A defeated presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sylvester Mensah, had to ‘run’ for his life when chaos broke at one of the polling stations he visited. In a 33 minutes video captured by GH One Television and available to GhanaWeb saw the former Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) being interviewed by a …
The general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has taken the senior minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, to the cleaners for his recent comments on vigilantism. Mynewsgh.com reports that he said Maafo’s comments prove that his “mind has gone back.” In an interview with Nhyira FM, he further noted, “I have been in parliament with the senior …
Former President John Mahama says the opposition National Democratic Congress is ready to snatch power from the governing New Patriotic Party in the 2020 polls. He says the NDC is united and poised for victory, saying nothing can stop their victory. “Tonight, I want to serve notice to Ghana that from the outcome of this election, [it means] the NDC …
Professor Joshua Alabi who has been defeated in the NDC presidential primaries has said the outcome of the elections shows that members of the party prefer former President John Mahama to lead them into the 2020 elections. He told Starr News he has already called Mr. Mahama to congratulate him for his victory. “I felt I was going to win …
Former President John Dramani Mahama’s quest to lead the National Democratic Congress, NDC, again has finally materialised as he has been elected as flagbearer of the party again. The former President whipped six other contenders in the flagbearer race with 213,443 votes, constituting 95.24% of the total votes cast across. He beat competition from Prof Joshua Alabi, Alban Bagbin, Dr. …
Former President John Dramani Mahama says “absolutely nothing” will stop his party from emerging victorious in next year’s presidential elections. Mr Mahama on Saturday was re-elected as the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He beat competition from six others to emerge victorious, with a total of 95.24 per cent of valid votes cast. Addressing party supporters a few …
“The initiative has been shown but I think that the structure he is suggesting won’t work. Just to tell NPP to invite your brothers NDC to come and sit and see how you can ban vigilantes is too simplistic,” says former President John Mahama. The former President was reacting to a call from President Akufo-Addo to the two major political …
Former President John Kufuor has applauded President Nana Akufo-Addo for the practical and fair manner in which he addressed the issue of party militias in his third state of the nation address. Mr Akufo-Addo, in the address, told parliament on Thursday, 21 February 2019 that if the two main political parties – the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the …
Erstwhile president John Dramani Mahama has stated that he has more on the table for Ghanaians and is ready to move the country forward when voted into power come 2020 elections. John Mahama, who has described the Akufo-Addo-led government as a failure, said in a tweet that the NPP’s ‘2016 change’ anthem has not yielded any positive outcome since they …
Legislation to ban political vigilante groups will still be necessary regardless of the consensus the New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress may reach on the matter, Dr. Kojo Asante, the Director of Advocacy and Policy Engagement at CDD, has said. In his State of the Nation Address, President Nana Akufo-Addo urged the two major political parties to meet and …
