[ads3]It is almost two weeks since the independent electoral commission of Ghana declared President Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election in Ghana. President Akufo-Addo led the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and won by obtaining 6,730,587 popular votes representing 51.3%. His closest rival and former President John Mahama of the opposition NDC obtained 6,213,182 popular votes representing 47.36%. Local and International observers have praised the country for a peaceful, free, fair and transparent election 2020 with minor and isolated incidence of violence. The EU and US as well as ECOWAS and AU missions have praised Ghana’s…
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[ads1] It is more than a week since the declaration of President Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. President Akufo-Addo who was the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) pulled 6,730,587 votes representing 51.3% as against his competitor and flagbearer of the NDC John Dramani Mahama’s 6,213,182 votes. But since the declaration, the leading opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) have refused to accept defeat, claiming the election was fraud and rigged by the Electoral Commission. The NDC believe their collation of the results indicate that they have won the majority of the parliamentary seats…
[ads1] The member of Parliament for Fomena constituency, Hon. Andrew Amoako Asiamah has revealed the NDC approached him to be in their side in the next Parliament. According to him, some top officials from the leading opposition party talked to him to join their side in the 8th Parliament but he ignored.[ads2] “In a way, the NDC had earlier approached me, but I made them aware, and they appreciated where I am coming from,” he said. “I belong to that house [NPP] and I am going home and I hope I will be welcomed as such,” Mr. Asiamah also said,…
[ads1] The member of Parliament for Fomena, Hon. Andrew Amoako Asiamah has said he will join the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side in the 8th Parliament. Hon. Amoako Asiamah won the Fomena seat as an independent candidate having lost the NPP primaries prior to the 2020 December polls.[ads2] Both the NPP and the NDC were having 137 seats each excluding that of Sene West and the declaration of Hon. Amoako Asiamah means the NPP will have the majority. Hon. Amoako Asiamah made the declaration when speaking with pressmen after Parliament proceedings on Wednesday.[ads3] He disclosed that he has decided to…
[ads3]The National Democratic Congress(NDC) has withdrawn its suit against the Electoral Commission(EC) concerning Techiman South parliamentary election results in the Bono East Region Until the morning of Monday December 14, 2020 a writ of Mandamus to compel the EC to re-collate and re-declare the results had been filed at the court. The NDC in series of press conferences last week, made several claims only to be hit by recorded video evidence of Collation and declaration. The party this morning ran back to the Sunyani High Court to withdraw the case. It is not clear what’s next for them.[ads2] After the…
[ads1] The former General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has said President Akufo-Addo still remains the president of Ghana whether critics like it or not. President Akufo-Addo retained the presidential seat for the next four years in the just ended 2020 December polls.[ads2] The NPP flagbearer pulled 6,730,587 votes (51.3%) whiles competitor and flagbearer of the NDC John Dramani Mahama amassed 6,213,182 (47.3%). But since his declaration as the president of the republic, the leading opposition party NDC have rejected the results of the presidential election, stating that they have rather won the election per their…
[ads3] Voters in Ghana have gone to the polls to choose a new president and 275 members of parliament. The country is regarded as one of the most democratic in West Africa. But there have been some examples of misinformation about the voting. Were ballots printed to favour the president? A video has been circulating on social media channels that purports to show a ballot with a larger fingerprint box for President Nana Akufo-Addo. The video – which is just over three minutes long – claims the ballot paper has been produced in such a way that votes for opposition…
[ads3]The United States-based legal luminary and Professor of Accounting, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare has advised sympathizers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to desist from referring to former President John Dramani Mahama as President-Elect of the republic. According to the professor who is popularly known as Prof. Kwaku Azar, a candidate can only be referred to as “president-elect” if he or she is a winner of certified election results and duly declared by the Electoral Commission of the country. The persistent reference to Mahama as the president-elect, according to Prof. Asare is causing harm to the image of the…
[ads3]Ex-Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Bernard Allotey Jacobs has brushed aside the notion that President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is corrupt. With few days left for all the political parties to bring campaign activities to an end, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), have adopted strategies they believe when relied upon, could be used in nailing their opponents down ahead of Monday’s polls.[ads4] For instance, an alleged bribery video involving Nana Akufo-Addo was released earlier this week. The video which shows the President receiving money…
[ads3] Some women in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region organized a one day prayer summit to pray for Ghana as the country heads into another general election in December. Speaking to the people on Wednesday 2nd December 2020, the Women’s organizer for NPP in Ashanti Region, Nana Ama Ampomah who led the delegation in the prayer said it is important to intercede for the nation especially for the December election.[ads2] The meeting held at the party’s office at Krofrom – Kumasi, She quoted from the Holy Bible, Pslam 100, how important to thank God for…