The Executive Director of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has downplayed the Electoral Commission’s (EC) justification for the compilation of a new voters’ register. The EC is bent on compiling a new register over claims that the existing one is not credible enough for the polls. Director of Elections at the …
Read More »EC to update Parliament on election 2020 preparations next week
The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has announced that the Electoral Commission (EC) would next week provide an update to Parliament on its preparations towards Ghana’s 2020 general elections. He could not confirm the exact day as he was still in consultations with the Commission and has asked the Chairman of …
Read More »Parliament summons Jean Mensa over December polls
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa, has been summoned by Parliament to brief the house next week on her plans for 2020 elections. Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu informed the House during the business statement for next week. The announcement follow demands by the Minority …
Read More »Election 2020: EC releases 6 safety protocols for voter registration exercise
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is putting in place measures that will ensure the safety of electorates during the 2020 elections. The EC has announced some safety protocols it will abide by and expect Ghanaians to also abide by during the registration exercise for the compilation of a new register. The …
Read More »I will take EC to court if they fails to compile new register…Dr Agyenim-Boateng threats
A firebrand communications team member of the ruling party, New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Dr Nana Yaw Agyenim Boateng, has said the Electoral Commission (EC) risks being meet him in court if doesn’t not compile a new voter’s register for the 2020 general elections. He said …
Read More »EC did not consult political parties before laying C. I. for the December elections – Sammy Gyamfi
The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfihas accused the Electoral Commission of not consulting political parties for inputs prior to the laying of the Constitutional Instrument for the governing of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Electoral Commission has presented a number of Constitutional Instruments in Parliament …
Read More »Immigration patrol team seizes marijuana from smugglers at Aflao border
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted 31 pieces of suspected marijuana from smugglers crossing with the consignment into the Republic of Togo The Aflao Command border patrol team stopped the attempt by a syndicated motor-riding smuggler trying to move the commodity across Ghana’s border through an unapproved route -‘beat’ …
Read More »It’s impossible for us to rig elections for any party – EC tells NDC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has debunked claims made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the commission is conniving with the National Identification Authority (NIA) to rig the upcoming December polls to favour the New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to the Commission’s Public Relations Officer, Sylvia Annoh, “it is impossible for the EC to …
Read More »AUDIO: You’ll get “CIVIL WAR” if you compile new register – Maj. Boakye Gyan warns EC
The former senior military officer who planned the coup d’etat of June 4, 1979 that brought Flt.Lt. JJ Rawlings and other junior officers to power, Major Kwadwo Boakye-Djan has started beating war drums over the Electoral Commission’s (EC) intention to compile new voters register barely 7 months to the December …
Read More »‘Unreasonable’ to compile new register now – EC asked to respect President’s directives
A member of the NDC’s COVID-19 Response Team, Dr. Pius Esandor says attempts by the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters’ register in this era of Coronavirus is ‘unreasonable’. According to him, the operation if conducted will worsen Ghana’s cases of the pandemic across the country. He, however, called on the Commission …
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