Political parties in the country have rejected polls conducted by Managing Editor of The Daily Dispatch, Ben Ephson, which said President John Dramani Mahama will win the December 7 election. According to Mr Ephson’s polls, Mr Mahama will win with 52.4 per cent of votes. The polls gave Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party … Read more
Following the visit of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, His Lordship, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, members of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, Senators, past and present, members of the House of Representatives, both past and present, former ministers of the Federal Republic and other leaders of thoughts, to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Dr Reuben Abati, Senator … Read more
Leadership of some of the disqualified political parties for the 2016 elections have held emergency meetings over the news from the EC which they have described as “shocking and annoying”. The likes of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), Peoples National Convention (PNC) and the National Democratic Party (NDP) are in a meeting to take a … Read more
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has given government about four weeks ultimatum to lift the ban on recruitment of lecturers for public universities. The association has for some time been critical on government for ban. Meanwhile, the association also called on tertiary institutions to scale down their intake of students this year so … Read more
Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor says Monday’s protest by workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) demanding the removal of the Managing Director was premature. He says even if Robert Dwamena’s tenure of office has expired it does not lie within the powers of the workers to call the shot. He would rather the … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama’s delegation was at the Electoral Commission Thursday afternoon to complete processes that can send him back to the Flagstaff House as Ghana’s president after the December polls. Already, leader of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo who lost the last election by little over 300,000 votes, submitted his forms before … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama’s delegation was at the Electoral Commission Thursday afternoon to complete processes that can send him back to the Flagstaff House as Ghana’s president after the December polls. Already, leader of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo who lost the last election by little over 300,000 votes, submitted his forms before … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has indicated that it would investigate the death of former President John Evans Atta Mills when voted into power. The party said that the numerous insults hurled at its flagbeare, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom by ‘apologists’ of the ruling NDC won’t deter them from investigating and laying bare the facts … Read more
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) remains focused on investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of president John Evans Atta Mills despite the insults from apologists of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to the party the absence of a comprehensive investigation into the death of the then sitting president fuels the perception that something … Read more
Teachers in Colleges of Education across the country are suspending teaching activities on Tuesday. It follows government’s failure to migrate them onto a higher rank which will see them draw the same salaries as tertiary lecturers. National Secretary of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana, Prince Obeng-Himah, says the teachers will remain on … Read more
Teachers in all thirty eight (38) Public Colleges of Education have declared an indefinite strike effective Monday September 12 over what they describe as “unduly delayed migration” to be able to draw salaries as tutors from other tertiary institution. The National Executives Committee of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana took the decision … Read more
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have welcomed a suit filed by a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) communications team, Saaka Salia, to stop government from proceeding with the privatization ECG. Government intends cede the ECG to a concessionaire for 25 years under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Ghana Power Compact … Read more
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have welcomed a suit filed by Saka Salia, a member of the communications team of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), to stop government’s intended ECG concession arrangement. Government intends to give the company to a concessionaire for 25 years, a decision which has led to a … Read more
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has vowed to sanction staff and management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) after it withdrew its services in protest to plans to privatise the company. The PURC say the failure of the company to insulate consumers against the effects of the worker’s protest is a breach of … Read more
Workers of state power distributor Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have suspended their sit-down strike which started on Friday, 2 September. National Secretary for the ECG Workers Union, Patrick Tetteh Binyeme, said the leadership of the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) met on Monday, 5 September to determine their next line of action after failed … Read more
Nana Oye Lithur has a Bachelor of Law (BL) from the School of Law, Accra (1992) and a Masters in Law, Human Rights and Democratization in Africa (LLM) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa (2001). She is currently Chief Executive Director of the Human Rights Advocacy Centre. For years she worked as the Regional … Read more