By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. The Otiko Djaba confirmation impasse strikingly demonstrates the acute desperation of the minority NDC members on the Parliamentary Appointments Committee (PAC). Needless to say, if anybody has an intimate knowledge of former President John Dramani Mahama, it is definitely not the charlatanic likes of Messrs. Rashid Pelpuo and Haruna … Read more
Instead of facilely calling on President-Elect Akufo-Addo to unite the country at large, the Oyokohene of New Juaben, Nana Kodua Kesse, II, must first take stock of the sort of morally unbecoming conduct that he illegally indulged in, during most of the tenure of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress’ government that allegedly nearly landed the … Read more
I don’t begrudge our one-term lame-duck President, John Dramani Mahama, his share of due credit for the success of our constitutional democratic culture, but I find it quite amusing that President-Elect Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would so fulsomely commend the man who defeated him in 2012, under very dubious circumstances, for conceding a more than convincing … Read more
In my most recent column last night, and one which hit the media websites and perhaps several newsstands, as well, this morning, I highlighted the need for one of our most respected and distinguished elderly statesmen and citizens to promptly and urgently speak to the need for the immediate abatement of rising tensions in the … Read more
It was February 7, 2015. We woke up to a cold harmattan Saturday morning greeted by a shocking press conference by the INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jaga. The rumours had been confirmed. The election has been postponed by six weeks. Yes, six week. To the government news outlets, it was a decision by the military … Read more
Ever since he literally got booted out of the Limann-founded People’s National Convention (PNC), one of the several Nkrumaist splinter political parties that have been shamelessly feeding off the kleptocratic hands of the Mahama-led and Woyome-underwritten government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Hassan Ayariga has become a man without a home, a political … Read more
As of this writing (11/20/16), the Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr. Kwasi Gyan-Appenteng, had roundly condemned the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to have journalists pay accreditation fees in order to cover the upcoming general election (See “EC Must Stop Charging Media Accreditation Fee – NMC” Starrfmonline.com / Ghanaweb.com 11/16/16). Mr. … Read more
It is quite certain that should the 2016 presidential election be stalemated or found to leave much to be desired in the books of the leaders of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), the last place on Earth that they would likely seek redress is the Wood Supreme Court (See “We’ll Prevent Another Presidential … Read more
The call by the Executive Director of the IMANI-Ghana think-tank for the Chairwoman of the Electoral Commission (EC) to resign is nothing short of the downright and abjectly frivolous (See “Sack EC Boss Over Ayariga’s Comments – Franklin Cudjoe” Classfmonline.com / Ghanaweb.com 11/12/16). The caption of the Classfmonline.com article that carried Mr. Franklin Cudjoe’s call … Read more
She should never have been permitted to vote in the country, much less found a political party and run for President of Ghana. Nothing could be more insulting to the intelligence of well-meaning and forward-looking Ghanaian citizens. And so it comes as nothing short of plain annoying to hear the Deputy Communications Director of Mrs. … Read more
Electoral Commission: Justice beyond judicial review an act of grandiosity An Accra high court asked electoral commission’s (EC) boss to rescind her decision to disqualify Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom from contesting in the 2016 presidential election. On Monday October 31, 2016, Madam Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei and her commissioners hinted of going to the Supreme Court … Read more
Following the successful appealing of the disqualification of his presidential candidacy by the Electoral Commission (EC), the founding-proprietor of Convention People’s Party (CPP) breakaway, the so-called Progressive People’s Party (PPP) – we just learned that the EC’s operatives are appealing the decision handed down by an Accra High Court judge – Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom … Read more
An Accra high court asked electoral commissioner (EC) of Ghana to rescind her decision to disqualify Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom from contesting in the 2016 presidential election. On Monday October 31, 2016, Madam Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei and her commissioners hinted of going to the Supreme Court with the aim of quashing the foregoing ruling of … Read more
Nii Ayikoi Otoo, lawyer for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has stated that Electoral Commission’s (EC) Chairperson, Mrs. Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei is a victim of gross inexperience. Speaking to the press shortly after an Accra High Court ordered the Electoral Commission to correct errors on the nomination forms submitted to it by the flagbearer of … Read more
Konadu Rawlings cannot run away from Mahama’s dismal record Ghanaians, in general, are known to be morbidly afflicted with short memories; but we are more than intelligent enough to remember that it was Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and her bloody conjugal and political bedmate, Chairman Jerry John Rawlings, who created and nurtured the insufferably vindictive … Read more
Ghanaians, in general, are known to be morbidly afflicted with short memories; but we are more than intelligent enough to remember that it was Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and her bloody conjugal and political bedmate, Chairman Jerry John Rawlings, who created and nurtured the insufferably vindictive and extortionate political juggernaut that goes by the farcically … Read more
The disqualification of the presidential candidates of some 12 splinter political parties – as of this writing, the number had inched up to 13 – with barely two months to the December 7 general election, ought to stand at all costs. No court should step in to reverse the decision of the Electoral Commission’s Chair … Read more
By Sammy Darko The first queen of England, Queen Elizabeth was regarded as too controversial for mainly three reasons; the fact that she was a woman had the people doubt her ability to rule, her refusal to wed was a threat to getting an heir to the throne and her ban of Catholicism. But incidentally, … Read more
The 2016 presidential election in Ghana is very delicate for at least two main reasons. It is the first election after the disputed election in 2012 which ended at the Supreme Court. Secondly, the first major election of the new electoral commission’s (EC) chairperson, Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei. The EC on Monday October 10, 2016 disqualified … Read more
Like all the other religious leaders of the so-called Independent Churches who have actively involved themselves in the political culture of the country, Prophet Isaac Owusu-Bempah is regarded as a controversial Christian cleric by those who deem his “prophecies” to be deliberately and tendentiously directed against their good fortunes. But, of course, whether one agrees … Read more