Tag Archives: EC

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has criticised the commission for its move to discard the guarantor system for the continuous voter registration exercise. In a statement made exclusively to the Daily Graphic, he said the contention of the EC that the guarantor system was not robust and, …

The Senior Staff Association of the Electoral Commission is beside itself with sorrow over a myriad of issues militating against its work, including the body’s failure to pay service providers for the 2020 general elections. The association also talked about delayed payments of administrative releases, outstanding bills for logistics, and the drastic …

Former Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye has called for a review of the appointment of the Electoral Commission Chairperson. According to him, the appointment of the chair person by the every sitting President in accordance with the constitution, has always created challenges particularly between the two competing …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has cancelled the certificates of 17 political parties who have no regional and national presence and, therefore, are flouting the laws. The EC in October gave the parties to the end of that month to prove why their registrations should not be cancelled under the …