stakeholders and conduct the polls the way it wants. Speaking at a public forum organised by the Coalition of CSOs for Good Governance on whether or not the ...

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Ghanaians to use National ID cards as voter identification soon – Bawumia

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the introduction of the National Identification Card will soon erase all arguments about the use of voters’ register for elections in the country. According to him, the card will automatically replace the voters’ ID since the Electoral Commission (EC) will extract details of all those who have turned eighteen and above and ...

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KMA to demolish Central Market January ending

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has concluded negotiations with traders for them to move into the new Kejetia Market to pave the way for the construction of the second phase of the Kejetia/Central Market Redevelopment Project. The KMA set the end of November last year as the deadline for the evacuation of all traders from the central market, but had ...

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EC replies opposition political parties

Video Archive Listen to the Article The Electoral Commission has once again denied the allegation that it intends to rig this year’s election in favour of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). “We have no intention of rigging the election; we make sure we involve all the political parties in everything we do; there is transparency in our processes”, Communications ...

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Compiling a new biometric voters register unreasonable – Right Alliance-Africa to EC

The Right Alliance-Africa (RAA) has expressed their displeasure at the proposal of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile new biometric voters register given the very short period to the 2020 general elections. According to RAA, it is unnecessary for the Electoral Commission to compile a new register as the current one has not lost its credibility. The civil society organization, ...

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comDeceitful Nduom should have been in jail – Fadi Dabbousi

Tough-talking staunch member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Fadi Dabbousi has opined that owner of defunct GN Bank, Paa Kwesi Nduom, would have been in prison were Ghana a different country for dissipating depositors’ money among others. The Lebanese-Ghanaian known for his strongly-worded articles has described Dr Nduom as a business jester who is neither a businessman nor a ...

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comMahama backtracks, leads attacks on EC«

Former President John Mahama appears to have backtracked on his call for no political party attacks against the Electoral Commission (EC). Reacting to the change of logo of the Electoral Commission by then chairperson of the Commission, Charlotte Osei, when he was President, Mr. Mahama could not fathom why some political parties at the time were ‘attacking’ the EC. He ...

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