Category: Politics

The Greater Accra Vetting Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has indefinitely rescheduled the vetting of parliamentary aspirants for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. No reason has been given for this decision. However, Greater Accra Region Communications Officer of the party Jerry Johnson said all other aspirants in constituencies in the Region will be vetted by close...

The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stephen Ayesu Ntim has said former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) inherited a booming economy from the Kufuor administration in 2008. However, when they were leaving office in 2016, the economy had collapsed, he said. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, April 4...

The Greater Accra Regional Secretariat of the NDC has announced that it has scheduled to vet all Parliamentary Aspirants from thirty-one out of the thirty four constituencies in the Region. The exercise which is scheduled to start today, Monday the 3rd of April 2023, ends on Wednesday the 5th of April 2023. It will also...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has announced an award scheme designed to reward branches and constituencies of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that work to increase their votes in the 2024 general elections. “We are going to institute a reward system for constituencies and branches,” Mr Mahama said on Wednesday, March 29 while on a three-day campaign tour...

Former Minority Chief Whip, Munkata Mubarak has said national interest should always be above party partisan interest. Until that is done, he said, the development of Ghana and Parliament will be difficult. Euologising the late former Member of Parliament for Old Tafo Dr Anthony Akoto Osei in Parliament on Wednesday, March 29, the Asawase Lawmaker...

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Andrew Asiamah Amoako has criticized some of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) who allegedly took pictures of how they voted in the approval of the Ministers to explain to their party the line of voting. He said the action was wrong. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on...

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament Samuel Nartey George has asked the Minority in Parliament to immediately reorganize itself after the approval of the ministerial nominees. In a Facebook post, he expressed disappointment following the approval but said “We need to regroup as quickly as possible and have a proper introspection as individuals and as a...

Former President John Mahama will be vetted for the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s flagbearership contest today. The vetting is expected to commence at 10 am and the party’s headquarters in Accra. This is according to publicity material issued by the Mahama communications team. Ahead of the exercise, the  Chairman of the elections committee of the party,...

Parliament is debating the nomination of four nominees by President Akufo-Addo to the Supreme Court. Two of them, Barbara Ackah-Yensu and Samuel Adibu Asiedu, have already been approved by the House. In the President’s letter to Parliament in July last year, he indicated that the appointments have gone through the Judicial Council and also the...

Former President John Mahama has insisted that the country can be governed with 60 ministers and deputies. He said this will ensure the efficient use of the country’s limited resources for the betterment of all Ghanaians if given the nod. According to him, this will also curb the disparities in privileges enjoyed by political The...