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Don’t meddle in politics – Kudalor warns chiefs

Mr. John Kudalor, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP),has encouraged chiefs against intervening in politics if they want to ensure effective transformation and development of their respective communities. He claimed that chiefs’ engagement in politics would not only stymie growth, but would also deprive the people vital socioeconomic advancement.   The former IGP made the remarks while speaking at ... Read More »

IPAC can’t be statutory body; Decisions not binding on EC – Dr Afari-Gyan

A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has disagreed with a proposal to make the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) a statutory body with its functions backed by law because it will amount to an interference with the commission’s work. He said this in response to a request by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to make IPAC’s rulings ... Read More »

MMDCEs should be elected on non-partisan basis – Amaliba

Abraham Amaliba, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team, has stated that Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCESs) should be elected in Ghana. However, he believes that elections should not be held on a partisan basis. On Saturday, September 25, he said this on TV3/3FM’s Key Points while commenting on a statement made by the Deputy ... Read More »

MMDCEs: OB Amoah explains why the President’s nominee for Yendi was rejected

Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, Deputy Local Government Minister, has revealed why he believes the members of the Yendi Municipal Assembly rejected the President’s nominee for the Yendi Municipal Assembly, Alhaji Ahmed Yussuf Abubakar. He said this while Speaking on the Key Points on TV3/3FM Saturday September 25, while speaking on the MMDCE’s nominees. Mr. OB Amoah, a lawmaker for Akuapem South, told host Dzifa ... Read More »

Asokwa MCE nominee receives unanimous support…

Chief Akwannuasah Gyima, the President’s nominee for the Asokwa Municipal Assembly, has obtained unanimous support from the Assembly members. All 18 members of the Assembly voted YES in his favor, making him the Ashanti region’s first nominee to receive the nod. Even though it was expected that Chief Gyima would be endorsed, a perfect score was never feasible with one ... Read More »

MMDCEs: President’s nominee for Yendi rejected

Alhaji Ahmed Yussuf Abubakar, the President’s nominee for the Yendi Municipal Assembly, has been rejected by Assembly members. On Friday, September 24, he received 21 votes out of a total of 41 ballots cast. The candidate was the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) during President Akufo- Addo’s tenure. The nominee received 51 percent of the votes, according to Regional Electoral Commissioner ... Read More »

Arrest and persecute tax evading lawyers – Kwaku Asare

Kwaku Azar

Professor Kwaku Asare, a private legal practitioner, has called President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame to arrest and punish lawyers who have been discovered to have evaded taxes. He requested that the President and the Attorney General quit warning or advising the lawyers to stop their actions and force them to face the law. Following ... Read More »

NDC Party is incompetent with regards to accounting for their ballot – professor gyampo

Prof Ransford Gyampo

Prof. Ransford Gyampo, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the University of Ghana’s Centre for European Studies, has stated that the National Democratic Congress is “incompetent” in accounting for their ballots during elections. He said this on TV3’s The keypoints on Saturday September 11, while discussing Ex- President John Dramani Mahama’s do-or-die controversy. According to him, while there ... Read More »

Mahama’s “Do-or-Die” Remarks Will Cost Him – Former Dept. Attorney General Joseph Dindiok

John Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has been chastised by a former Deputy Attorney General for remarks he made on his Thank You tour about the 2024 elections being a do-or-die issue for his party. As part of his thank-you tour, Ex-President John Dramani Mahama remarked on Techiman’s Akina FM on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, that he has learned lessons from ... Read More »

One Teacher, One Laptop Programme Is Nothing But Theft – NDC’s TEIN

The Government’s One Teacher, One Laptop plan has been branded a scheme to steal from the public ,a statement released by the Tertiary Education Institution Network (TEIN), a youth wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In a statement on the expense of the entire program, Deputy National TEIN Coordinator Ekow Djan, stated it reeks of larceny. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, ... Read More »