The ongoing voter transfer exercise is recording high patronage in the Central Gonja District ahead of the December 7 polls. This is attributed to free transportation offered by politicians to and from the district office coupled with massive announcements and encouragement by the political parties. The two major political parties, National Democratic Congress (NDC) and […]
What Africa needs is not development assistance from developed countries but “a fair chance” to trade with the rest of the world, the President of Ghana today told the United Nations General Assembly. “Africa does not need your sympathy or overseas development assistance,” said President John Dramani Mahama during the general debate. “Africa needs a
The Ashanti regional branch of the New Patriotic Party is accusing electoral commission officials in the region of unduly holding on to ID cards of its members in the ongoing Voter transfer exercise. According to the party, it is reliably informed that ID cards of vote transfer applicants with sympathies to the NPP, are held
The Ashanti regional executives of the New Patriotic party NPP attempt to stop an independent candidate from contesting the Suame parliamentary appears to be a total failure after Hayford Osei Bempah picked forms to contest Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu. The candidate Hayford Osei Bempah who is from the staples of the NPP is poised to
The Suame constituency chairman of the NPP Kennedy Marfo has been suspended by the Ashanti regional executives of the party, ghnewsnow.com has learnt. According to ghnewsnow kumasi editor Isaac Bediako Justice, the suspension was approved by the regional chairman of the party Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. The suspension took effect on
The parliamentary candidate for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) for the Ofoase Ayirebi constituency, John Obiri Yeboah says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) stole his slot for renowned radio personality Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. Obiri Yeboah, who has since left the NPP says this among other reasons is why he left the NPP for a more welcoming
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has erected canopies as temporary classrooms at the Adjei Kojo TMA Basic Schools to end the schools’ shift system in the metropolis. Not only is the Adjei Kojo basic school but other public schools in the metropolis have the canopies classrooms, and the move is to enable students at the
Breast cancer campaigner, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has called for increased access to treatment by all women, regardless of place in society or geographical location. The socio-economic status of a woman or where she lived should not determine whether she died or survived the cancer. Dr. Mrs. Addai, who is the Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Armah Ashitey, leader of dismissed workers of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), says the group will continue to push for their redundancy benefits. The fight for the payment of the benefits for the dismissed workers, numbering about 3,000, started in 2002 when the GPHA retrenched them, and several discussions between the GPHA
Military brutality and intimidation has been identified as one of the main reasons why some voters intentionally disenfranchise themselves during general elections. Some residents of Karaga in the Karaga District of the Northern region are unlikely to vote on December 7 if this issue is not dealt with. A resident, Alhassan Abdul-Rahman gave the example of
