Ghanaian’s Ambassador to Italy, Molly Anim-Addo, has called for more participation of women in politics to enable them to forcefully project their concerns. She said the country’s governance structure should make it easier for women to enter politics without being hindered by social stigma that politics was a dirty game. In an exclusive interview with … Read more
Flagbearer of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP),Thomas Nuako Ward-Brew has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) for disqualifying him from the presidential race. He is praying an Accra High Court to postpone the December 7 general elections if he is not allowed to rectify the errors on his nomination forms. The Electoral Commission rejected Mr. Ward-Brew’s … Read more
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has suggested that Former Attorney General Martin Amidu be made the next Electoral Commission Chairperson for Ghana. According to him, the request granted by the Supreme Court to orally examine businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome from whom the state is trying to retrieve 51.2 million … Read more
NPP’s John Boadu, implied that the alleged faulty BVDs are meant to negatively affect the turn out for votes for the party at the polls The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has alleged that the EC has plans of sending faulty Biometric Verification Devices to their strongholds during the elections. Acting General Secretary of the party John Boadu, … Read more
Mahama has described the rigging allegations against the Electoral Commission as manipulations aimed at poisoning the minds of Ghanaians against the EC. President Mahama has described as absurd, recent allegations by his political opponents that the Electoral Commission (EC) is scheming to rig the upcoming presidential elections in his favour. The opposition NPP as well … Read more
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, has advised the public to be wary of half-truths and rumours being presented as facts on social media and some traditional media outlets because of people’s parochial interests. According to her, the media, especially social media, on a daily basis peddled false news, leaving out … Read more
I personally see peace to be a nonnegotiable price of a necessity. We need it not because we need it but because we deserve it naturally. My heart pants any time I hear individuals ride on deviancy, incivility, violence and all sort of unacceptable acts for parochial interest. I agree that deviants and unscrupulous people … Read more
After all the brouhaha by the NDC and President Mahama, distributing outboard motors, aprons, GHC10 notes, pieces of cloths, machetes, kilos of fertilizers, cars, houses and other vote-influencing gifts to some people, the horse from its mouth is now neighing, “I am not a magician to put money into people’s pockets” All along I had … Read more
President John Mahama has rubbished claims by his political opponents that the Electoral Commission (EC) is scheming to rig the upcoming presidential elections for him. Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives, have on different platforms, claimed there’s a grand scheme to ensure President Mahama’s re-election. But the President at a rally in Funsi in the … Read more
President John Mahama has rubbished claims by his political opponents that the Electoral Commission (EC) is scheming to rig the upcoming presidential elections for him. Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives, have on different platforms, claimed there’s a grand scheme to ensure President Mahama’s re-election. But the President at a rally in Funsi in the … Read more
The auditorium of the Accra International Conference Centre on Wednesday was thrown into darkness, following an unexpected power cut during the launch of the 3rd edition of the manual on election adjudication. The organizers of the event were forced to improvise with phone torches and lamps, while personalities including the UK High Commissioner to Ghana, … Read more
The General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed, has stated that the Electoral Commission’s response to the New Patriotic Party’s concerns over the printing of pink sheets is reassuring. The NPP on Tuesday alleged that the pinks sheets that are being printed by the election management body for the December 7, polls … Read more
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice under the Mills-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, Martin A. B.K. Amidu, has finally joined the campaign for a change of government. Looking at the performance of President Mahama’s government, he said, “We need to put Ghana first and work tirelessly for change of governance at this year’s … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) believes there is a deliberate ploy by the Electoral Commission (EC) chaired by Charlotte Osei to manipulate the outcome of the December 7 general election, as the commission prints pink sheets for recording the results without serial numbers. The electoral body has been embroiled in a myriad controversies ahead of … Read more
Charlotte Osei, a woman of no principles but sheer wickedness, is by each passing day being exposed. All her plots with NDC to rig Election 2016 in favour of President Mahama and the NDC are being uncovered and negated one by one. One cannot understand why and how she could have had time to plan … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is unperturbed by the brouhaha surrounding the printing of pink sheets for the December 7 elections, the party’s Director of Election, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo disclosed. “The NDC do not have any problem with this whole serial number issue,” he said on Wednesday on Starr 103.5FM’s Morning Starr. “Our party representatives are … Read more
The General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed, has stated that the Electoral Commission’s response to the New Patriotic Party’s concerns over the printing of pink sheets is reassuring. The NPP on Tuesday alleged that the pinks sheets that are being printed by the election management body for the December 7, polls … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Deputy Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Agyemin Boateng, has lashed out at the Chairman of the National Peace Council Prof. Rev Emmanuel Asante for turning a deaf ear on the errors committed by the Electoral Commission (EC) on printed ballot papers. He wondered what has led to the indifferent … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has requested an emergency meeting of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee over what it describes as an illegality; the printing of pink sheets without serial numbers. The NPP said it identified the anomaly when it visited Aero Vote, the company contracted to print the pink sheets for this year’s elections. The … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has raised concerns about the printing of the Pink Sheets for the 2016 elections alleging that the sheets are being printed without serial numbers which is contrary to what is stated in the Constitutional Instrument (CI 94). According to the NPP, the company contracted to print these sheets informed them … Read more