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.
Category: Politics
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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has withdrawn a suit he filed against the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana which was seeking to injunct the election management body over a decision it took not to release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 […]
Don’t disenfranchise any qualified Ghanaian – National House of Chiefs to EC
Despite refusing to appear before it for a dialogue over the conduct of the 2020 general elections, the National House of Chiefs have nonetheless sent a note to the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana cautioning it not to disenfranchise any qualified Ghanaian in its upcoming voters registration exercise.
Reject C.I. with only NIA cards, passports for registration – Fulanis to Parliament
The Fulani Community in Ghana has appealed Parliament of Ghana to reject the Constitutional Instrument (C.I) that has been laid before it by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana and which spells out the requirements needed for registration by qualified voters.
New voters’ register: Register or regret – O. B. Amoah cautions opponents
As the Electoral Commission (EC) prepares to compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 general election, a Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. O. B. Amoah has entreated eligible Ghanaians to actively take part in the upcoming voter registration exercise.
Arrest Casely-Hayford now for election fraud – NDC Communication Team member
A member of the Communications Team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Raphael Apetorgbor, has called for the arrest of Financial Consultant, Mr. Sydney Casely-Hayford after it was revealed that he recently committed electoral fraud.
We won’t disenfranchise anybody in new voter registration exercise – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has assured that under no circumstance will any Ghanaian who has attained the age of eighteen and meets all the requirements in registering for a new voters card will be turned away when the compilation of a new voters register takes off in June, 2020.