Former Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, ET Mensah, has bemoaned the lack of discipline in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). “The NDC is not the disciplined party we used to have some years ago,” he told Neat FM on Monday, February 27, 2017. Castigating the party’s current executives for flagrantly denigrating party stalwarts … Read more
Former president Jerry John Rawlings has indicated that truth has no partisan colour as the nation marks 60 years of nationhood next week. The former President is therefore challenging the citizenry to restore the strength of the critical mass and let truth prevail in the national reconstruction effort. Anything short of that, he added, would … Read more
Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Enoch Teye Mensah has said that the high levels of indiscipline in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led to the exit of the former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings from the party. He said it is important that leadership of the party reconcile with Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings … Read more
A stalwart in the NDC, Enoch Teye Mensah has urged the party to apologise to former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. Then man who together with two others were once described as “Three Wise Men” by the party gave the advice in an interview with Winston Amoah, host of 3FM’s morning show – Sunrise. Responding … Read more
Posters of former President Jerry John Rawlings have popped up announcing him as the preferred candidate to chair his own party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), so as to restore its values of integrity, probity and accountability. It is not clear who are behind the posters, which come with a picture of Mr Rawlings, with … Read more
Minority Leader and Tamale South MP Haruna Iddrisu has a bright political future ahead of him, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Mr Iddrisu entered parliament for the first time in 2005 after winning the seat in the 2004 elections, the year Mr Akufo-Addo exited parliament as legislator. Delivering his maiden State of the … Read more
“When Kofi B. Kukubor penned this piece in support of his godfather and hero Rawlings, little did he know the method he spoke about, that cut from Machiavelli was exactly what his perfect and unblemished Rawlings unleashed on Atta Mills, and about to taint John Mahama with.” A quote from a reader. It is important … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, as founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), needed to make sure the party survived, but “whether he has played that role effectively, he has a conscience, and I’ll leave it for his own conscience”, the Director of Elections of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu- Ampofo, … Read more
A tear is made of one percent water and ninety-nine percent feelings that is why I am shedding tears right now. Who am I shedding tears for you may ask. I am shedding tears for a former colleague reporter at The Chronicle who gave up the ghost last week. Oh my gosh, how can that … Read more
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) does not have the moral right to criticise the party in power. Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Nana Obiri Boahen has suggested that there have been deeper disagreements and divisions within the NDC which has resulted in several defections leading … Read more
Rebecca Akufo-Addo congratulating her husband, Nana Akufo-Addo, after he has been inaugurated as President of the Republic of Ghana Let me first own up before anybody raises a case of plagiarism against me in this era of pedestrian assessors with open eyes ready to mark our scripts. The above title is taken from one of … Read more
When Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo emerged the winner of the 2016 presidential election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), many were those who felt so excited, expressing their warmest gratitude to God Almighty for the victory. The victory, which swept through the length and breadth of the country like wild bush-fire, caused … Read more
He spent most of the past eight years scheming and maligning President Akufo-Addo, in a bid to scuttling the latter’s presidential ambitions. And for quite a while, he had some backing among some political heavyweights in the vanguard ranks of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), although he personally claims to be a diehard leftist, a … Read more
A section of Ghanaians who listened to the Inaugural Address of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have hailed his appeal to Ghanaians to revive their patriotic conscience and work with him to make Ghana prosperous and eternally progressive. Chief Justice Georgina Wood administered the Presidential Oath to the 73-year old iconic lawyer and politician, at … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was brought up in Accra Central and in the Nima area of Accra. Nana Akufo-Addo was born in Swalaba, Accra on the 29th March 1944. His father’s residence, Betty House at Korle Wokon in Accra, was effectively the headquarters of the country’s first political party, the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).After … Read more
PREAMBLE Comrades, honestly, the actions and inactions of our founder JJ Rawlings bring more condemnation to the NDC PARTY than votes. He’s speedily eroding the gains the party has chalked over the years. Let’s stand and put up positive defiance against JJ. Remember, the NDC party belongs to all of us but not one person, … Read more
PREAMBLE Comrades, honestly, the actions and inactions of our founder JJ Rawlings bring more condemnation to the NDC PARTY than votes. He’s speedily eroding the gains the party has chalked over the years. Let’s stand and put up positive defiance against JJ. Remember, the NDC party belongs to all of us but not one person, … Read more
Mr. President-Elect, I know because of the pressure on you as you prepare to hold the reins of power, you may not get enough time to read this piece. What I also know is that someone else will read this and tell you all about what I am about to write about you. By now, … Read more
Speaking at the service, Diana Asamoah reveals she was threatened by some individuals who were not happy about her song release for Akufo-Addo. It can be recalled that some artistes were tremendously chastised; for composing campaign songs for presidential aspirants of different political parties, prior to the just concluded elections. Not just criticisms; it has … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president-elect was born and raised in Ga-Maami (Accra Central) and in the Nima area of Accra. His father’s residence, Betty House at Korle Wokon in Accra, was effectively the headquarters of the country’s first political party, the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) after it was formed at Saltpond on 4 … Read more