An alleged missing cocaine from the custody of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has caught the attention of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, with the group who are members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) demanding for an inquiry to the missing substance.
Category: Politics
NPP primaries: 145 cry out for deleting their names from delegates’ album
145 New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling station executives in the Asante Akyem North constituency are up in arms with their constituency executives and their Member of Parliament (MP), Andy Appiah Kubi, for deliberately deleting their names from the delegates’ album expected to be used in the party’s parliamentary primaries slated for Saturday, June 20, 2020.
35% of voter population will not register for new voter ID card – Survey reveals
35% of the current voter population will not risk their lives going to out to register if the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana goes ahead with its avowed aim to compile a new biometric voters register for the conduct of the 2020 general elections, the outcome of a survey by the Chamber for Local Governance […]
Public Varsities Bill: Mahama’s call for withdrawal smacks of desperation – Edu Ministry
The Ministry of Education says former President John Dramani Mahama call for the withdrawal of the Public Universities Bill, 2020, without assigning any cogent reason is a clear demonstration of how desperate the former leader is in his attempt to seek for re-election.
Withdraw Public Universities Bill now – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama, has called for the immediate withdrawal of the Public Universities Bill, 2020, which is currently before Parliament for consideration and approval.
New Voters Registration exercise to commence June 30
The compilation of a new voters register for the conduct of the 2020 general elections will commence on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has revealed.
Parliament votes 106-92 to adopt controversial CI 126
The Parliament of Ghana has by majority votes of 106 against 92 adopted the controversial Constitutional Instrument (CI) 126 that is seeking to empower the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voter’s register for the conduct of the 2020 general elections.
Existing voters ID are fruits of a ‘poisoned tree’ – EC tells Supreme Court
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.
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.