The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana says it is unable to comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to clean the existing voters album by clearing all names of persons that used the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Card as proof of identify as Ghanaians to register because of challenges in identifying such names.
Category: Politics
EFL Leader Ernesto Yeboah granted bail
Activist Ernesto Yeboah who’s the Leader of the Economic Fighters has been granted bail after he was arrested at a vigil Saturday night in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter campaign at the Black Star Square in Accra. The young politician has been charged for breaching the Executive Instrument (E.I) 64 signed by President Akufo-Addo […]
GH¢2.63bn ECG legacy debt cleared – ECG boss
The Managing Director for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Kwame Agyemang-Budu, has indicated that the government has cleared its GH¢ 2.63 billion legacy debt owed the state entity.
Mahama boys have looted $159m Saglemi Housing project cash – Atta Akyea alleges
The Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has told Parliament that the Saglemi Housing project has become a botched one.
Tell us why you omitted existing voters ID in new registration exercise – Supreme Court to EC
A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has directed the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana to furnish it with the legal basis why it omitted the inclusion of the existing voters ID card from the list of national IDs acceptable for the upcoming compilation of a new voters register.
Confirmed: NPP elects MP candidates June 20
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has affirmed Saturday, June 20, as the date to hold its Parliamentary primaries in the 168 constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament to elect parliamentary candidates for the 2020 parliamentary elections.
NPP likely to hold primaries June 20
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is likely to hold its parliamentary primaries on Saturday, June 2020.
Irate NPP youth lock up Ahafo Ano constituency office
There is tension within the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Ahafo Ano South-West of the Ashanti Region after some party youth locked up the Constituency office Tuesday.
EC pilots registration of new voter ID nationwide
The Electoral Commission has commenced piloting the compilation of a new voter’s registration in parts of the country.
NDC MP withdraws suit injunction suit against EC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has withdrawn a suit he filed against the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana which was seeking to injunct the election management body over a decision it took not to release procurement information under the Right to Information Act. The EC had […]
Pay your debt to the state if you have money and go for your properties – Supreme Court tells Woyome
The Supreme Court of the land has told businessman and financier of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to honour his indebtedness to the state if he has money and go for his properties which the country is seeking leave of the court to acquire. Woyome had appeared before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 2, […]
EC must be decisive with approach on new voters register – DI
The Danquah Institute (DI) has said though it supports the EC’s decision to compile a new register, the electoral management body must be forthright and decisive in its approach and processes. At a press conference in Accra on Monday, June 1, 2020, the Acting Executive Director, Richard Ahiagbah, mentioned the EC’s public education and rationalization […]