Category: Politics

A Fellow at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Dr Micheal Kpessa-Wyhte has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been the most violent party in Ghana both in rhetoric and in action. He recounted that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo incited his followers to engage in violence when he was seeking political power....

A member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kofi Tonto has said Agric Minister Bryan Acheampong made a conditional statement that if the National Democratic Congress (NDC) decides to unleash violence they would be met squarely by the NPP. He indicated that leading members of the NDC including former President John Dramani Mahama, National Chair Johnson...

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has slammed the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong for claiming that the ruling party will hold on to power at all cost. Mr Acheampong addressing party supporters at Mpraeso on Saturday said the ruling New Patriotic...

A Presidential Staffer, Mr Dennis Mircales Aboagye has said that the Minister of Food and Agriculture Bryan Acheampong replied to former President John Dramani Mahama who he said threatened and preached violence. In the view of the Mricales Aboagye, persons criticizing Bryan Acheampong hate people who stand up for themselves. In a tweet, he said “Your candidate threatens and preaches violence and...

The 2020 Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Agona West Constituency in the Central Region has been disqualified from next month’s primaries. Paul Ofori-Amoah was disqualified by the Vetting Committee, chaired by National Organiser Joseph Yammin, after several petitions were brought against him. Though it is unclear what the petitions are about, 3news.com can confirm...

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...