Politics

A member of the National Democratic Congress’ communication team, Kweku Owusu Banahene has said that Government is wasting its time and efforts in deploying the military to the Volta Region as a way of disenfranchising the people. According to him, votes from the Volta Region and the Ashanti Region do not …

Ashanti regional executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by regional chairman Augustus Nana Kwasi regional Chairman have visited Sekyere Afram Plains constituency over the arrest of two party members. The party members were arrested and kept in custody for several hours after they reportedly challenged a ‘non-resident’ from registering in …

Aftermath of the NPP parliamentary primaries has not seen so many issues compared to the heat up to the primaries, however, an aggrieved disqualified aspirant has disclosed his resignation from the marketable and famous party and now starts campaigning as an independent candidate in his constituency. Mr Moro Sakyiamah Yakubu …

There was near-chaos at one of the registration centers in the Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region after NDC MP for the area Muntaka Mubarak called for the relocation of the said polling station. Mr Muntaka expressed outrage over the siting of the Adom Drinking Spot Registration Center, amid claims …

The founder and leader of the United Front Party (UFP) Dr. Nana Agyenim Boateng has advised the Electoral Commission (EC) not to do away with the old voters’ register as he states that the ongoing exercise for the registration of the new register is flawed. In an interview with Kwame Afrifa Mensah …

The Parliamentary candidate of the NDC in the Ketu South Constituency and a queen-mother in the Aflao Traditional Area, Dzifa Gomashie (Mamma Dzramedo I) has said that the presence of military men at the borders of the Volta region is causing her great distress as the indigenes are subjected to brutality by …

The Director of Election for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hon. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has revealed that half of the machines that the Electoral Commission needs to carry out its voter registration exercise are not available. The former Minister of Youth and Sports under the erstwhile John Mahama administration made these allegations …

The Electoral Commission has said the guarantor system by which eligible voters can register, is the “lesser of two evils”, as the election management body starts its registration exercise from today, Tuesday, 30 June 2020.An eligible voter without any of the two primary breeder documents – passport or Ghana cars – can …

A flagbearer aspirant of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Divine Ayivor, has cautioned that Election 2020 is a test for the Electoral Commission (EC) to prove its credibility by offering a fair, free, credible, transparent and peaceful playing field for all parties.He noted that elections were essential parts of the democratic …

Reports have filtered in of a massive deployment of Military and other security personnel in the Volta, Oti, Upper East, and Upper West Regions. The unexplained security deployments to these border regions have clearly been timed to coincide with the commencement of the Voter Registration exercise across the country. These …