The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, has received the prestigious title of the best head of entities under the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) category for the 2022-2023 auditing year, as declared by the Internal Audit Agency (IAA). Jane Mensa earned this accolade for her exceptional leadership in …
Read More »You got the job because of your closeness to the First Lady – Martin Kpebu goes after ‘incompetent’ Jean Mensa
Accusations of incompetence and claims of nepotism have come up as legal practitioner Martin Kpebu criticizes the Electoral Commissioner of Ghana, Jean Mensa, for her alleged failure to extend the voter registration exercise and what he perceives as the Electoral Commission’s questionable decisions. Kpebu did not mince words as he …
Read More »Jean Mensa, Bossman Asare cited for contempt amid limited voter registration dispute
Ayitah Precious, a resident of Otsebleku near Afienya in the Greater Accra Region, has taken legal action against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, and Deputy Chairman Bossman Asare, alleging contempt of court in the ongoing limited voter registration dispute. In a sworn affidavit, Ayitah Precious, the applicant, made several …
Read More »Don’t bring any confusion to Ghana – Goaso Paramount Chief slams Jean Mensa
The Paramount Chief of the Goaso Traditional Area in the Ahafo Region, Nana Akwasi Bosompra I, has slammed the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), Jean Mensa, over the decision of the commission to hold its limited voter registration exercise only at its district offices. According to the Goaso Manhene, …
Read More »How Speaker Bagbin ordered two NDC MPs to retract anti-Jean Mensa submissions
Speaker Alban Bagbin had cause to order retraction of comments and submissions by two Members of Parliament on Tuesday, February 28. Incidentally, the two MPs were from the main opposition National Democratic Congress and they were ordered to retract statements directed at a common subject, that is Jean Mensah, Chairperson …
Read More »Parliament summons Jean Mensa over new CI
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has asked the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa to appear before parliament over the controversial proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI). The newly proposed instrument by the EC makes the Ghana Card the only identification document to be used to guarantee citizenship if passed. On Thursday, …
Read More »Ghana needs constitution that caps number of ministers – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has called for a new constitutional order that would place a cap on the number of ministers appointed by the President. His call follows demands by the Minority caucus in Parliament for President Nana Akufo-Addo to downsize his government in the wake of the …
Read More »Who does Gabby Otchere-Darko think he is? – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu fumes
The Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed anger over some allegations levelled against him by a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko. According to the Member of Parliament for Suame, Mr Otchere-Darko has wrongly accused him of being the mastermind behind some NPP MPs demanding the sacking …
Read More »Jean Mensa is the greatest threat to our democracy – Lawyer asserts
A Member of the NDC Legal and Communications Team, Lawyer Godwin Edudzie Tamakloe, has described the current EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa as the greatest threat to the country’s democratic experiment. The lawyer holds the opinion that the decision to allow only the use of Ghana card as the identification …
Read More »I suspect an NDC group is behind protest against me – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Major Leader and Member of Parliament for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has alleged that the members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) were behind an attack on him by some persons in his constituency. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu suggested that an NDC group in his constituency, who were not willing to listen to him, during a …
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