Tag Archives: EC

Limited voter registration exercise:Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang Tours EC Centres in Western Region

The 2020 Running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang paid a visit to some EC Voter Registration Centres in the Western Region. Prof.Agyemang was in the Western Region to monitor the registration process so as to feed herself the information on the exercise to ascertain and …

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Masked Thugs attack, rob registrants at Achimota EC Office

Masked thugs reportedly launched an attack on Ghanaians who were waiting to register for their Voter ID Cards at the Okaikwei North District office of the Electoral Commission in Achimota during the early hours of Sunday morning. The assailants disrupted the queue, causing injuries to some individuals, and then fled …

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Limiting it to district offices meant to prevent Togolese, others from registering – EC

The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) Dr Serebuor Quaicoe has defended the EC’s decision to restrict the limited Voter Registration exercise to its district offices, explaining that rather than a way of suppressing voter registration, the aim is to prevent foreigners from getting onto …

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Assin North by-elections: No phones allowed in polling booths – EC

The usage of mobile phones or gadgets that can take photographs have been banned by the Electoral Commission (EC) during the Assin North by-elections. This was agreed at a security meeting between the EC, the security and the various political parties taking part in the election. Representing the NDC at the meeting …

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Female EC official hooted, transferred after allegedly choosing wrong candidates for oldies, vulnerables

A female EC official who was identified as Ama Addo has been captured in a video being carried away by the police. While moving along with the police, she was being hooted by the people around for being a thief. According to the reports, Madam Addo who was asked to …

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John Mahama elected NDC flagbearer with 98.8% of valid votes – EC

The opposition National Democratic Congress has elected former President John Dramani Mahama as its flagbearer for the 2024 presidential election. In a landslide victory, the former president polled 297,603 (98.9%) against his contender Kojo Bonsu who polled 3,181 (1.1%) in the election held on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The Electoral …

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2024: We’ll go to EC strongroom with our own tea and biscuit – Mahama

Aspiring 2024 Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress,(NDC) John Dramani Mahama says party agents who will be sent to the National Collation Center otherwise known as “strongroom” of Electoral Commission(EC) will go in with their own tea and buy their own biscuits. In the 2020 Presidential election petition filed by …

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EC sets May 23 to hold Kumawu by-election

The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to hold a by-election for the Kumawu Constituency to select a new member of parliament for the constituency following the sudden demise of Philip Basoah. The EC made this known through a statement signed by the chairperson, Jean Mensah, who said the by-election will …

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Sophia Akuffo reacts to Akufo-Addo’s new EC appointments

Sophia Akuffo, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, has reacted to the brouhaha surrounding the appointment of three new commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, March 20, 2023, swore-in three new members of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) at the Jubilee House. …

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Prioritize credibility of 2024 polls – Nana Addo charges EC

President Nana Add Dankwa Akufo-Addo wants the country’s Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure that the election in 2024 is free, credible, and fair. A credible election, according to Nana Akufo-Addo, will help Ghana consolidate its democratic credentials. “It is no secret that I have spent most of my adult life …

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