Category: General

John Dramani Mahama, the 2024 nominee for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is requesting that the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) be “more transparent” in the procedures building up to this year’s early voter registration drive, which will begin on Tuesday. The former president pleaded with the EC to take note of the many requests to expand the exercise to include electoral zones. These were disclosed by Mr. Mahama on September 6 during a Facebook Live message to his followers. First and foremost, he urged all eligible Ghanaians to attend…

Ransford Yaw Gyampo, a professor of political science at the University of Ghana, warns that other New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer candidates may withdraw from the campaign “if care is not taken.” He claims that other candidates appear to be subjected to the same intimidation that led one of the flagbearer candidates, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, to withdraw from the race on Tuesday, September 5. On Tuesday, September 5, Prof. Gyampo made this suggestion while appearing on TV3’s Ghana Tonight. It follows Mr. Kyerematen’s announcement that he would not be participating…

According to Mahama Ayariga, a member of parliament from Bawku Central Constituency, the Minority members of Parliament have previously marched along the same path in a “very successful” and peaceful protest. He claimed that the same cops offered security. He has a hard time understanding why the cops claim they cannot give the same level of security this time. He believes that the cops are merely inciting fear and using intimidation against them. On Monday, September 4, he revealed this when appearing on TV3’s Ghana Tonight. It comes after the…

Despite a High Court decision last Thursday, private attorney Martin Kpebu has suggested that former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah should forget about her money with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). He claimed that numerous pieces of legislation allow the OSP to keep the money and her bank accounts frozen. On Saturday, September 2, he disclosed this while discussing The Keypoints on TV3/3FM. The OSP’s request to confirm the freezing of Madam Abena Dapaah’s bank accounts was denied last Thursday by the Financial Division…

Dr. Lloyd Amoah, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Political Science, has charged African countries with misruling while exercising democracy. He claimed that the extent of the continent’s misrule had been achieved. Dr. Amoah, who is also the founding director of the Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Ghana, commented on the coup situation in Gabon by writing on Facebook that “Gabon has caught the coup contagion. The boundaries of African misgovernance under a ghastly lax democracy have been reached. Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd),…