Politics

The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has noted that under the current COVID-19 conditions, the normal space for large public party rallies and campaign gatherings can no longer be justified. Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, IDEG Executive Director said the virtual media have now become a safer, powerful and more important medium …

Over three million eligible voters have registered as at day nine of the nationwide voters’ registration, Mr Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations has said. Of the figure, more than two million of the eligible applicants presented Ghana Card as their form of identification representing about 66 per …

Parliament will on Thursday, July 16, kick-start discussions on whether the House should allow members to privately sponsor bills to the House. “Rt. Hon Speaker, a Motion is expected to be moved on Thursday, 16th July, 2020 for the adoption of a Proposal for the Enactment of Private Members’ Bill,” …

The Electoral Commission has announced that it will embark on a two-day registration exercise for all eligible Senior High School students across the country. A statement issued and signed by Mrs Sylvia Annoh, the Acting Director of Public Affairs, said the registration exercise would take place in all the Senior High …

Deputy Ranking Member of the Education Committee in Parliament Clement Apaak is calling for testing of students in schools infected with coronavirus a few weeks after they reopened for academic work. Dr Apaak said some of them must be closed down. He also questioned why the Government is insisting on …

The Interim Oversight Committee of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has re-opened nominations for contest of various positions of the party including; Flagbearer ship and National Executive Positions. Picking and filing of nominations started from Monday July 6th to Wednesday July 15, 2020 a statement signed by Comrade R. O. …

A total of 417 registrants in the Ashanti Region, have been challenged in relation to their eligibility in the ongoing voter registration exercise, according to the Electoral Commission (EC). Mr. Benjamin Bano-Bio, Regional Director of the Commission, said the figure represented what the officials received for the first phase of …

The National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress Monday approved Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, an educationist, and a former Education Minister as the running mate of Mr John Dramani Mahama, their flagbearer for the 2020 General Election. This follows a meeting held at the Party’s headquarters in Accra, ahead …

Speaker of Parliament Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye on Friday directed that officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) must be in Parliament, two weeks after the voter registration exercise is over, to appraise the House on its preparations towards the conduct of the 2020 general elections. “I have directed that the …

The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD Ghana) says political party manifestoes are social contracts in which parties to the contract; the voter and the party, must engage each other to ensure the promises are upheld. Mrs Clara Kasser-Tee, CDD-Ghana Board Member, said the organisation had worked and continued to …