The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey has said Ghana’s electoral system is increasingly becoming turbulent because many invisible hands were funding activities of political parties.
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The National Peace Council has advised political party activists to resolve to make Ghana a better place than they met it.Mr George Amoh, Director of Programmes at the Council, who gave the advice, said politicians must endeavour to mainta…
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has arrived in Tamale for a four-day campaign tour of the Northern Region. The tour would take him to Kumbungu, Bunkprurugu/Yunyoo, Nalerigu, Savelugu and Tamale.
Vice President Amissah-Arthur is expe…
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, has urged the electorate in the Greater Accra Region to vote massively for the party in next month’s general election, saying any presidential candidate that win…
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday announced that government has acquired 10,000 hectares of land to resettle livestock farmers around the Afram plains.
He said apart from solving the issue of farmland destruction by the Fulani c…
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the growth of the national economy and the creation of the jobs will be the ‘twin goals’ of his government when, “God-willing,” he wins this year…
Political parties have been urged to inculcate in their manifestos strategies that will help sustain the peace of the country in the long term.
This could be done by including in their manifestos compulsory non-violent educational progr…
The Accra High Court hearing the case between the All People’s Congress (APC) and the Electoral Commission (EC), has set Friday, November 4, for the final ruling in the case.
The court set the date after it had sought for clarification …
Political parties in the Upper East Region have staged a peace match in the Bolgatanga Municipality. The march, held on Sunday, was to ensure peace in the forthcoming general elections.
The peace match, which was joined by civil society…
The West Akyem Municipal Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) Madam Modesta Annie Sapaty has appealed to the religious bodies to help ensure that that the December 7 elections are conducted peacefully.
This, th…
Miss Ebi Bright, the National Democratic Congress’ Parliamentary Candidate for Tema Central, over the weekend enthralled hundreds of residents of the constituency with her charm and eloquence.
The young and affable former actress respl…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined effective and efficient policies and plans for the three Northern regions for its second term bid ahead of the December polls.
Dr William Ahadzi, Director of Research, NDC announced th…
Sixty-eight (68) focal persons selected from identified election flashpoints across the southern sector of the nation, have undergone intensive training to enable them play vital role in safeguarding the peace.
They would support the re…
Government has embarked on an exercise to reconstruct and re-engineer all old markets to avoid perennial fire outbreaks in some of the facilities, President John Dramani Mahama has announced.
"Under the programme, the Kumasi Central Mar…
The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said he will engage organised labour on the purported privatisation of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) if given the nod at the December p…
President John Mahama has reiterated government’s desire to increasingly partner Iran towards the development of critical sectors of the economy.
“We intend to continue to work with the government of Iran in the areas of agriculture, ed…
The paramount queen mother of the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area, Nana Akua Asantewaa III, has called on politicians from both sides of the political divide to ensure that the country remains united after the December 7, 2016 general electi…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reviewed its target of winning three parliamentary seats and 30 per cent of the total votes in the Volta Region to five parliamentary seats and 50 per cent of the presidential votes, respectively.
The r…
A tall list of loans and other credit facilities running into US$300 million were approved by Parliament yesterday, to finance a number of projects across the country.
The projects include the design and construction of the Tamale Inter…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Monday invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to quash the judgment of an Accra High Court against it. The judgement ordered the Commission to allow the Progressive Peoples Party to recti…
Scores of people living with varying degrees of disability on Saturday attended the manifesto launch of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) to show solidarity with its presidential candidate, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, saying he is one of the…
Ghanaians have been urged to let the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections entrench Ghana’s position on the top of the league of Africa’s most peaceful countries.
“Ghana’s democratic credentials, as one of the very few African …
Political parties contesting the 2016 election have been urged to speak to their proposed approaches to deal with improving natural resource governance in the country.
Although they have made statements committing to take urgent steps …
The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has stated categorically that President John Mahama will not participate in any 2016 debate organised by the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA…
Media practitioners have been asked to reduce the high political temperature in the country to ensure peaceful general election in December 7. Mr Francis Ameyibor, a Deputy News Editor, Ghana News Agency who made the request during an int…
President John Dramani Mahama has assured the people of Manya Krobo of accelerated development in the traditional area and asked them to have hope in his National Democratic Congress (NDC)-led government.
He said already, the government…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed to political parties to augment its efforts reduce to the minimum rejected ballots in the December 7, general elections.
Mr Philemon Boni, Ada West District Director of the…
Mr Munir Saani, the Convener of Safe Democracy, has said there is the need for traditional authorities to play a greater role in the affairs of their various assemblies. He said the current proposition of electing District Chief Executives…
Mr Kale Caesar, Upper West Regional Campaign Coordinator of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the party to intensify its campaign in the forth coming elections.
H…
Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured voters that his party, would keep faith with them – live up to expectation, if voted in.
He said they were going to bring efficiency, transp…
The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has organised a conference as a part of its initiatives to strengthen national cohesion and integration for a peaceful 2016 elections.
The event was on the theme: " Democracy and nation…
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said French businesses are ready to increase their investments in all sectors of the Ghana's economy.
He said Ghana was stable, peaceful and had an enabling environment that could attract fresh inv…
The Electoral Commission has asked media houses interested in observing the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections to apply for accreditation from Monday, 31st October to Monday 7th of November 2016.
Applying media houses…
Mr Bright E.K Demordzi , the NDC Member of Parliament for Bortianor Ngleshi Amanfro Constituency, has said when reelected, he would continue to introduce more development initiatives in the constituency.
He said some of the projects pro…
President John Dramani Mahama has rallied behind women contesting the December 07 polls, urging voters, to give their votes to them. That, he indicated, was vital to give Ghanaian women strong representation in political decision-making.
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The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has reiterated the call on young people to resist temptations to foment trouble in the impending elections.“…Christian and Muslim youth must strongly resist any move to use them to fue…
President John Dramani Mahama has performed the ceremony to mark the start of phase two of the Apedwa Junction-Bunso road rehabilitation project. It would cover the 18-kilometre stretch from Kibi through Asiakwa to the Bunso Junction.
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The Amansie Central Assembly has been applauded for sticking to best practices in its award and implementation of capital development projects.A performance audit carried under the Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) projec…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has asked the media to go the extra mile to cross check and get the facts right in their election reports. Ms. Georgina Opoku Amankwaa, a Deputy Chairperson of the Commission, said they should not carry wild…
Professor Adebayo Olukoshi, Director of the Africa Region for International IDEA, says African states must address the twin issues of the social contract and leadership consensus, if it they are to achieve more substantial democracies.
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The Regional Election Early Warning and Response Group (REEWARG) has advised youth groups in the Northern Region to avoid the tendency of being used to foment trouble during this year’s elections. The Most Reverend Philip Naameh, Catholic …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has admitted that the numerous court cases hanging around its neck are affecting the calendar of activities planned for the December 7 elections.
Currently, the EC does not know when to print and post the …
Ghana’s Ambassador to Cuba, John Akologu Tia has exhorted the electorate not to take the promises being made by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) serious.
These promises, he contended were only intended to lure the electorate to …
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) has sailed through in court following a ruling by the Accra High Court that the Electoral Commission's refusal to afford him the opportunity to correct his nomination forms was a …
A constituency debate for parliamentary candidates, scheduled for the Weija/Gbawe Constituency was disrupted following a disagreement on the banner to be used for the programme.
The debate, which was initially supposed to be collaborati…
Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, wife of the standard-bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has rallied voters to go out to vote on December 07, to bring change and restore the nation to the path of real progress.
She said it was…
President John Dramani Mahama has given an upbeat assessment of his government’s performance, saying, strong foundation had been laid to anchor the growth of the economy.
He indicated that a lot had been achieved in the first four years…
Some 57 chiefs in the Nkwanta South Constituency in the Volta Region have declared their unflinching support for the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The chiefs were led by the paramount chief of Nkwanta Aky…
The Flag bearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has again dragged the Electoral Commission (EC) to court barely four hours after her first suit challenging her disqualification from the December polls…
President John Dramani Mahama has defended his government’s plan to invest loans in socio-economic infrastructure.
Addressing teeming supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at a night rally at Asamankese last Tuesday, he s…
