POLITICS

The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Samuel Payne has said though his nomination by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the next Mayor of the city of Kumasi is welcoming, he was not surprised by the news. If confirmed by assembly members, the professional teacher who has …

A former Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, has expressed reservations about New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Secretary, Sam Pyne’s new portfolio. The Minister for Local Government and Decentralisation, Dan Botwe, on Sunday, announced Mr Pyne as the Mayor of Kumasi subject to the approval of assembly members. Mr Pyne is expected to …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nomination of a Metropolitan Chief Executive, MCE, for Tema has not been well received in the Tema Central constituency. It caused aome party faithful to lock up the New patriotic Party’s office on Monday with reports indicating that the doors had been braced with wood …

• Mary Boatemaa Marfo has been replaced with the constituency chairman, Osei Adiyiah • Akufo-Addo revoked her appointment in 2020 but rescinded the decision in the same month • She is alleged to have caused a lot of violence in the constituency including campaigning for skirt and blouse voting against …

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said he is the brain behind the exclusion of Chiefs from politics in the 1992 Constitution, MyNewsGh.com has filed. According to the NDC scribe, he and one S.P Adamu at the consultative Assembly that drafted the 1992 Constitution moved …

Some aggrieved persons believed to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Nkoranza South Constituency of the Bono East Region have ransacked and vandalised the constituency office. The supporters went on rampage Sunday evening after the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Dan Botwe, announced …

Ad • Government released full list of MMDCEs on September 19 • Majority of the nominees are men • Women nominees managed to get 36 slots  Ahafo, Western and Western North were the only regions that did not produce any nominees for the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assembly, MMDA, positions …

• Out of the six Metropolitan Assemblies, four had new appointees while two were retained • Dan Botwe announced the MMDCEs on Sunday • The MMDCEs are to assist President Akufo-Addo at the local government level Dan Botwe, the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, on Sunday, September …

• Some NPP supporters in Chereponi have attacked a party office • The attack is related to the nomination of a new DCE for the area • Police had earlier deployed to the area to avert any clashes Some supporters of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, in the Chereponi District of …

Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh has decried the misconduct of drivers of Toyota V8 cars in the country, promising to cast his vote in 2024 for the political party that will make a commitment to ending the menace. Prof Prempeh condemned …