POLITICS

The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has taken a swipe at the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area, Madam Lydia Seyram Alhassan, over what he describes as her refusal to see to the social welfare and development of the constituents whiles harbouring a tendency to jump into action whenever he (Dumelo) makes any move to ...

Ghanaian Pollster Ben Ephson says the deep-seated cracks within New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Navrongo Central Constituency leaves no chance for the Upper East regional Minister to retain the seat. According to him, the disunity in the NPP in the Constituency as a result of the Parliamentary Primaries will be difficult to resolve and will have an adverse effect ...

The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, is beginning a five-day campaign tour of the Western Region today, Monday, October 19. It follows his five-day tour of the Central Region which ended on Sunday. The Western regional tour will see Mr. Mahama address chiefs and people in a number of constituencies as well as interact with ...

Flagbearer of the NDC John Mahama has warned that the country may see the highest number of manual verification in its electoral history in the upcoming polls following the inability of the electoral commission to deploy Biometric Verification Devices to all centres during the exhibition exercise. The commission piloted 5,000 devices during the exhibition out of over 33,000 to be ...

Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central has confirmed the infiltration of the various security agencies by party loyalists and constituents of MPs. According to Kennedy Agyapong the practice of MPs and Ministers giving protocol lists when it’s time for enlistment into the military, police, immigration and other security services has been normalised. He noted on Net2 TV ...

Political science lecturer at the University of Ghana Dr Isaac Owusu Mensah has charged CSO’s in the country to team up in monitoring the upcoming elections if they are unable to raise funds. His charge follows concerns put forward by the CSO’s that they will not be able to effectively monitor the 2020 polls due to funding challenges. Speaking to ...

Former president John Dramanii Mahanam has backed the decision to provide protection for lawmakers in the wake of the killing of Mfatseman MP Ekow Quansah Hayford. Mr. Mahama who visited the family of the late MP promised to make the country safer for every Ghanaian if elected on December 7. Speaking to the media after the visit, Mr Mahama said ...

Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof George K. T. Oduro has labelled Captain Smart as ignorant and mischievous over allegations the radio presenter and journalist made against the running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang. Captain Smart recently disclosed on the radio that Prof Opoku-Agyemang wrote to the management of UCC ...

The District Chief Executive for Afigya Kwabre North in the Ashanti region, has cut the sod to commence the construction of 25 kilometre roads. Performing the sod-cutting ceremony at Kyekyewere on Friday, the district chief executive, hon Kwasi Karikari Achamfour told Offinso Time FM’s journalist Kaakyire Kwasi Afari in an interview that, a total of 25 kilometre’s of roads from ...

The runningmate of the National Democratic Congress Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has challenged the ruling New Patriotic Party to back their claim that she cancelled the Book and Research allowance for university lecturers with evidence. According to her, the allowance was still being enjoyed by university teachers when the NDC was leaving power in 2016. Professor Opoku-Agyemang who was Minister ...