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PNC Hinges Hope On Vigilante Group
The People National Convention (PNC) is considering forming a vigilante group to help it during elections, Atik Mohammed, General Secretary of the party, has stated. According to him, it has become...
PNC Will Raise Vigilante Group – Atik Mohammed
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has threatened to raise a vigilante group to provide security for its national officers. PNC General Secretary, Atik Mohammed, said the party will not allow...
On SONA: Akufo-Addo Must Inspire Hope — Dr. Jonah
A Senior Lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, Dr. Kwesi Jonah, has advised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to inspire confidence and hope in his...
The President Must Be Forthright With Ghanaians
TODAY, the President, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will address Parliament for the first time as he delivers the State of the Nation Address (SONA). Today’s address will be Mr....
SONA2017: Akufo-Addo Speaks To the Nation
President Akufo-Addo will today deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament amidst high expectations from Ghanaians. Article 67 of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution requires that:...
Akufo-Addo Must Inspire Hope – Kwesi Jonah
A senior lecturer at the Political Science department of the University of Ghana Dr. Kwesi Jonah has advised President Akufo-Addo to inspire confidence and hope in his maiden state of the nation...
Council of State Can Dismiss ‘superfluous’ Tag Through Reforms
Dr. Kwesi Jonah, Senior Research fellow at IDEG and Lawyer Ayikoi Otoo, former Attorney General have called for the Council of State to be reformed as the current advisory council is not nonpartisan,...
IDEG To Deploy More Than 1000 Observers For Polls
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) and Civic Initiative Forum (CFI) would engage 1,100 electoral agents to observe and monitor the December Presidential and Parliamentary elections. They...
Scrap Common Fund Secretariat – Casely-Hayford
An anti-corruption campaigner, Sydney Casely-Hayford, wants government to dissolve the Secretariat solely charged with the responsibility to disburse the District Assembly Common Fund, saying it is a...
EC To Simplify Voting Process
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it is hoping to reduce spoilt ballots during the upcoming December 7 elections to below one per cent by simplifying the voting process. The high number of...
December 7 Polls Could Be Chaotic – Kwesi Jonah
Political scientist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr. Kwesi Jonah, has warned of a possible turbulent political atmosphere in the forthcoming...
Mahama’s Resignation Call Out of Place – Lecturer
A call by the Greater Accra regional Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bala Maekanka, for the presidential nominee of the party, Dr Edward Mahama to resign because the party is...
PNC, PPP Unhappy About New Electoral Reforms
Some political parties in the country are unhappy about the Electoral Commission’s decision to exclude them from a ten-member committee to oversee the proposals for electoral reforms in Ghana.
The...