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  • Blame NPP, NDC for legal education challenges – Union of Law Students

    The Union of Law Students of Ghana (ULSG) has encouraged law students to be open-minded in their engagement of the two leading political parties on their policies on legal education.

    In a statement Wednesday, the Union said the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) are both to blame for the challenges facing legal education.

    It noted that “the setbacks, including low intake of students at the Ghana School of Law due to poor infrastructure, are several years in the making, the cause of which could be attributed to the negligence of our governments.”

    The challenges facing legal education have divided opinion in Ghana leading to a major demonstration last year.

    Both the NDC have outline policies to address the issues in their 2020 Manifesto.

    The NPP on page 155 of its manifesto says it would: “expand infrastructure to increase access to professional legal education.” Also, the NDC has promised on page 75 of its manifesto to grant accreditation to certified law faculties to undertake the professional programmes, among others.

    But the ULSG said that “while the NDC policy appears elaborate, that of the governing NPP is not, and we would like them to throw more light on that.”

    “The Union of Law Students of Ghana would like to call on all law students to be open-minded in their engagement of leading members of the two leading political parties on their policies on legal education.”

    Source: kingdomfmonline.com

  • NDC will win back Madina seat – Amadu Sorogho

    The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Amadu Sorogo has expressed strong optimism that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will massively win back the seat it lost to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).

    The former MP said contrary to the juicy promises made by the current MP Boniface Abu-bakar Saddique, he has failed the constituents.

    He slammed the MP for peddling lies about him to win power but even his promises to ensure that all deplorable roads in Madina are fixed has not been done.

    He touted his achievements saying he [Sorogo] helped in promoting quality education in the area at a time when the results of students in the constituency were poor.

    Alhaji Sorogo said he encouraged and rewarded teachers for their contribution to the students in the constituency.

    According to him, he lobbied to have a vocational and senior high school constructed at Danfa but unfortunately, the NDC lost power and till date, the project has been abandoned.

    Residents in Madina he added have regretted voting for the NPP and are willing to vote back the NDC.

    Currently, the NDC is being represented by human rights lawyer Xavier-Sosu.

    The former MP said the chances of the lawyer are bright because the residents have regretted and even apologised for voting out the NDC.

    To voters he said: ”no Ghanaian should make the mistake and retain the NDC. It is a government of family, friends and cronies. The government is corrupt and only think about themselves. Ken Ofori Atta, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko and others have joined the president to form a gang and are a group of sakawa mafias taking advantage of Ghanaians to enrich themselves.”

    Source: rainbownradioonline.com

  • NDCs promise to construct airport in Upper East backed by data Kwakye Ofosu

    The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) manifesto spokesperson on infrastructure, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says his party’s promise to construct a domestic airport in the Upper East Region is backed by data.

    Defending the viability of such a pledge on the Citi Breakfast Show, Kwakye Ofosu insisted that it was “not a knee-jerk approach.”

    “We know that all of the traffic in our airspace originates from Accra. So when you are going to Bolga and it takes you eight hours to get there by road and you can put an airport there that makes it possible for you to get there in an hour-and-a-half, it makes it [the airport] absolutely viable,” he said.

    The nearest airport is in Tamale in the Northern Region which is about two hours away from Bolgatanga.

    “Many people find that frustrating and others too find it time-wasting so there is every justification [for the promise],” Mr. Ofosu said.

    This promise by the NDC has been compared to the New Patriotic Party’s promise to construct an airport in the Central Region.

    But Mr. Ofosu insists that unlike the NDC, the NPP made this promise without any data.

    “Every decision you take must be based on empirical data so that you assess the viability of keeping an airport in Cape Coast bearing in mind there is one next door in Takoradi and also bearing in mind that there are plans to dualise the Accra Cape Coast road.”

    In other aviation interventions, the NDC plans to extend the runway of the Kumasi International Airport to accommodate bigger aircraft, fully operationalise the Kumasi and Tamale International Airports, upgrade the Takoradi and Sunyani airports, review the institutional and legal framework to ensure airport lands are reserved solely for aviation purposes and partner with the private sector to establish a national airline.

    Source: The Herald

  • Makafui Awuku: Water is not an important resource according to NDC and NPP manifestos

    We Have Chosen Minerals Over Clean Drinking Water. I have taken a close look at the Manifestos of the two major parties under natural resources both captured Land, Forestry and Mining.

    Both failed to capture our water resources which both governments have failed to protect even though millions of money has been spent on supposed projects to stop illegal mining.

    Both parties have shown that mining is more important than portable water that we drink.

    Looking at the failure of both governments to tackle the problem of water pollution especially in the Western Region which threatens the ability of the Ghana Water Company to supply clean water to communities, you can be sure that the brown, chemical infested waters will remain so for another 10 to 15 years.

    Should they have touched on the issue and provide a road map to making our waters clean again?

    Yes! They should have. Looking at the fact that the problem has cost the nation millions, cost the nation lives, cost the nation healthcare expenditures, as people are getting sick.

    It is also costing the nation a lot as corruption cases related to illegal mining and water pollution have been left and not dealt with, with the culprits walking free.

    Also missing is a proper developmental plan for mining communities from where mining resources emanate from. These communities have been left at the mercy of the mining companies with evidence showing that governments over the years have not had any proper developmental strategy to turn these mining communities into a proper model communities.

    Anyone from these two parties who disagree with me should take a look at the two manifestos and come and engage me in a conversation about the issues I have raised.

    I have to admit these two manifestos may arguably be the best the two parties have ever presented in the same election year, however, both parties have intentionally left out key issues especially in areas they know they have failed abysmally.

    Makafui Awuku is a social innovator and an environmentalist.

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  • NPP will wake up to the shock of their lives in Ayawaso West Wuogon – NDC

    Deputy constituency youth organizer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Theophilus Kojo Bedzra says the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be shocked come December 7, 2020.

    The NDC he has adopted a house to house campaign in the constituency and will win the 2020 general elections and have their parliamentary candidate John Dumelo declared as the winner of the polls.

    He said just like the late Mills used a door-door- to campaign to win the presidential seat, the NDC as a party is using this approach to campaign this year to repeat history.

    He indicated that “this year we are not leaving any stone unturned. We are touring the constituency, we are making sure we will enter every house and sell the message of candidate John Mahama and John Dumelo so the resideNts will vote massively for the NDC.”

    The 2020 polls he said is a rescue mission because the ruling NPP has destroyed this nation and sending it to the abyss.

    Ghanaian voters he noted must kick out the NPP if they want the economy to be stable and lives transformed.

    He refuted suggestions that the seat is a safe one for the governing party stressing, the votes for the NDC this year would be massive.

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • I will get married in 2021 to celebrate NDC’s victory – Sammy Gyamfi

    The National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamf, has announced his intention to tie the knot in 2021.

    This, he stated, is to celebrate the gargantuan re-election of former President John Dramani Mahama after the December general election.

    “I will get married in 2021; it will be a victory wedding,” he stated on Accra-based Neat FM.

    However, Mr Gyamfi, who was very certain about the date, said he is still waiting on God for his missing rib.

    The father of a nine-year-old boy, in response to who his wife-to-be is, said “God will provide”.

    Mr Gyamfi, however, dispelled rumours that his fiancée is a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party.

    Source: Happy 98.9FM

  • Citizen sues EC over failure to provide audited accounts of NPP, NDC

    A Ghanaian citizen has filed a suit at an Accra High Court against the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for failure to furnish her with audited accounts of the two major political parties in Ghana.

    Dorcas Aboraa Sika Marfo had written to the Commission on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, requesting copies of the returns and audited accounts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from 2012 till date.

    She also, in the letter, requested to know the fees payable before her request is granted.

    But, according to a writ sighted by 3news.com, the EC has “failed, refused and neglected to acknowledge receipt of the letter or accede to the request made”.

    According to her, the Commission is enjoined by the Political Parties Act, 2000 (Act 547) to respond and provide the information she is requesting.

    After barely five months, Ms Abora through her legal representatives has taken the matter to court.

    She is praying the court to exercise its discretion to order the Commission “to discharge its statutory obligations by furnishing the applicant with copies of the returns and accounts filed by the NPP and the NDC political parties from 2012 till date”.

    Source: 3 News

  • NDC will prioritise TVET, introduce free apprenticeship training Joshua Alabi

    The next government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will absorb apprenticeship fees paid by carpenters, welders, plumbers, electricians, and hairdressers, among others, the party’s Election 2020 Campaign Manager has said.

    Prof Joshua Alabi said the party’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programme would also recognize experiential knowledge for progression to higher levels.

    Explaining in detail the party’s TVET programme, the Campaign manager said the NDC Presidential Candidate believes that providing financial support to an apprentice would contribute towards both job creation and the development of critical mass needed for national development.

    “In countries like Germany and Singapore, it is skills development that moves the country but in our country, we’ve placed more emphasis on the grammar type of education,” he bemoaned.

    The NDC Campaign Manager said the time is ripe for the country to reconsider technical and vocation education and training (TVET) as a potent tool for development and that is what Mr Mahama is committed to.

    Prof Alabi was reacting to the TVET programme outlined by Mr Mahama during his tour of the country.

    The tradition in Ghana is that an apprentice learning any trade may have to pay an amount as a commitment fee to their masters.

    This amount sometimes serves as a setback to some people who critically need to acquire the skills.

    But Prof Alabi has assured Ghanaians “the next government of His Excellency President John Mahama will focus on job creation and we are going to look at vocational and technical training since a lot of the youth fall in the skills development category.”

    “The government of John Mahama would absorb the fees that they usually pay to their masters,” he said.

    He added, “the NDC government will deploy a prior learning recognition framework which would recognize knowledge gained through experience.”

    Professor Alabi further explained the national comprehensive qualifications framework would mark the knowledge gained through training and experience to various levels for progression from certificate level, through Diploma to a degree (B-Tech), masters (M-Tech) and Professional Doctorates (D-Tech).

    He said the qualification framework would apply to those apprentices who want to progress to acquire higher qualifications.

    “The certificate acquired would define what one can do and that would be used to place those who want to progress on the professional academic ladder. The certificate acquired can qualify one into either technical school or technical university. So one has the opportunity to continue to practice his skills in his own business while at the same time attend technical university if he or she so wished.”

    According to the NDC campaign manager, the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) has in place the qualification framework to recognise prior learning but this has not yet received full implementation.

    But Prof Alabi said the “next NDC government under the able leadership of H.E John Mahama will give full meaning to these existing policies and framework to promote TVET in Ghana to drive Ghana’s development agenda.”

    “If you want to be a dressmaker, the government will absorb the amount required and we would establish technical universities in the new regions as well as technical and vocational schools across the country,” he said.

    “First you are guaranteed your jobs then if you want to progress beyond that you can attend any of the technical universities because they are going to be free,” he explained, adding the programme is designed to facilitate “technology transfer” at all levels.

    The NDC Campaign Manager is emphatic the TVET programme of Mr Mahama is “going to be the main engine to drive the economy.”

    Source: The Herald

  • Cost of testing for travellers outrageous, make it free – NDC Communicator

    A communication team member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Eric Sosu has described as outrageous the cost of COVID-19 test for travellers who are returning to Ghana.

    According to him, the cost is not only outrageous but a fleece on the travellers who have been hit by the economic challenges of the coronavirus.

    Travellers coming to Ghana by air are supposed to pay $150 (¢868) for Covid-19 testing, the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa disclosed at a press conference on Monday, August 31, 2020.

    The directive he explained forms part of directives outlined by the Ministry of Aviation and Health to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus and ensure that the deadly disease is not imported into the country.

    “It takes a maximum of 30 minutes for a particular passenger to go through the entire process and get his or her results.

    “This system is so convenient that passengers will practically go through our terminal building with only a fraction of time added to what they used to do before,” he added.

    He added: “It is mandatory for any airline coming to Ghana to ensure that passengers have a face mask on but we know that some of our people will be travelling from afar.

    “When you are coming from London, you will probably travel like six hours and so when you land at the KIA and you come through the passenger door and get to the edge of the terminal building, we will give you a fresh face mask.

    “There is a service provider that we are using to do all of this. So we give you the face mask and you start going through the process. When you enter you go to the far end of the upper part of arrivals and you queue to go through the testing centre.

    “But one convenience is that there is no country that you can go through the process and be able to get the results within 30 minutes and if you are negative the health professionals take over from there,” he said.

    But Mr. Sosu insits the cost is outrageous and called on the government to make it free for Ghanaians and charge foreigners coming to Ghana.

    ”Ghanaians who are returning home should not be charged. They have been stranded for months and upon returning, you are charging them $150 for a test. This is ridiculous. The government should use the COVID-19 relief fund to pay the cost of the test. If the returnees are unable to pay for the test, it means, they will be kept at the airport.”

    Meanwhile, Oliver Ofori Baah, a communication team member of the NPP has disagreed saying the cost is far cheaper than what is being charged here.

    He said the cost is reasonable and the government should be commended.

    Source: rainbownradioonline.com

  • Tell Ghanaians the wrongs of the past and how you will correct them – Asantehene to Mahama

    The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has asked former President John Dramani Mahama to conduct a deep introspection on why he was voted out as President and tell Ghanaians what new he is bringing on board.

    Mr Mahama, who is seeking a comeback nearly four years after he was voted out of office, introduced his running mate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman to the Asantehene and Asanteman earlier Wednesday at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.

    Addressing the former President, the Asantehene said, he is reiterating his advice to former President Mahama that as he seeks a comeback, it is important for him to tell Ghanaians the mistakes of the past and how he has corrected those mistakes to warrant a second chance.

    You have been a President before and you want to return again as President. I have spoken to you a lot and I have said that if you want to come back, let Ghanaians know what went wrong yesterday. Also let Ghanaians know that the mistakes won’t be repeated, the Asantehene said in twi.

    When you lost the election, I said that Ghanaians voted against you out of disappointment and anger, Otumfuo added

    And when you were re-elected as flagbearer and you informed me, I asked you whether you have looked at your mistakes in the past and how you can convince Ghanaians how you will correct those mistakes, the Asantehene said.

    Otumfuo Osei Tutu said that just as he former President Mahama wants to make a comback, so does the sitting President Nana Akufo-Addo also wants to be re-elected for four more years, hence his tour around the country to account for what he has done so far in the past three years.

    The sitting President, Nana Akufo-Addo wants to be re elected for another 4 years and he has been going round explaining to Ghanaians what he has done.

    You have just told me what you did when you were President, and what you want to do if you get another chance.

    What you have to do is to tell Ghanaians the wrongs of the past and how you will correct those wongs, Otumfuo said.

    Campaign of issues

    The Asantehene urged the two leading contenders to focus on campaign of issues to Ghanaians and leave the people to be the best judges.

    The current President is telling Ghanaians what he has done in the past three and half years. That they have done better than you and they should be given another term of office.

    Everybody should talk about what they have done and what they will do. What you did in the past and what you will do in the future should be told, and the Ghanaian people will be the best judges.

    The Asantehene called for a peaceful campaign and election process and adviced against acts of violence.

    “We want a peaceful election and nobody should initiate violence. Just make your points well and Ghanaians will be the best judges. It’s all about issues.”

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • PLAYBACK: Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang visits Otumfuo Osei Tutu II

    The running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang pays a visit to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • 2020 Elections: Asawase NDC, NPP leadership sign peace accord

    The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asawase Constituency have signed an agreement to commit to peace before, during, and after the 2020 general elections.

    NDC executives who were reluctant in signing the agreement cited alleged bias on the part of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Police during the just ended Voter Registration Exercise.

    According to them, a supposed National Security Officer who allegedly pulled a gun and threatened a police officer during the Voter Registration Exercise has still not been arrested by the police.

    The executives also raised concerns over alleged intimidation of their members during the exercise which they say happened in the full glare of the police.

    The National Peace Council after deliberations with the leadership of the NDC and NPP as well as traditional and religious leaders in the Asawase Constituency issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to get both parties to commit to peace ahead of the 2020 polls.

    The meeting by the mediation committee of the National Peace Council was to get both parties to agree not to use internal party security groups to provide security to their leaders during political activities.

    The agreement was backed by ACT, 999 of the Vigilantism, and Related Offences ACT, 2019.

    While the NPP outrightly signed the agreement, the NDC delayed in the signing to make further consultation.

    Asawase Constituency Chairman for the NPP, Mohammed Imoro signed the agreement on behalf of his party and pledged to ensure peace before, during, and after the 2020 polls.

    The executives later signed the agreement and however said they can only commit fully to a peace pact ahead of the elections if the Electoral Commission and the Police are fair in discharging their duties.

    Asawase Constituency Treasurer for the NDC, Faisal Dauda said the party was committed to peace and will do whatever to ensure the upcoming elections is a peaceful one.

    “To make it short, we signed the MoU based on conditionality that if the police will appear as political agents, we will not agree, it meant the agreement will not be necessary again”, he explained.

    Manhyia Divisional Police Commander, ACP Kwaku Buah who was part of the meeting assured both parties that police will remain fair in the discharge of their duties and serve the national interest.

    Chairman of the National Peace Council Most Rev. Professor Emmanuel Asante addressing the meeting emphasized that both parties ensure peace in the constituency since what unites them is bigger than what divides them.

    “At the end of the day, we felt that there will be a need for them to commit themselves to write. So that at least it will remind them that they have committed themselves that”, he said.

    Professor Asante indicated that all the stakeholders in the constituency are yearning for peace and the leadership of the parties in the area must also demonstrate their commitment to peace.

    The Peace Council hinted that it was preparing to meet parliamentary candidates of the NPP and NDC in the constituency to deliberate with them on the need to commit to peace and also get them to pledge their commitment ahead of the 2020 polls.

    Source: citinewsroom

  • Mahama to create job opportunities for Akatsi South youth

    Former President John Dramani Mahama and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised the people of Akatsi South that youth employment will be cardinal in his second coming.

    He therefore urged the people to turn out in many droves to vote massively to make this possible.

    The former President said this on Tuesday, when he met the chiefs of Akatsi South, some religious groups and the leadership of the party in the constituency at Akatsi-Torve Kpota Catholic Diocese long hall.

    He stated that when Ghanaians gifted him with another mandate after the December 7 polls, he would complete all the projects that were initiated by the NDC, but halted.

    Mr Mahama enumerated some abandoned projects such as the Akatsi District hospital, which he said was 90 percent complete, some electrification projects in the area, including; the Avenorpeme to Xavi road, Ave-Dakpa road among others.

    He promised residents of Akatsi South of providing the requisite processing machinery that would help farmers in processing their farm produce to avoid post-harvest losses.

    Torgbui Dorglo Anumah VI, Paramount Chief and President of Avenor Traditional Council on behalf of the chiefs and people of Akatsi South, appealed to Mr. Mahama to complete all uncompleted projects he mentioned if reelected.
    He expressed the excitement about the visit and advised the Flag-bearer not to endanger the peace now, during or after the elections.

    Other party stalwarts present included; Professor Joshua Alabi, Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, former Speaker of Parliament, Mr Julius Deborah, former Chief of Staff and some Regional Executives and Constituency Executives of the party.

    Multitudes of party supporters milled to the venue to catch a glimpse of Mr Mahama with the security having a tough time wading off the people at Torve.

    Source: GNA

  • NDC is committed to peaceful elections – Mahama

    Former President John Dramani Mahama, the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reiterated the Party’s position to ensure a peaceful election in December.

    He pledged the NDC would not use any vigilante group to cause mayhem on December 7 and urged supporters in the various communities to protect the ballot boxes to guarantee the integrity of the ballot.

    “We commit the ballot boxes into your hands so that you ensure that nobody comes to destroy them at your polling stations because your vote must count,” he added.

    Mr Mahama urged Ghanaians to turn out in their numbers on the Election Day “to vote for respect for all ethnic groups, inclusion, unity, jobs and tolerance by voting for the NDC,” a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said on Tuesday.

    Mr Mahama made the remark in an address to the chiefs and people of Mepe in the North Tongu Constituency as part his four-day tour of the Volta Region, the statement, signed by Mr James Agyenim-Boateng, Spokesperson of the NDC Campaign Team, said.

    He, however, expressed concern about the posturing of government in some instances, which raised questions about its commitment to a violent-free election in December.

    “In December we will go for an election and we want our election to be non-violent…,” he said.

    Source: GNA

  • Jomoro NDC Campaign Team inaugurated

    The Jomoro Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has inaugurated its Campaign Team for the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

    The 29-member Team has Mr Anthony Armah-Benle as Chairman.

    The members are Mesdammes Agnes Nwiah, Monica Boameyeh, Abba Mohammed and Messieurs Henry Alimah, Alex Kwaw, Stephen Blay, Francis Morkeh, Ahmed Adams, Patrick Ellonu, J.E. Ackah, a former MP, George Blay Morkeh, and Sylvester Daddieh Morkeh, former DCE for Jomoro.

    The others are Messuers Berlia Benson, Kwasi Yankey, Kennedy Yankey, Francis Nweanah, Francis Tayi, Dr Francis Horbah and Leo Kofi Amenlemah, an independent parliamentary candidate in the 2016 elections.

    The rest are Messieurs Akatia Kwaidoo, Francis Amihere, Benedict Boadi, Emmanuel Ndarko Benle, Paul Nyamekye, Dominic Eduful and Francis Bleboo.

    Mr Ebenezer Eshun, the Western Regional Vice Chairman of the Party, accompanied by the Deputy Regional Women’s Organizer, Ms Charlotte Cobbinah, inaugurated the team.

    He advised members to work hard and be vigilant to win back the Jomoro seat come December 7.

    The NDC Parliamentary Candidate, Ms Dorcas Affo Toffey, congratulated the team members and urged them to go the extra mile to ensure victory for the Party.

    Source: GNA

  • NDC gives GH¢2,000 to picketing hygiene students who were dispersed by police

    The Minority in Parliament has given a sum of GH¢2,000 to the leadership of the School of Hygiene after they were prevented from picketing the Sanitation Ministry.

    The agitated graduates stormed the Ministry on Monday over unpaid allowances but were dispersed by the Police.

    The students set up camp at the Ministry as early as 3:00 am, bringing along mattresses, food items and cooking utensils.

    There was, however, a confrontation with the Police after they refused to vacate the Ministry until their demands were met.

    “The police started beating us after the Chief Director asked them to move us from the Ministry,” one of the students said, as quoted by Citinewsroom.

    “They are just beating us mercilessly. Is that how we live in this country just because we are demanding what is due us? They just call the police to beat us up.”

    The NDC MP for Ningo Prampram Sam Nartey George said the party stands with the aggrieved students.

    He further condemned the alleged assault of the students, before disclosing that the Minority Caucus will give them GH¢2,000 to transport them back to their campuses.

    “As a minority caucus in parliament, we are going to be providing you a token amount of GH¢2,000. The NDC minority in parliament stands with you and we echo the words of our flag bearer and running mate,” Sam George said.

    “This money is supposed to help you get back to your campuses or to places where you have come from. We will continue to fight in parliament to ensure that what is due you is paid you.”

    This is the second time in the space of two weeks that students of the School of Hygiene are picketing the Sanitation Ministry over unpaid allowances.

    Source: Pulse Ghana

  • NDC is committed to peaceful elections Mahama

    The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has reiterated the party’s position to ensure a peaceful election.

    He notes however that the posturing of the government raises questions about its commitment to a violent-free election in December.

    Addressing the chiefs and people of Mepe in the North Tongu constituency on Monday to kick start his four-day tour of the Volta Region, Mr Mahama observed that the government does not seem to be interested in making the Decemnber general elections peaceful.

    “In December we will go for an election and we want our election to be non-violent and we in the NDC are peaceful people. But our opponents have a tendency for violence and they have displayed at any given opportunity”, he said.

    Mr Mahama cited a number of instances to buttress his point. He recounted that thugs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who chased out a judge in a court in Kumasi were given just a slap on the wrist whilst those who perpetrated the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence continues to walk free of charge.

    He also recalled how some members of the NDC were attacked at Banda during the recent voter registration exercise, leading to the death of an innocent person adding, “we have a whole minister claiming that she fired a gunshot at Kasoa during the registration exercise and nothing has happened”.

    “So when you look at all these things, you can predict what they will do in the elections and “officials of the party have said that, Ayawaso West Wuogon was a dress rehearsal and that the real thing was going to be on voting day”, he said.

    Source: James Agyenim-Boateng, NDC Campaign Spokesperson

  • NDC, NPP parliamentary candidates satisfied with voter registration exercise

    Parliamentary candidates of the two main political parties in the Ketu South Municipality have described the just ended Voter Registration Exercise as largely successful.

    Madam Abla Dzifa Gomashie, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate, and Mr David Tiahno Quarshie, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate for Ketu South, said the exercise had been without ugly incidents and commended the Electoral Commission for a peaceful registration.

    Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) the political rivals shared their impression on the exercise, which sought to compile a new electoral roll ahead of the general election in December.

    Madam Gomashie expressed gratitude to the citizenry for defying the odds to go out to register and noted that though the exercise was successful she had some reservations.

    She said the centre for the mop-up was too far from the communities making it difficult for some people to commute to the office to register.

    “Again, logistics including chairs and canopies needed for the smooth running of the exercise created a challenge and should be addressed going forward,” she said.

    “I am happy for the people of Ghana, Volta Region and especially Ketu South for coming out to register in their numbers in these extraordinary times. Neither the fear of COVID-19, the harassments, intimidation and the challenge forms stopped them from coming out.”

    Mr Quarshie said he was satisfied with the overall conduct of the registration exercise and debunked claims of intimidation, harassment and tagging of residents as foreigners in the Municipality.

    He called on the people of the Volta Region, especially those in Ketu South, to disregard the so-called “Togolese tag” on them because the current government did not consider them as such.

    Mr Kofi Sakyi Boampong, the Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission, said the process was successful and the office did not intentionally leave out any eligible applicant.

    “Any eligible applicant desirous of registering for the voter card would have done so within the regular and the mop-up period. The office made efforts to communicate the gazetted schedules to the public in a bid to inform them to participate in the exercise,” he said.

    The exercise, which ended on Sunday, had 139,100 applicants in Ketu South registering out of which about 800 applicants had their registration challenged.

    Source: GNA

  • 7 more arrested in Nkrankwanta NPP, NDC clash

    The police in the Bono Region have arrested seven more people suspected to have links with last Saturday’s clash between some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Nkrankwanta that resulted in the death of one person and injuries to two people.

    The seven were arrested on Monday, August 10, 2020.

    This brings to 10, the total number of suspects arrested and currently police custody in connection with the clash.

    They have all been transported to Sunyani, the Bono Regional capital for processing for court.

    The incident happened at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District following a disagreement between the two groups.

     

    The police are still investigating the cause of the incident and the kind of gun which was fired and killed one person.

    3 earlier arrests

    Graphic Online’s correspondent in the Bono Region, Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah reported that the three persons earlier arrested have been identified as Ali Musah, 33, Ibrahim Acquah, 33 and Amos Aning, 38.

    One person died in the clash while two other persons were injured.

     

    The deceased, Kofi Larbeth, 36, was pronounced dead at the Dormaa-Ahenkro Presbyterian Hospital, while the two injured persons, Kwame Gutan, 33 and Gabriel Elliasu, 45, are responding to treatment at the Dormaa West District District Hospital at Nkrankwanta.

    The police said the incident happened at about 500 metres away from the EC’s district office.

    The Bono Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong told Graphic Online in an interview that the three sustained gunshots and machete wounds during the clash which occurred at about 5.35 pm.

    According to him, a Mitsubishi pick up vehicle and a motorbike were set ablaze while a Toyota Tundra vehicle was also damaged.

    Chief Inspector Oppong said calm has since returned to the area.

     

    Source: graphic.com.gh 

  • Mahama announces $10 billion infrastructural plan dubbed Big Push

    John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has announced a $10 billion accelerated infrastructural plan, dubbed the Big Push, which he says will drive jobs and entrepreneurial agenda when elected in December 2020.

    “We are looking at what I call the Big Push, injecting some $10 billion to dualise our roads, complete the remainder of the 200 Community Day Senior High Schools, finish all the hospital projects that have been left abandoned, and construct bridges to open up the country”, says Mr. Mahama.

    Speaking in an interview on TV XYZ, the NDC flagbearer said the major plank of his second coming as President “is to deliver jobs to our young people.”

    According to the former President, “it [Big Push] will involve the construction industry, engineering, and other professionals, and will bring a lot of artisans and everybody back into work.”

    Mr. Mahama who has been visiting and meeting traditional rulers and various interest groups in Savannah, Northern, Oti and Volta Regions, also announced that delivering jobs to the young people of Ghana will be a major plank of his next government.

    “If we do not do this urgently, we have a time bomb ticking away. Everything, every policy, and every policy will be focused on creating jobs for young people”.

    The NDC Flagbearer says his Agenda One Million Jobs will see the creation of between 300,000 and 400,000 jobs a year, in both the private and public sectors.

    “It is a very well-thought-out plan and will be the central promise of our manifesto”, he added.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Comparison of Kotoko to NPP and NDC by Amponsah has no empirical evidence – Maurice Quansah

    The vice president of Sports Writers Association Ghana (SWAG), has revealed that Nana Yaw Amponsah‘s comparison of the Kumasi-based club to political parties in size has no data backing it.

    Amponsah, after his official confirmation as CEO of Kotoko, boldly stated that the club is bigger than the two political parties in Ghana , NPP and NDC.

    “You know you have to say the right things to the people. Kotoko is a big club with so much untapped potential. I have travelled across the continent. You go to Egypt, Algeria, Morrocco [they respect Kotoko],” Quansah told Joy FM.

    “But, Kotoko have their problems so they have not been able to tap into that huge potential so a lot of things are speculation. Yes they [Nana Yaw Amponsah] talks about Kotoko being bigger than NPP or NDC but there are no scientific basis to it.”

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • NDC has disbanded all its vigilante groups Alex Segbefia claims

    The Deputy Campaign Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alex Segbefia claims his party has disbanded all their vigilante groups.

    According to him, the party has given instructions for all not to recognize vigilante groups that were formed prior to the passage of the vigilantism bill.

    The NDC had vigilante groups created by individuals in the party such as Hawks, Azorka boys among others under the guise of protecting members of the party during elections and at party functions.

    “we have been given instructions clearly for all these groups to be disbanded and they are not recognized by the party. So as far as we are concerned they have been disbanded.”

    “we will not allow ourselves to be associated with this, and we will never sanction any [vigilante] actions.”

    “We are not ready to compete with the current game going on”, he emphasized.

    Vigilantism has become a worrying trend in the Ghanaian body politics.

    Mr. Segbefia said “when we went for the peace council, the Ayawaso West Wuogon exposed a situation which is difficult to deal with…where vigilantism were armed in the security services.”he concluded.

     

    Source: My News GH

  • NDC to cancel teachers licensure examination

    The Deputy Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Richard Nyarko said if the NDC wins the 2020 elections, they will cancel the teacher’s licensure examination.

    He explained that the party did not see the licensure examination as necessary as it reduced the number of qualified teachers that the government had to employ.

    Mr Nyarko said the NDC government would complete all the Day Senior High Schools (SHS) and open schools in new communities across the country and create more avenues for employment of teachers and raise the necessary budgetary allocation to pay them.

    He was speaking at the Youth Speaks Forum organized by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD)in collaboration with Youth Bridge Foundation, a non-governmental organization with support from the USAID at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.

    He said the NDC government would revive the Kumasi Jute bag factory and the Komenda Sugar Factory to create more jobs for the youth.

    Mr Nyarko said they would also establish skills development centres to train the youth to acquire employable skills for themselves and others.

    He said the future NDC government would introduce free technical and vocational training for the youth from the SHS to the tertiary level to help develop the requisite technical skills for the development of the country.

    Mr Jerry Osei-Poku, the Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) said the Nana Akufo-Addo government had created 100,000 employment avenues under the Nation Builders Corps programme.

    He said under the one district, one factory programme of the government, 58 new factories were in operation and created jobs for the youth in some districts in the country.

    Mr Osei-Poku said the NPP government had employed over 8,872 teachers, 1,445 non-teaching staff, over 54,000 nurses, 1,174 health assistants within the three and half years in office.

    He said 1,535 jobs were created for the youth in cocoa production, 83,000 youth employed under the Forestry Commission and funding was provided for establishment of 9,350 new businesses.

    Mr Osei-Opoku said government had introduced free SHS policy to ensure that more Ghanaian youths got secondary education and supported the system with scholarships for over 30,000 youths.

    The Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Mr Stephen Lartey Mensah said a future CPP government would revive all the defunct factories established under the CPP government.

    He said a future CPP government would increase the share of the District Assembly Common Fund for People With Disability (PWD) and introduce free education for children of PWDs.

    Mr Mensah said a future CPP government would motivate public universities to establish regional campuses in order to create access to tertiary education.

    He said a future CPP government would develop sports as a form of recreation and a means of creating jobs for the youth.

    Mr Francis Cobbah, the New Juaben South Municipal Director of the National Commission of Civic Education (NCCE) advised youth organisers of the political parties to educate their members to desist from political violence.

    Ms Regina Oforiwa Amafo of CDD called on the youth activists to use their abilities positively for the development of the country.

    Ms Joyce Nyame, the Programmes Coordinator of the Youth Bridge Foundation called on the political parties to place high emphasis on the development of the youth of the country.

     

    Source: Peace FM

  • NDC to provide proper social protection for the aged – Otokunor

    The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress and a Deputy Campaign Manager of the NDC, has hinted that the next NDC government will accelerate efforts towards building a robust social safety net for the aged in order to prevent dreaded and shameful incidents such as the lynching of a 90-year-old lady accused of being a witch.

    In an interview with Kwame Nkrumah Tikesie on Okay FM, Peter Otokunor hinted that the NDC is planning a comprehensive “social safety net” for the aged in our society if elected on December 7th, adding that ‘Witch Camp’ should be scrapped so that a carefully planed ‘homes for aged’ concept which could create jobs for lots of nurses across the country can be implemented to take care of our vulnerable mothers.

    According to him, such comprehensive initiative will open up opportunities for massive job creation in the hospitality and allied health sector.

    He said, “this will afford the thousands of qualified trained nurses who are still idling at home the opportunity to be employed to make a living for themselves and their families.”

    He recounted, how qualified nurses have been reduced to hawkers, prostitutes and beggars under the leadership of President Akufo Addo, hence the introduction of this policy will provide an effective avenue to provide employment for all this nurses.

     

    Source: Citizen Edem, Contributor

  • Free healthcare will bring relief to Ghanaians – Otokunor

    A Deputy General Secretary and a Deputy Campaign Manager of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has said his party’s plan to implement a free healthcare policy if elected on December 7 will bring huge relief to the people of Ghana.

    His comment is in the wake of the collapse of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by what he describes as the incompetent Akufo-Addo government.

    According to him, this promise is the clearest indication of NDC’s desire to build a healthy and a wealthy nation.

    Speaking at the inauguration of Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang in Accra on Mondey, July 27, His Excellency former President Mahama had announced that in line with his party’s social democratic credentials, he is seeking to introduce and begin the “implementation of a Free Primary Health Care Plan”.

    Reacting to this announcement, Mr Peter Otokunor said, “A Country with unhealthy people can never see progress,” adding that “Every developed country is a healthy country. A sound mind lives in a sound body. So if you need sound minds to deliver economic development, health is a priority.”

    According to him, it is this very philosophy that propelled the previous NDC government to pay special attention to the Health Sector.

    “Look at the Rigde Hospital, the University of Ghana Medical Center, the Bank of Ghana Hospital, GA East Hospital, the Maritime Hospital, the Dodowa Hospital and many District Hospitals across the country.”

    “The numerous hospitals Mahama built have become the corner stone today for Ghana in the fight against covid-19. From January 2021, we are going to continue to aggressively build more hospitals so that primary healthcare can reach every nook and cranny of our country,” he said.

    He added: “We will build more CHPS Compounds than what we did in our previous administration and then make primary healthcare free. This is leadership. Not the clueless type that come to government and wait until when it is 5 months to election before promising to build 88 hospitals in one year.”

    “Akufo Addo made a choice to priotize corruption and has done a impeccable job in that regard. He will be remembered in history for weakening, basterdising and collapsing state institutions. Today, the National Health Insurance Scheme has virtually collapsed. Mahama’s introduction of free healthcare will bring great relief to the masses,” he said.

     

    Source: Citizen Edem, Contributor

  • I stepped back in NDC running mate race for fresh faces – Prof Kwesi Botchwey

    Professor Kwesi Botchwey, Ghana’s longest-serving Finance Minister has disclosed that he decided to step back in the running mate nomination of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

    The reason, he said was to allow for fresh faces to take up that position and that anybody who is articulate and understands the fundamentals of governance fits that position.

    He, however, disagreed with suggestions that it is only persons with economics background that fits the vice-presidential position or slot.

    Responding to what he makes of the selection of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as the running mate of Mr John Dramani Mahama, Prof Botchwey said she has what it takes to partner the NDC flagbearer.

    He said she has proven track records to partner the flagbearer to capture power in the December 7, 2020 polls.

    Prof Botchwey’s name came up last year as a possible choice as running mate to the NDC flagbearer.

     

    But reacting after Prof Opoku-Agyemang was selected, Prof Botchwey said: “I think that every party, our party [NDC] especially has forged a generational transition so that we, the older ones can step back a bit to provide guidance and support.”

    “We can’t have the same generation or people leading the party. That was my view and I think I’ve been vindicated, you’ve seen Naana, she is very focused, she is very driven, she is humble, she is well spoken, she is every bit of what we will want to see in the vice-president. So this is about Naana, it is not about Kwesi Botchwey.”

    ”There is nothing in our laws, in our constitution anywhere that says that the vice-president must be an economist. What you need is to be a good social analyst, a good social scientist, with the tools to ask the right questions and be focused on the business of national development and that is all you need.”

     

    more to follow

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • NDC Chairman questions Akufo-Addo’s human right credentials

    National Democracy Congress Chairman for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Bismark Aboobi Ayertey has questioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s credibility as a human rights lawyer.

    To him, it begets sound reasoning that someone who claims to be an apostle of democracy, could so flout the Rule of Law during his tenure.

    Citing the Ayawaso West Wuogon incident and Mavis Hawa Koomson’s firing of gunshots at Kasoa to buttress his point, he said:

    “Under Nana Addo, there is no peace in this country. Under Nana Addo, rule of law has been thrown to the dogs…no law is working in this country and so sometimes I wonder our grandfather, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Sometimes people doubt the credibility of the certificate that makes him a human right lawyer or that self-proclaimed human rights lawyer; everyday Nana Addo is being exposed by his actions and inactions.”

    He was speaking in an interview on Neat FM’s ‘Me Man Nti’ programme.

    Source: Peace FM

  • Livestream: NDCs Weekly Press Briefing addresses Hawa Koomsons shooting at voters registration centre

    The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Monday hold one of its Weekly Press Briefing.

    The press conference will be led by Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Director of Elections of the party.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Top NDC executive involved in a sex scandal in Dubai with a fetish priest

    Indecent photos and videos of high ranking National Democratic Congress (NDC) executive, Hajia Shamima who is the Regional Treasurer of the party and popular Facebook Mallam Naa Tia has leaked online.

    In the videos, Hajia Shamima and Naa Tia were chilling and making love in Dubai with no regard for the opinions of others.

    Other photos have Hajia Shamima half-naked in lingerie posing for the cameras. Other photos have her relying comfortably on the arms of Naa Tia who is the head of Kejebi Shrine.

    Other videos have Shamima and Naa Tia chilling of in Dubai Desert whiles throwing subtle jabs at haters. They occasionally kissed to show their love for each other.

    What has caused people to worry about this love birds is the fact that Hajia Shamima is a lawfully wedded wife; she is married!

    Hajia Shamima, NDC Treasurer and fetish priest, Naa Tia

    Hajia Shamima, NDC Treasurer and fetish priest, Naa Tia

    According to reports by MyNewsGh, the photos and videos were leaked by a friend of the lady who got hold of the leaked items.

    watch the video of the love birds chilling in Dubai below

     

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    Video of married top female NDC Executive, Hajia Shamima and fetish priest Naa Tia chilling in Dubai leaks online

    A post shared by Ghpage TV (@ghpage_tv) on

    Naa Tia is one of the most renowned fetish priests in Ghana. His image is used by most fetish priests and fraudsters online.

    But he has always come out to deny being the person behind the numerous fake accounts. He is the Leader of the Kejebi Shrine.

    Source: ghpage.com

  • NPP behind alleged registration of foreigners in Banda NDC

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Bono Region has said the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) planned and executed the registration of foreigners in the Banda Constituency to make the opposition party unpopular.

    In a press statement issued on Friday, July 17, 2020, the Bono Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dennis Yeboah Twumasi, said their investigations have revealed that some known names in the NPP masterminded the registration of some alleged foreigners in the Banda constituency.

    “A known NPP Woman Activist led these Ladies with the promise of being one of their Guarantors, in an attempt to register at D/A Primary School Bongase-Kramoline Registration Center (J100602), as Voters in Bongase, Banda Constituency,” the Bono NDC Regional Secretary alleged in the release.

    The press release added that “the accusation was first hatched by an Employee of the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission of Ghana, a well-known NPP Member and a self-acclaimed National Security Operative called Prince, who recorded and directed this video clip of these vulnerable Young Ladies and made a voiceover commentary accusing Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim and the NDC for bringing Foreigners from Ivory Coast to register in Banda Constituency.”

    Ghana Immigration Service Officers in Banda District arrested five Young Ladies accused of being foreigners from Ivory Coast and allegedly brought in by Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim, Member of Parliament for Banda Constituency.

    According to the NDC, “these vulnerable Young Ladies are from Pofia in the Nandom Municipality, Upper West Region and are residents of Bongase, Banda District. Their Landlord and Landlady are also known New Patriotic Party (NPP)Members; Yaw Zugu and Madam Akua Donkor respectively, all of Bongase.”

    The opposition party, therefore, called on the security authorities to prosecute the individuals involved in the setup and promised to endanger the NPP if they fabricate more lies to make the NDC unpopular.

    Read the full press release below.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • ET Mensah tests positive for COVID-19 as numbers race to 25, 511

    A Former Member of Parliament for Prampram, Enoch Tei Mensah has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus.

    According to a report on Starr.fm.gh, the leading member of the NDC has been rushed to the University of Ghana Medical Center(UGMC) for attention.

    The Website indicate that he was rushed to the facility after he had difficulty breathing.

    Currently, Ghana has recorded 25,430 cases out of which 25, 511 have recovered.

    The death toll in the country is currently 139 and active cases in the country are 3,780.

    Break Down Here

    Greater Accra Region  13,986

    Ashanti Region  5,277

    Western Region  2,190

    Central Region  1,131

    Eastern Region  962

    Volta Region  441

    Upper East Region  282

    Northern Region  271

    Bono East Region  206

    Western North Region  200

    Oti Region  138

    Bono Region  107

    Ahafo Region  103

    Upper West Region  70

    Savannah Region  57

    North East Region  9

    Source: MyNewsGh.com/ Ayeh Offei-Akoto/2020

  • NDC accuses police of looking on as an MP and its registration agents were assaulted

    The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region is demanding the arrest and prosecution of persons who assaulted the Ejura-Sekyere-Odumase MP and two registration agents.

    Muhammed Bawah Braimah MP for Ejura-Sekyere-Odumase was allegedly attacked by persons believed to belong to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) at Ejura, while the agents were beaten up at Drobonso.

    Party leaders say they have made names of suspects available to police and expect them to be apprehended within 72 hours.

    Regional Secretary, Kwame Zu and Communications Officer, Abass Nurudeen, addressed the media in Kumasi said the police and military persons witnessed the assault.

    “The police and the military, who are expected to stay in the middle have now teamed up with the NPP to assault NDC members.

    “Soldiers and police are being directed by DCEs to beat NDC agents at polling stations and our MP for Ejura, who nearly lost his life.

    “At Drobonso, two of our agents were just challenging some non-citizens who were at a centre to write their names. They called police officers to beat them up,” Mr Nurudeen alleged.

    The NDC is also alleging that police and military personnel deployed to monitor the registration exercise are intimidating its members.

    It also accused the Electoral Commission of padding figures recorded in the on-going registration exercise as part of a plot to rig the 2020 polls for the governing party.

     

    Source: myjoyonline

  • NDC is tired of Sammy Gyamfi’s press conferences – Sam George

    It appears that, there is some confusion within the Communication department of the opposition NDC, as member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George is on record to have said that, the party is tired of the press Conferences being organized by the communications Officer of the Party, Sammy Gyamfi.

    According to Sam George, who spoke on an Accra based radio station, Power FM, the weekly press conferences being organized by Sammy Gyamfi is not helping the party.

    Since taking over as the communications officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi has adopted a strategy where he organises press conference on weekly basis, ostensibly, to attack or expose the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).

    But this idea seems not to go down well with some members of the Party, including Sam George, even before his weekly press conferences, there was a another strategy called, moments of truth by the communications directorate of the NDC.

    In a the recent press conference on Monday, Sammy Gyamfi made a lot accusations against the NPP government on the way it handled the fight against the Coronavirus in the Country, as he accused the government of not doing enough in the fight against Covid-19.

    On Tuesday, the NPP National Youth Organiser, Nana Boakye organized a similar event in Kumasi, where he challenged the NDC to mention any initiative by the party that benefited the youth of this Country.

    Source: opera.com

  • Calm returns to Bono Region after bloody registration centre confrontation

    Calm has returned to the Banda Constituency in the Bono Region following a confrontation at a registration centre that resulted in the death of one person.

    This is according to the Bono Regional Police Command which says the presence of security personnel has been beefed up on the ground.

    The scuffle reportedly began after some persons associated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the constituency allegedly confronted brother of the MP for the area, Ahmed Ibrahim, over reasons not yet known.

    Bono Regional Police PRO, Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong told Citi News police are gathering evidence and will soon make an arrest.

    “We are gathering intelligence that will lead us to the right culprits so that we will not go and arrest some people and later release them. There is reinforcement there, and now the situation is under control for now. People are moving to and fro for their own business. Police, military and immigration are on the ground.”

     

    One killed

    Silas Wulochamey, a graduate teacher trainee from the Akim Oda Teacher Training College was allegedly accosted by the men at Banda Kabrono on Monday when he was returning from a visit to his pastor at Wenchi.

    Some reports suggest that the stabbing occurred at a registration centre following an altercation between some New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Trouble for NDC as Hohoe Municipality records low voter registration turn out despite Mahama’s visit

    Hohoe Municipality has shown a massive decline in the number of registered voters in the phase three of the ongoing voter registration exercise.

    A visit in the Municipality showed a modicum of registrants in the queue compared to the previous two phases.

    The first two cases of the registration showed a total number of about 6000 people who have duly registered.

    Today’s visit to the post office, the team saw about 11 people in a queue who were undergoing the registration exercise.

    Other centers showed 4 people in a queue who were undergoing the registration process.

    This comes as a shock as one would have expected the numbers to shoot up after the visit of the former president to the Municipality.

    However, checks revealed that the said day was a market day and many of the residents may have gone to the market, and hence accounting to the low turn out.

    The team will continue to monitor the situation and report accordingly.

  • Kumasi Mayor to sue Ashanti Regional NDC communicator for defamation

    The Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has threatened to take legal action against the Ashanti Regional Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nurudeen Abass for defamation.

    Solicitors for the Kumasi Mayor, Koffie & Partners say Mr. Abass on July 13, 2020, made some unsavoury and libellous comments against their client, Osei Assibey Antwi over claims that he was scheming to sell off the residence of the Coordinating Director for which assembly members were to take GHS1 million as a bribe to approve the deal.

    The false comments which were made in a Facebook post were again repeated on a political talk show, Eboboba on Fox FM on the same date.

    In the writ of summons cited by citinewsroom.com, the lawyers said: “We have the instructions of our client to state in no uncertain terms that your said accusations and or post as well as your running commentary on the media platform is false, malicious and intended to deride our client and to cause public rancour against his personal integrity and office.”

    Withdrawal of statement

    The NDC Regional Communicator has therefore been directed to withdraw and delete the said publication and render and an unqualified apology on the same platform with equal prominence.

    He has also been asked to go back on air to retract the comments and apologize over the same matter.

    “Please note that, if we do not have any positive action from your relative to the withdrawals and/or retraction we have the further instructions of our client to institute legal action against you in a court of competent jurisdiction for defamation.”

    “We trust that you would adhere to this our simple but form demand to avert an embarrassing legal tussle with you. Be accordingly advised and notified”, the writ added.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Fuel prices must go down immediately NDC demands

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to immediately ensure that fuel prices at the pumps are reduced.

    According to the party, the declining prices of crude oil on the international market, amongst other factors, should have led to a drastic reduction of fuel but the government has refused to do so.

    According to the opposition, the call for reduction is to help commercial drivers as they have been compelled to reduce the number of passengers that board their vehicles in order to adhere to social distancing.

    Speaking to the media in Accra today, July 13, 2020, National Communication Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, described the increase in fuel prices as unacceptable and demanded that prices be reduced immediately.

    “Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot end by urging government to reduce fuel prices, instead of the recent consistent increments at a time crude prices have plummeted on the world market. The need to reduce fuel prices comes at a time government has directed all commercial drivers to reduce the number of passengers they take in line with social distancing protocols. This has drastically reduced the incomes of transport owners who are still being asked to pay more for fuel. This is unacceptable, and prices must go down immediately.”

    Attendant increase in transport fares

    Commercial transport operators over the weekend increased transport fares by 15%.

    This was after the transport operators made a proposal for the government to allow them to revert to carrying their usual full seating capacity or for the fares to be adjusted upwards by 30%.

    After considering both proposals, government subsequently approved a 15% increase.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Final-year SHS students returned for voter registration not exams – NDC

    The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the return of final year Senior High School (SHS) students to school was part of an “illegal” scheme to assemble the students for voter registration.

    The NDC’s Director of Elections, Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah at a press briefing today in Accra contended that the decision also contravenes the law which mandates the Electoral Commission to gazette a designated polling centre for 21 days.

    “We (the NDC) remind the EC that according to C.I. 91 they are required to gazette a designated polling centre for 21 days. In the absence of that, any so-called registration centre, be it in a school or elsewhere is illegal,” Mr Afriyie Ankrah said.

    “It is true that the EC was quick to refer to their mandate as prescribed by CI 91 but they conveniently left out portions of the same CI that compels them to gazette for a defined number of days.

    “We refer you, ladies and gentlemen to Regulation 2, Paragraph 3 of the CI 91: “The Commission shall at least twenty-one days before the first day of the national registration of voters, inform political parties and the general public by publication in the Gazette of a place it designates as a registration centre”.

    Unfair exposure to COVID-19

    Mr Ankrah said it was curious that while parents were not allowed to visit their wards on campus, EC officials, security personnel and party agents were allowed to move freely in all schools.

    He said many Civil Society Organisations and health experts had already advised the government against re-opening the schools but the government still went ahead because of “the hope of winning the election at all cost”.

    Recall

    On March 20, 2020, WAEC had to suspend the WASSCE timetable and put on hold the conduct of the examination until further notice in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that is wreaking havoc globally, including WAEC member countries.

    In April, WAEC received a request from the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the council to take the necessary steps to facilitate the writing of the WASSCE for candidates in Ghana.

    On Sunday, May 31, 2020, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced a schedule for the reopening of schools, from the tertiary to basic levels, to allow all-final year students to complete their programmes and write their exit examinations.

    Final-year students in SHS returned to school on June 22, 2020, after almost three months at home, to prepare for the WASSCE.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • NDC sues Electoral Commission over registration on campuses

    The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) at an Accra High Court to stop the planned registration of voters in Senior High Schools.

    The party contends it is illegal and wrongful for registration to take place at any place that was not contained in a Gazette and notification in accordance with C.I 91.

    They want the court to rule that any such registration is null and void and of no legal effect.

    The EC has announce moves to take registration to campuses.

    The commission further indicated that students who participate in the exercise will be allowed to move their votes to their preferred location later in the year if they happen to reside in areas far away from the schools where registration is to take place.

    The NDC is in the High Court asking that an order be given to exclude names of persons who will be registered at “those illegal centres” from the electoral roll come December 2020.

    They also want the EC restrained from carrying out such registration.

     

    Source: myjoyonline

  • Well use all legal means to stop ECs registration in schools – NDC

    A Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Boamoah Otokunor has slammed the Electoral Commission (EC) for conduct a registration exercise in secondary schools.

    He said although the EC has started the exercise, the NDC will use all available means to stop the “illegality”.

    Mr. Otoklunor indicated despite their disapproval of this decision, they have deployed polling agents to all the secondary schools where the exercise is being conducted.

    He told Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that, these newly created centres have not been gazetted to allow for their use in the ongoing voter registration exercise.

    He explained to the news team the law states clearly that the EC has the power to create polling stations but when they do so, they must go through the process of gazetting and publishing them to political parties, 21 days before the time.

    He further alleged the ruling NPP was using their vigilante groups to intimidate and attack NDC supporters.

    The police he noted must step in to protect their supporters of they would be forced to defend themselves.

    He advised the EC to ensure the safety protocols in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus at all the registration centres are adhered to.

     

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • Schools were reopened for voter registration not exams – NDC claims

    The National Democratic Congress has claimed that government’s purpose for making all final year students resume classes was purely on political benefits.

    Addressing the media today at the party’s headquarters in Accra, the NDC claimed the purpose of the resumption was for the government to assemble students for the ongoing voters registration by the Electoral Commission.

    Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Director of Elections for the NDC reiterated per the alleged comments by Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information that there might be a possible lockdown after the registration, it confirms the government’s intentions.

    “It has come to light the decision by government to send final year and Gold track students to school had nothing to do with preparation towards examination but the hidden agenda was to assemble them for registration. We have had the minister of information giving hint that there could be a partial lockdown anytime soon after the registration” He said

    He continued “so what is this whole agenda of asking student to go back to school about? Send them back to school under the guise of writing examination. The student are virtually hostages in the schools because their parents are not allowed to them.”

    He sent a message of caution to the Electoral Commission, that going ahead to register SHS students without gazetting the designated polling center demonstrate it’s illegality.

    The party is urging them to operate within its own laws and mandate as outlined in C1 91.

    “We reiterate our position that the EC must at all times operate within its laws. To this end, we remind that the EC according to C.I 91 they are required to gazette a designated polling center for 21 days. In the absence of that, any so called registration center be it in a school or elsewhere is illegal.

    Meanwhile, the EC has begun a 2 days registration exercise for all eligible SHS students across the country.

    According to EC, this registration exercise will take place in all Senior High schools that do not have polling stations within the schools.

     

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • NDC manifesto out, free university for all SHS students

    The New Democratic Congress founded by Jerry John Rawlings in 1992. The party came into opposition in the 2016 general elections when the NPP party won by over one million votes difference. The NPP was said to have won the election because of the numerous promises and heavy promises made by Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo the current president of Ghana.

    The flag bearer of the NDC thus the former president John Dramani Mahama will elect his running mate today. The manifesto of the party is what many Ghanaians are desperately waiting for since they have to promise something better than the free shs so what exactly will be the manifesto?

    Today on Adom FM, an NDC representative made it clear about the 2020 manifesto of the NDC. In his speech he made it clear that they will not destroy the free shs but rather they are going to make it from kindergarten to university. Ghanaians reacted when they heard that comment because if indeed they are going to keep their promise then it is absolutely possible that Ghanaians will hand over power to the NDC.

    He also emphasized that John Dramani Mahama will return the banks collapsed by the NPP government back to their owners since many have lost their jobs. This were the words of an NDC representative on a live program on Adom FM this morning.

    Ghanaians are desperately waiting to see the running mate of the NDC flag bearer today and to hear the manifesto from him the leader in order to confirm.

    Source: opera.com

  • NDC Chairman threatens UHAS VC

    The autonomy of the University of Health & Allied Sciences (UHAS) is being threatened by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region, led by the Regional Chairman, Henry Ametefe.

    The chairman, in what many have described as a distasteful rant, warned the Vice-Chancellor of UHAS, Prof. John Owusu Gyapong, to be careful of his conduct at the university because he “is on the land of Voltarians”.

    Mr. Ametefe, who was addressing journalists, made some serious allegations against Prof. Gyapong, whose reforms and initiatives have made the nine-year-old university the preferred place for health-related research in the West African sub-region.

    Currently, the Institute of Health Research at UHAS is leading the Ghanaian consortium to conduct a quantitative study on the introduction of the new malaria vaccine (RTS) in Ghana.

    And instead of commending the strides of the university, Mr. Ametefe rather accused Prof. Gyapong of “nepotism”.

    Tribal Bigotry

    “But what are we seeing? We have put an Abomoso citizen as our vice-chancellor. I know he is doing so many dirty things there and removing Voltarians; Ewe people. But all our people are quiet. Togbe Afede and all of them; why?” he queried.

    He further incited the Ewes against the Akyems, saying, “And Volta Region, we have allowed Prof. Gyapong as vice-chancellor because we are very civilised people. If the Akyems do not know that Volta Region believes in civility then Prof. Gyapong must be careful that he is sitting on our land as a vice-chancellor in a university that we built without making noise.”

    Checks show that although the staff of UHAS cut across persons from all parts of the country, it is dominated by people from the Volta Region, and the assertions of the NDC chairman could not be true.

    Under Prof. Gyapong, UHAS has been able to build a 640-bed capacity hostel from its internally generated funds to increase its admission by 40 per cent.

    Mr. Ametefe, a former Deputy Regional Minister under John Mahama, extended his hate-filled speech to the whole country, saying that Ewes were being discriminated against.

    “Why what have we (Ewes) done? As I speak now, most of our prominent citizens who are in various positions in government have all been removed,” he claimed.

    “Dr. Kwaku Awoonor, who is a very experienced medical practitioner, has no position now in the Ghana Health Service. He has been replaced by ineffective and incompetent doctor to take over from him, even though he groomed that person to position. Why? Prof. Mawutor Avorke was removed from University of Education, Winneba because he is not a son of the Fante soil,” he claimed further.

     

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Livestream: NDC Weekly Press Briefing from Aflao focuses on military deployment in Volta Region

    Members of the Volta Region caucus in Parliament are expected in Ketu South as part of a National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegation to the constituency, Monday.

    This is in solidarity with residents following an increased security presence in the area which critics say is an intimidation tactic.

    Some residents who have spoken to JoyNews allege harassment and intimidation from the troops.

    According to the NDC, the troops have been sent there to intimidate residents into abstaining from the upcoming voter registration exercise which begins Tuesday.

     

    Source: myjoyonline 

  • Kpone Katamanso NDC youth adopts bedroom to bedroom campaign

    The Kpone Katamanso youth wing of the National Democratic Party has resolved to embark on bedroom to bedroom campaign to canvas for votes towards the 2020 general elections.

    Mr Jerry John Adjololo, constituency youth organizer, was addressing a meeting of the various branch youth executives in the Constituency.

    Mr. Adjorlolo explained that the 2020 campaign could be won by hard work saying that branch youth executives who work to ensure victory for the party, would not be forgotten.

    According to the NDC Kpone Katamanso constituency youth organizer, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) had lost focus and lacked integrity to win the next general election.

    Mr. Joseph Akweteh Tettey, Kpone Katamanso NDC Parliamentary candidate, assured the youth wing of a resounding victory for the NDC in the constituency.

    According to him, his contender for the 2020 general elections was no match for him, saying, “I Will defeat him to teach him a lesson”.

    Mr Tettey, who is popularly known as JOE T in the area, said the youth was the engine of the party hence they must work hard to recapture power from the ruling party.

    He called on the party stewards to go out in their numbers and register for the new voter’s ID cards to enable them vote massively for Mr. John Mahama and him in the general election.

     

    Source: GNA

  • NDC should stop criticizing Nana Addo; he has done well – Nana Aba Anamoah

    Nana Aba Anamoah is a veteran and popular journalist in Ghana. The young journalist shared her point of view in an interview with KSM.

    She said that the National Democratic Congress should emulate the good works from the New Patriotic Party and stop lying to the general public that, Nana Addo hasn’t done anything for the citizens.

    She started that even if the ruling government hasn’t done anything for the country, free education is enough to declare him as a good president.

    The literacy rate in Ghana is very low so for NPP to introduce free education for the people of Ghana, it will make people become educated and the level of illiteracy in Ghana will reduce drastically.

    Some people in Ghana are totally living in poverty so the introduction of free education has relieved parents who have been struggling to pay their school fees.

    She also added that it would be better to have over 100 students in the classroom than to see children on the street selling and indulging in dubious businesses

    Watch the video below

    Source: opera.com

  • Kweku Baako praises NDC, NPP for not engaging in politics of insults

    Seasoned journalist, Kweku Baako has eulogized both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for engaging in intellectual political discourse.

    According to Kweku Baako, both parties have done well by not trading insults but resorting to sound criticisms to establish their points on which party deserves to be voted into power.

    Mr. Baako was commenting on the NDC score of 14 percent regarding the government’s fulfillment of its campaign promises.

    The NDC scored the Akufo-Addo-led administration 14% stressing the government has achieved only 86 out of 631 campaign promises it made to the people of Ghana.

    Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region, Hon Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa added that the party has even been charitable and that the actual figure is 13.6%.

    “We observed that only 86 promises have been delivered out of the 631 and if you do the arithmetic and divide the 86 by the 631, what you will get is 13.6% and so we have been generous to gift them 14%; we added 0.4% to it by rounding the figure up,” he indicated.

    Addressing the issue on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’, Mr. Baako said the NDC scoring the government isn’t surprising because it is a political trend to find parties challenging themselves in an electioneering year but what he wouldn’t subscribe to is the use of insults.

    “We don’t have the luxury of an alternative. Whether we like it or not, December 7th, this country will go for an election. That is five/six months; so if you hear that political parties and politicians are throwing out some of these things, I think it shouldn’t be surprising. It is to be expected and indeed, on one level, I prefer these things to the subculture of outright insults and character assassination and so forth. So, it’s not bad”.

    “This sounds a little bit more intellectual. It’s academic. People like us who do research and historians and so forth would have the threat shifted to this level…In principle, in essence, I think it’s not bad. Indeed, if there is anybody who I think has personified this particular trend, I will say Dr. Bawumia is one. His emergence on the political landscape, he comes with that decisive, focused, intellectual, sometimes academic…He’s like a pioneer in it,” he stated.

     

    Source: Peace FM

  • Ofosu-Ampofo-led NDC in tatters – Kwamena Duncan

    Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by its National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, is in tatters.

    According to him, the NDC leadership is a bunch of confused people.

    Hon. Kwamena Duncan was commenting on recent comments by the NDC flagbearer and former President, John Dramani Mahama that the party will reject results of a flawed elections by the Electoral Commission (EC).

    Mr. John Mahama, speaking to the party members and supporters at their 28th anniversary, served notice to the EC ahead of the December polls saying “as leader of the NDC, I wish to serve notice that we shall do all our parts to ensure that our country remains peaceful and that the electoral process proceeds smoothly, but let nobody assume that we will accept the results of a flawed elections.”

    The former President, according to Kwamena Duncan, also says the NDC will “police the ballot box boot for boot”.

    Meanwhile, the NDC National Chairman has also ordered their members and supporters not to participate in the upcoming mass registration exercise for reason being that the atmosphere in the country is not conducive for the exercise.

    “We say no to the new register and even if Parliament passes the legislation we will not accept it. We are not just against it because they will not accept the old voter card but because the whole atmosphere in the country is not conducive,” he said.

    Contributing to Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ on Wednesday, Mr. Duncan asserted that the “Ofosu Ampofo-led NDC today is in tatters” and wondered how the party expects their members to vote in the general elections.

    “Leadership that only exudes confusion . . . You have your Presidential candidate talk about policiing the ballot box boot for boot at every level, then the party Chairman says he will not allow his people to go and register. So, who will then go and cast the ballot?” he quizzed.

    To him, the NDC leadership is conditioning their members to reject the election results when former President John Mahama loses.

    “The implication from such statements is somehow preparing the minds of his supporters that if it doesn’t go my way, that I see the outcome as a flawed one and that, all of you, as I have already said, as I have made the pronouncements five months ago; we’re not going to accept this. It’s preparation of their minds,” he told host Kwami Sefa Kayi.

    “You’re policing the ballot boot for boot and when you finish, and the results come out; how are you going to call it? That if it favors you that it will not be considered flawed and if it doesn’t favor you, that’s when you’ll call it flawed?” he further questioned.

     

    Source: Peace FM

  • Jubilation time for NDC party members as Mahama decides to choose a running mate in September.

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been at war selecting it’s running mate for their flagbearer Ex-President Mahama. This has lead to the NPP calling the NDC alot of names also saying they are not serious.

    This seems to be a problem for the NDC as most of their own party executives are all even afraid of joining their flagbearer but an information reaching us is that three people have been chosen and these people are two males and one female.

    The Ex-President is expected to choose any of these three people to assist him in government he has decided to make the decision public and known to all in September this year.

    NDC could make a record by selecting the female because in the history of Ghana no female has ever been voted in as President or as a vice president of Ghana. Most people have started to criticize the party by saying if they go in for a female as a running mate they have no chance against the ruling party.

    Here in Africa females has a lower percentage in being a president or a vice as we know the likes of Madam Konadu Agyeman Rawlings and the Daughter of Kwame Nkrumah as well as others have all failed to take the seat from the men.

    Source: operanewsapp.com

  • NPP accuses the NDC for planning to sponsor coup makers to oust the NPP government in a press conference

    The Leadership of the NPP in the five Northern Regions has accused the NDC of planning to sponsor Coup makers to oust the NPP government ahead of the 2020 elections.

    This serious allegations were made in a press conference in Tamale. The NPP communication director of the Savannah region made these allegations when he spoke on behalf of the NPP. According to his statement, the NDC are warmongers and the leadership of the NPP in the five Northern Regions has made an official report to the Ghana police and other security agencies.

    He alleged that the NDC is “poised to send the Northern Region back to the dark days after several resources were committed into restoring peace in Dagbon.

    Mr Issah Mohamed said the leadership of the NDC led by the General Secretary Aseidu Nketia made a recent visit to the region to engage the youth group and promised to release guns and ammunition’s to them for the execution of the said plot. He added that a similar visit was made to a rival chief of the Nanton Chieftaincy dispute with promise of getting him into Nanton either by hook or crook.

    According to the communication director of the NPP who spoke “May we humbly apprise the minds of the media to an equally dangerous and strenuous attempt by the NDC to sponsor a coup plot”

    He cited Mahama’s comment he made recently to reject the election results if the exercise was not fairly conducted as a confirmation.

    He added that the NDC in their visit to the regions was inciting the people against the new voter registration exercise.

    Source: 3new.com