Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he filed the election petition at the Supreme Court to calm the charged political atmosphere to avoid electoral violence. The petition, he said, was also to test the legal right of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). “The atmosphere was quite charged, a few of our people […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) saved the country $90 million in the conduct of the 2020 Election, the Chairperson of the commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, has disclosed. That, she said, was achieved through a reduction of the cost of the election from $13 per person in 2016 to $7.7 in 2020. Moreover, it also cut down […]
Election 2020 is the first election to be fully funded by the government since democracy was restored in the country in 1992. It is one election which had no donor funding to support the election management processes, the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has disclosed. Disclosing this at the opening ceremony of […]
The Sunyani High Court has given parties involved in the 2020 parliamentary election suit on the Banda Constituency in the Bono Region a 14-day ultimatum to file their witness statements. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Mate-Teye, also scheduled Thursday, May 20, 2021 as the next sitting for case management. The Parliamentary Candidate for […]
National Organizer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammi Awuku commended the electoral commission for a good job done with the just-ended electoral process. According to him, comparatively, the 2020 election has been one of the well-organized elections the country has had in its history. “It was fiercely contested and for me, the process did pass on […]
Information available to MyNewsGh.com suggests that four independent parliamentary candidates in the Ashanti region have decided to step down from contesting the Monday, December 7, general elections as parliamentary candidates hopefuls. A deep throat source within the executive leadership of the party in the region revealed to this portal that through a series of deliberations by high […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his commitment to the peace and stability of the country, and has assured the Ghanaian people of his readiness to accept the verdict of the election. “I have said that we believe in elections, and I am happy to give my word that we shall accept the verdict […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it expects a near 100 per cent voter turnout in today’s special voting exercise. “We expect a near 100 per cent turnout and are confident that the outcome will be peaceful, credible, transparent and orderly, God being our helper,” the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Jean Mensa, told the media […]
Pollster Ben Ephson says whoever wins Greater Accra Region will carry the day on December 7. Contributing to discussions on 3FM’S ‘Decision 2020’, Mr Ephson said anyone who had won majority in Parliament and the presidential elections will have to win the Greater Accra, Central and Western regions. He will, however, not predict which of […]
Independent candidate Jacob Osei Yeboah has revealed that he will not be running as the independent presidential front runner in the 2020 polls. Instead, he has indicated intentions of rallying behind another independent candidate, Alfred Kwame Asiedu Walker, as his backbone in the upcoming elections. Speaking to pressmen after submitting nomination forms at the Electoral Commission, Mr. […]
The Committed Drivers Association says they will not support any presidential candidate who promises to license Okada. It comes after NDC presidential candidate former President John Mahama to legalise the operations of the motto transport operations. Addressing the press in Accra, an Executive Member of the Committed Driver Association, Mr Anane Frimpong who’s a retired […]
The NPP, on Thursday, August 13, 2020, inaugurated a 9-member planning committee for the launch of the party’s 2020 manifesto which will be held in Cape Coast on Saturday, August 22, 2020. The Committee is being chaired by Madam Oboshie Sai Coffie, and includes Hon Ursula Owusu-Ekuful; Sammi Awuku; Lord Commey; Evron Hughes; Kwabena Abankwa […]
