Category: Politics

The people of Dome Kwabenya still love me – Adwoa Safo

The people of Dome Kwabenya still love me – Adwoa Safo

Sarah Adwoa Safo, the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya has disclosed she is ready to contest for the 2024 elections. Despite having a difficult time in 2022 with her constituents, she stated that she is still willing to stand for election in the future to represent them. She informed Metro TV that she will run for reelection when the party holds primary elections early the following year while on a tour of the Constituency with some party leaders and supporters. “I still have a lot to do for my…

Bawumia is the only candidate that can win 2024 elections for NPP – Hawa Koomson

Bawumia is the only candidate that can win 2024 elections for NPP – Hawa Koomson

Mavis Hawa Koomson, the minister of fisheries and aquaculture, has urged all NPP delegates to cast a sizable number of votes for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the party’s flagbearer elections. The Vice President, according to her, is the sole contender who can help the ruling party win the general elections in 2024. In an interview on Accra based Citi TV, the Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East said Dr. Bawumia’s experience is unmatched. “Dr. Bawumia is the very one who can break the ‘8’,” she said. “He has worked…

Right-thinking Ghanaians have to ensure Mahama is defeated in 2024 – Akufo-Addo

Right-thinking Ghanaians have to ensure Mahama is defeated in 2024 – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that John Dramani Mahama has to be defeated in the 2024 general elections. He asserted that Ghana does not need the former President and flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as its leader. John Mahama’s recent outburst against the judiciary, according to President Akufo-Addo’s remarks at the 2023 Ghana Bar Association Conference in Cape Coast, is harmful for the nation’s democracy. Additionally, he claimed that calling judges “NPP” or “NDC” is a flagrant attack on Ghana’s judicial system. “Not only are…

Alan Kyeremanten is too gentle for politics – Allotey Jacobs

Alan Kyeremanten is too gentle for politics – Allotey Jacobs

Allotey Jocobs, a former Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Region has said Alan Kyeremanten is not fit for politics. The former New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer candidate, according to him, is too noble to remain in Ghanaian politics. Speaking on the back of Alan’s withdrawal from the NPP presidential race, Allotey Jacobs said in politics “there’s the good, the bad and the ugly” and that if you don’t know how to play by them, you’ll see the system as ‘unfair’. Speaking on why he believes Alan didn’t…

Kennedy Agyapong is not withdrawing from flagbearer race – Campaign Team

Kennedy Agyapong is not withdrawing from flagbearer race – Campaign Team

The Campaign Team of the Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has debunked rumors that the Assin Central Member of Parliament will quit the flagbearer race. The outspoken politician will run in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer elections, which are slated for November, according to his staff. A statement issued by the team on Thursday, September 7 said “Our attention has been drawn to a rumor making the rounds, particularly on social media that Honourable Ken Ohene Agyapong will soon be announcing his withdrawal from the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) Presidential primaries scheduled…

Be transparent with limited voter registration – Mahama challenges EC.

Be transparent with limited voter registration – Mahama challenges EC.

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…

Other flagbearer aspirants may pull out – NPP cautioned after Alan’s withdrawal.

Other flagbearer aspirants may pull out – NPP cautioned after Alan’s withdrawal.

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…

Police just fear-mongering, thinking our demo will turn into a military coup – Mahama Ayariga.

Police just fear-mongering, thinking our demo will turn into a military coup – Mahama Ayariga.

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…

Cecilia Dapaah will not get her money from OSP – Martin Kpebu hints.

Cecilia Dapaah will not get her money from OSP – Martin Kpebu hints.

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…

Coups: African misrule under a ‘macabre lazy’ democracy has reached its limits – Lloyd Amoah.

Coups: African misrule under a ‘macabre lazy’ democracy has reached its limits – Lloyd Amoah.

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),…