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Road To Election 2020 [Ep. 4] – Are Politicians Capitalizing Unduly On The Pandemic?
This week, Adwoa Afeanewaa Frimpong takes to the streets to ask if politicians tagging items related to fighting the COVID 19 pandemic with their campaign paraphernalia is good public service or sheer opportunism.
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National Peace Council Gives EC B+ Thus Far
Despite listing a few irregularities, the National Peace Council has given the Electoral Commission a B+ as elections in Ghana draw to a close. Speaking to the media, Chairman on the council, Rev. Emmanuel Asante said in the face of obvious challenges, the Electoral Commission has done a fairly good job so far. He said the
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AUDIO: Steering Committee Not In Charge Of Conducting Elections – Christian Owusu Parry
Director of Public Affairs at Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Christian Owusu Parry says the hue and cry over the formation of a steering committee by the EC is out of place. He says the Steering Committee is in place to help the EC conduct a 2016 general elections. “The Committee is not the one that is going
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Boycott EC Forum On Register – Gabby
As the title of this article states, I believe the political parties that are calling for a new register are left with no other option but to boycott this week’s EC public forum ostensibly to openly discuss the merits or otherwise of the case for a new electoral roll; what I described just two weeks
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2016 Elections To Be Held On 7 November
The Electoral Commission has given approval for the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections to be held on November 7 as part of proposals for electoral reforms. Consequently, the Commission is to prepare the necessary constitutional instrument (CI) for presentation in Parliament for the elections to be moved from the December 7 date these elections had
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VIDEO: Matthew Opoku Prempeh Makes A Case For A New Electoral Register
Our cameras scan the landscape for sources of answers to the salient questions we all ask. We seek to hear it from the ‘horses own mouth’ (pardon the cliche) as our inquisitive camera ‘corners’ them when they least expect it. In this episode, we met MP for Manhyia South, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh on the
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Ghanaians Trust Public Media More Than Private Media-Research Confirms
A recent survey by an American Political Science Professor, Professor Susan Wing, has revealed that Ghanaians trust the public media more than the private ones in the dissemination of information. The survey also found out that people want knowledgeable and trustworthy sources of information. Professor Wing made this known in Kumasi at a
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EC To Decide On Proposal For New Voters’ Register On Sept. 22
The Electoral Commission has set September 22, 2015, to take a decision on whether or now the country will go for a new voters’ register. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC, meeting, the commission tasked all the political parties to submit their concerns for or against a new voters’ register, after which a decision will
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Opposition NPP To Petition Ghana’s EC Over New Voters’ Register
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) led by its General Secretary and Vice Presidential candidate will on Tuesday, August 18 present a document to the Electoral Commissioner, Charlotte Osei, over the party’s call for a new voters’ register.
