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Ayariga, Suhuyini, others to resign from Appointments Committee – ASEPA

Executive Director of ASEPA, Mensah Thompson says Okudzeto Ablakwa will not be the only member of the minority caucus to quit the Appointments Committee of Parliament. According to him, there are other members of the minority caucus who are ready to quit the Committee because their principles are not in line …

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NDC has sent assassins to kill me – Allotey Jacobs

  Former Central Regional Chair of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs has alleged that some unknown members of his former party have sent a death squad after him. According to him, he was alerted by a high-ranking member of the party and believes he would have already been dead if …

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NDC to reconstitute leadership in parliament – Asiedu Nketia hints

  Johnson Asiedu Nketia has hinted that the opposition National Democratic Congress will be reconstituting the leadership of the Minority side in Parliament. According to him, this is a process of the party at the beginning of every new Parliament. “We haven’t done that yet because of the court case [election petition]…we …

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Techiman South: Confusion breaks out in NDC over forged documents

There is a raging confusion within the ranks of the opposition National Democratic Congress in the Techiman South Constituency of the Bono East Region which has finally landed in the court. Leaders of the party who are already in court challenging the outcome of the 2020 parliamentary results have turned their arsenals …

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Supreme Court Dismisses Tsatsu’s Review Application Amewu

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for review challenging its decision to set aside the orders of a Ho High Court, which placed an injunction on the gazetting of John Peter Amewu as Member of Parliament-elect for the Hohoe Constituency in the Volta Region. A seven member review panel …

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Alban Bagbin appoints Asiedu Nketia onto Parliamentary Service Board despite reservations from committee

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has been selected to serve as a member of the Parliamentary Service Board. Asiedu Nketia’s appointment was made known by Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin who read a report by a special advisory committee on the floor of Parliament on March 29, 2021. The …

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NDC still in search of pink sheets months after election – Report

  The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised its Greater Accra Regional Secretariat to work judiciously to ensure the retrieval of outstanding pink sheets from some constituencies in the December 7, 2020 polls. The pink sheets when retrieved are expected to be forwarded to the National Secretariat through the Director …

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Ofori-Atta’s approval was discussed with Council of Elders – NDC

Asiedu Nketia and Ofosu Ampofo The opposition National Democratic Congress has called for calm among its followers following the consensus approval of Finance Minister-nominee Ken Ofori-Atta by the Appointments Committee of Parliament. “It is hereby announced to the rank and file of the party and to the notice of all …

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NPP University certificate to be a requirement for holding office – John Boadu

  The governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, has earmarked the building of a university to train members on the party’s philosophy as a key plan of action for the next few years. According to the party’s General Secretary, Mr John Boadu, a certificate from the NPP university going forward would be a …

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Haruna, Alabi and the others likely to rival Mahama for NDC’s flagbearer position in 2024

  On March 24, the office of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia was compelled to issue a statement to distance him from posters which suggest that he has plans of contesting the flagbearer slot for the New Patriotic Party in 2023. The move was meant to put to bed months of …

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