The Director of European Studies at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has downplayed the importance of a new voters register for election 2020, saying only those who have attained the voting age of 18 should be registered. According to him what should engage the attention of the Electoral Commission should be critical areas […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has embarked on a voter transfer exercise that will enable registered voters interested in contesting parliamentary seats in constituencies other than where they are registered to transfer their votes. The 20-day exercise, which started on February 11, will end on March 8, 2019. A memo dated February 8, 2019 and signed […]
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers, (CODEO) has described the Electoral Commission’s handling of grievances of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election as poor. According CODEO boss Albert Arhin, the EC should have engaged the NDC which was one of the big players and actors in the election immediately […]
His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President of the Republic of Ghana Jubilee House Accra. Your Excellency, February 4, 2019 OPEN LETTER ON RECENT EVENTS AT AYAWASO WEST WUOGON CONSTITUENCY I write to you in my capacity as a former Minister of National Security, as a son of the land, and as a father in […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Electoral Commission for conducting a free, fair, transparent and credible by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency on Thursday, January 31, 2019. According to the president, inspite of the isolated case of violence that occurred at one polling station, the Electoral Commission has demonstrated a high sense […]
The Electoral Commission has thrown a missile at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), asking it to halt the incessant attacks on it Chairperson, Members of the commission and the commission as a whole. ‘’Indeed the Electoral Commission wonders why the NDC would choose to rely on its services for the conduct of its primary […]
Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) strong man, Dela Coffie has ridiculed the party, saying they have no right to demand a credible voters register from the Electoral Commission. According to him, the NDC has not been able to compile a common and simple credible database for its membership and has therefore lost the moral right […]
By Selorm GBORBIDZI & Daniel WOOTTON, Accra The Electoral Commissioner (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has decried the increasingly expensive nature of elections in Ghana. She noted that due to the expensive nature of Ghana’s elections, the country usually falls on its development partners to support the conduct of elections, saying it did not ensure independence […]
The Deputy Minister for Regional Re-organisation, Martin Adjei Mensah-Korsah has entreated the generality of the Ghanaian people to ignore a video that emerged a day after the recently held referendum showing a Youngman suspected to be an official of the Electoral Commission allegedly engaged in multiple voting. The Young man was seen thumb printing several […]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for an independent inquiry into what it says is the fraudulent conduct of the recently held referenda to create 6 new regions in the country. ‘’Meanwhile, we hereby as a matter of urgency, demand an immediate independent inquiry into the fraudulent conduct of the referenda to restore […]
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has vowed to resist any attempt by president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to entrench himself in power through administrative measures, violence, intimidation, voter suppression and electoral malpractices. ‘’The NDC on its part will be actively engaged in policing all the steps leading up to the next general elections and […]
The Caucus for Democratic Governance Ghana (CDG-GH) is calling for the immediate removal from office, of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa. ‘’The Caucus for Democratic Governance (CDG-Gh), through its research and observations, has concluded that the Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson-Mrs. Jean Mensa- lacks credibility, integrity and neutrality. She is not up to […]
