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NPP members oppose nomination for Tema MCE position

The nomination of Yohane Armah Ashitey for the position of the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Tema has been met with stiff opposition by some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tema Central Constituency. On Sunday afternoon, there was a burning of tyres by some party supporters …

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Another demo rocks NPP over MMDCEs announcement

• Some NPP supporters in Apedwa have gone on rampage over the removal of their MCE • They have been demonstrating against the nomination of Madam Akosua Asabea Annan as their new MCE • The group have reportedly locked up the NPP office in Apedwa Some New Patriotic Party Members of Apedwa …

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“Make sanitation and roads in Kumasi your topmost priorities” – Incoming KMA Boss urged

Residents in the Kumasi Metropolis have urged the newly appointed Kumasi Mayor,Mr Sam Pyne to make  fixing of sanitation related issues as well as   poor roads network which has become major problems in the city his topmost priorities. The residents who welcomed the nominating of the former English tutor at …

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Ghana does not need a Vice President – Mpiani

Former Chief of Staff under the John Agyekum Kufuor administration, Mr Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani has said Ghana does not need a vice president. He rather wants a Prime Minster who will be appointed by the President to serve as head of government business. “I always pity the president because you …

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Family and friends govt accusation against Akufo-Addo may be true – Mpiani

Former Chief of Staff under the John Kuffuor administration, Mr Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani has said claims that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hired his family and friends to work for him in government may be true but he has not done his research on that to enable him come …

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Sam Pyne speaks about Mayor nomination

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 …

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Former Kumasi Mayor reacts to Sam Pyne’s nomination

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 …

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Tema Central NPP supporters lock up party office over MCE nomination

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 …

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Akufo-Addo sacks controversial Sekyere East DCE

• 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 …

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I moved a motion to ban Chiefs from politics at consultative assembly – Asiedu Nketia

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 …

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