The Greater Accra regional parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has recorded a massive entry, with 118 aspirants picking nomination forms to contest at the various constituencies. The aspirants, comprising 20 women and 98 men, will be seeking the approval of electorate in the 34 constituencies in the region to represent the party in the 2020 parliamentary …
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police service are on the heels of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ayawaso West Wuogon By Election candidate, Delali Brempong for his alleged use of land guards to terrorize Florence Markuviah, a business woman over a parcel of land at East Legon. A probe into the matter suggests that Brempong has refused countless …
Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan has donated over 1000 stationery to final year students writing the BECE in her constituency. She made the donation to various school heads while encouraging the students to study hard in order to pass with flying colours. A total of 517,332 candidates from 16,871 public and private basic schools nationwide …
Movie producer and actress, Yvonne Nelson, has asked the Ghana Police Service to be up and doing as far as dealing with political violence such as the recent spectacle that characterised the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, is concerned. She told TV3 News on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 that: “The police should take action and be in control.” Some …
Ghana’s democracy cannot survive if the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election on Thursday, 31 January 2019 is not checked and nipped in the bud, a former Minister of National Security, Mr Totobi Quakyi has said. Some heavily-armed National Security operatives shot and wounded supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the private residence …
A former National Security Minister under the Jerry John Rawlings’s administration, Kofi Totobi Quakyi, has described as “traitors” persons who have counselled President Nana Akufo-Addo on the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. The former minister has also condemned the incidents of violence which occurred at the residence of the NDC candidate, Delali Kwasi Brempong, and the La Bawleshie …
The violence unleashed by some security operatives during last week’s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency continues to draw strong criticisms from various shades of the society, with three prominent Ghanaians joining the fray in calling for action to punish the perpetrators. Outspoken former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Most Rev. Emmanuel Martey, who has been …
The Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will not recognise the Member of Parliament-elect, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, claiming the by-election was a “sham”. A by-election held last Thursday following the death of Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko saw his widow Lydia Seyram Alhassan elected as his successor. But the NDC in the …
Coalition of National Anti-corruption Civil Society Organization (CSOs) has described the shooting of party members and agents at the Ayawaso constituency as worrying and heartbreaking. The actions taken by the masked National Security Personnel on the election grounds, according to them has dire consequences for Ghana’s democracy and could trigger rebuttals from the affected persons and or political …
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers wants the government to thoroughly investigate circumstances surrounding the deployment of masked and heavily armed men to various polling stations during the Ayawaso by-elections on Thursday. CODEO believes the presence of the men intimidated many voters and contributed to the very low turnout at the polls. The independent observer group said it counted …
