POLITICS

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has vowed that his caucus will not deal with the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in any way. He told TV3‘s Komla Klutse on the sideline of a march by Minority members (MPs) to the headquarters of the Commission on Tuesday, December 22 that they have ...

Thousands of aggrieved NDC supporters in the Lower Manya Krobo Constituency of the Eastern Region are protesting against the outcome of the 2020 elections. According to them, the elections were flawed and rigged by the Electoral Commission in favour of the governing New Patriotic Party. The Protesters are led by the National Youth Organizer of the party George Opare Addo, ...

The Bono NPP Regional Deputy Youth organizer, Shadrach Abrefa Mensa has called on president-elect, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to ensure that he appoints more youth to leadership positions in his next administration. According to him, such appointments will help the young ones to be nurtured and their skills utilized for the development of the country. Commander Abrefa Mensa speaking ...

Vice Presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party, Kofi Asamoah Siaw has described the election of John Peter Amewu as illegal. Mr. Asamoah-Siaw argues that the Electoral Commission should have divided the Hohoe constituency into two following the creation of the Oti Region. He said the laws are clear on this hence the election of the Energy Minister as MP is illegal. He wants ...

The Minority in Parliament is marching to the Electoral Commission headquarters this morning to protest the results of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary polls. The march comes on the back of the continuous street protests by supporters of the party following the declaration of results by the chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa. The NDC and its flagbearer John ...

Former President John Mahama has urged aggrieved supporters of the National Democratic Congress to be peaceful as they protest the results of 2020 presidential and parliamentary election announced by the Electoral Commission. Mr Mahama made the call while commending the Ghana Pentecostal Council for acknowledging the right of aggrieved parties following an election to demonstrate. “Elections can be emotive and ...

Things turned confrontational at the Electoral Commission’s Headquarters in Accra when some Minority members in parliament stormed the Electoral Commission’s Headquarters to present a petition. A number of about 50 MPs who were clad in black attire were initially stopped at the Ridge roundabout but managed to cross the barricade while they were being pushed by the police. They were ...

The Electoral Commission has announced it will break for the Christmas festivities on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. The announcement comes in the wake of the street protests over the results of the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary polls by the opposition National Democratic Congress. The NDC has also pointed out some specific constituencies where they believe their parliamentary candidates won ...

The Ghana Medical Association ( GMA) has expressed concerns over the conduct of law enforcement agencies in the fight against COVID-19. According to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the GMA, Dr Paa Kwasi Baidoo, Police officers who are supposed to enforce the law on mask-wearing among Ghanaians are not wearing it themselves. “I went to a police station and personnel ...

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said their street protests will rage unabated to overturn the “stolen elections”. He emphasized that if the opposition NDC doesn’t get the needed justice in this episode of rigged elections, that will be the end of the country’s democracy. “All the things that guarantee democracy have been ...