The Electoral Commission (EC) will use the no-verification-no-vote policy for the 2020 elections. As part of efforts to upgrade its Biometric Voter Management System (BVMS), the EC plans to do away with the manual verification of voters, according to the Commission’s Director of Elections, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, who spoke on …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced teachers in the country will now undergo aptitude test before they get promoted. According to a statement by the GES, the move is to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the promotion process. Other categories of teachers will undergo interviews and the aptitude test …

It has emerged that the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) under the leadership of the current chair of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensah advised the then head of the electoral body Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan against compiling new voters register during election years. The advice came on the back of …

It appears the loathing between the Member of Parliament for Asawase Hon. Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka and the firebrand MP for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong is raging on, almost a year after the two nearly got into near fisticuffs on the premises of parliament. The scuffle followed a motion moved …

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has raised concerns over the growing trend of voter apathy which had been evident in past elections. According to the Commission, its study has revealed the worrying trend which needs to be tackled. Some elections held recently including the local level elections have …

The Independent Presidential Candidate in 2012 and 2016, Jacob Osei Yeboah has welcomed the move by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to compile a new voters’ register for the December polls. According to him, the woeful delay in Ghana Identification Card registration by the National Identification Authority (NIA) would be …

A dormitory of the St Charles Minor Seminary Senior High School in Tamale went up in flames Monday afternoon destroying students’ personal belongings, a development that is likely to render the students homeless. The fire, which started at 12:29pm at the Cardinal Dery dormitory, completely burned eight of the nine …

National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has criticized communicators of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who are backing some comments made by Hawa Koomson in 2019. The Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson, while she was being interviewed about the delay …

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC has cautioned the aggrieved customers of Gold dealership firm Menzgold to stop creating unnecessary tension in the country calling for the payment of their locked-up funds when they claimed the CEO (Nana Appiah Mensah) will have …

Member of Parliament for Bantama Daniel Okyem Aboagye has denied going down on his knees to beg the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, to allow him go unopposed in the upcoming NPP parliamentary primary. Reports emerged this week that the MP at a meeting with …

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its flag bearer, Mr John Dramani Mahama, have turned to the head pastors of The Church of Pentecost to intervene in the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voter register a few months into the elections. The party’s …

Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, is advocating a downward review of the number of legislators in Ghana’s Parliament from 275 to 200. This according to the Member of Parliament for Asawasi, will help deal with persistent absenteeism by members, while keeping them on their toes. “Some of our MPs …

The founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor in an interview has revealed in an interview on Radio 1 (100.7 ) that the former EC chairperson Charlotte Osei was arrogant. When asked by the host Nana Kwabena Addo to chose the good between former EC boss Charlotte …

The Electoral Commission has rejected calls for it to depend on the Database of the National Identification Authority (NIA) in the quest to compile a new voters’ register for the December polls. According to the Commission, the NIA has no timelines in its data compilation exercise making it impossible for …

The Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye, in a rather shocking move, knelt down in front of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, otherwise known as Chairman Wontumi, to declare his constituency as one of those parliamentary primaries should not be held. …

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has said it is disappointed that Parliament has approved the budget for the Electoral Commission (EC) to go ahead to compile a new voter register ahead of the December polls. According to the PPP, apart from the partisan posture adopted by the governing New Patriotic …

More than 850 members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in seven communities at Tozekope Electoral Area in the Sene East Constituency of the Bono East Region have defected to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Nana Narty Peter, a leading member of the party who spoke for the …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for the Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Lingford Owoo, popularly known as CD has passed on. Lingford Owoo died at his residence Adankwame in the Ashanti Region at about 12:00 am on Wednesday January 8, 2020 after a short illness. Family sources that spoke to otecfmghana.com on …

The opposition NDC has accused the Akufo-Addo government of seeking to make political gains with the distribution of the ambulances. According to the NDC, the ruling party intends releasing the vehicles when elections are near so they can use as a campaign tool. The distribution of the ambulance has become …

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that his outfit would soon be publishing the performances of second cycle schools to the public. Speaking at an education forum on the theme, ‘Ghana’s transformation agenda on education, basic and Secondary’, Dr. Osei Adutwum said the objective is for …

About 200 members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Daboya- Mankarigu Constituency of the Savanah Region have defected to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Enumerating their reasons for defecting to the NDC, the defectors said their community is lagging behind in development after voting massively …

The Second National Vice-Chair of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Frederick F. Anto has stated that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as ‘Wontumi’, has no power to instruct that all incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs) in the party’s stronghold should be …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Amoako Tuffour has charged the party members in the Ashanti region to adhere to the democratic principles governing the party especially as they prepare towards their parliamentary primaries. Dr Tuffour believes the era of dictatorship in the party is …

The Special Development Initiatives Ministry headed by Mavis Hawa Koomson, under which the procurement of ambulances for each constituency as promised by President Nana Akufo-Addo falls, says a new emergency number for the ambulance service will be introduced soon. The government procured 307 ambulances in total in line with a …

Members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) have declared a strike effective immediately, following the non-payment of their allowances. The strike by TUTAG follows what they describe as the government’s failure to migrate them onto the public universities’ salary structure. They are also demanding an increase in …

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, is urging Ghanaians who are qualified to vote to take part in the planned compilation of new voters register by the Electoral Commission. According to the Senior Minister, any qualified voter who fails to take part in the registration exercise will lose his or her …

A  Deputy Managing Director of State Transport Company (STC) in charge of Operations Mr Kwabena Sintim Aboagye over the Christmas festivities donated 32-inch Plasma Amcon  Flat Screen Television sets to the over 600 delegates in the Lower West Akim constituency to enhance his chances of snatching the seat from the …

The unflagging hardworking member of Parliament for Asunafo North Constituency who doubles as the first ever Ahafo Regional Minister, Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie, who doesn’t joke with customs and traditions because of his high level of respect for Traditional leaders and our cherished rich culture. The minister and some relevant …

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has served notice that it will be suing the Electoral Commission of Ghana over moves by the election management body to compile a new register for the 2020 general elections. According to ChaLog, the Chair of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa, in a recent …

Opposition’s political parties have vowed to stage a series of demonstrations against EC’s decision to compile a new voters register. The largest opposition Party NDC and other smaller parties under the umbrella, interparty resistance against new voters register say justification by the EC for new voters roll is unacceptable. The …