Author: Krobea

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has extended the ongoing voter exhibition exercise by two more days. The exercise, which began on Friday, September 18, was scheduled to end on Friday, September 25. “As part of efforts to serve the interest of its stakeholders and promote greater participation and inclusion, the Electoral Commission has extended the Voters Exhibition Exercise from Friday 25th September to Sunday 27th September, 2020,” the EC said in a statement issued on Thursday, September 24. “The Commission is of the view that this extension will allow even more stakeholders to check and verify their voter registration details.…

A former Deputy National Organizer of the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has alluded that the members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot differentiate between suspension and abrogation. Mahdi Gibril has therefore explained that members of the NPP do not understand English Language hence their assertions that the NDC flagbearer has abrogated instead of suspended his campaign tour of the Bono Region. The former president, John Dramani Mahama, who is also the NDC flagbearer, put on hold his tour of the Bono Region on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, and returned to Accra to ascertain why some…

US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November’s election. “Well, we’ll have to see what happens,” the president told a news conference at the White House. “You know that.” Mr Trump also said he believed the election result could end up in the US Supreme Court, as he again cast doubt on postal voting. More states are encouraging mail-in voting, citing the need to keep Americans safe from coronavirus. Every losing presidential candidate in modern times has conceded. If Mr Trump were to refuse to accept the result of the…

Independent Parliamentary aspirant for the Bekwai Constituency Lawyer Akwasi Amofa Agyemang wants the area to be flagged as a flashpoint going into the December 7 polls. His call comes on the back of recent stand-off among the Bekwai youth over who should become their representative in Parliament. Wielding clubs and machetes, opposing factions from the camp of incumbent Member of Parliament Joe Osei Owusu and the independent aspirant clashed in Bekwai on Tuesday. Lawyer Akwasi Amofa, who was disqualified from contesting the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary, has since been campaigning as an independent candidate. He describes the recent clash…

The emergency meeting called by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) on Thursday, September 24 with political parties at the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) level has ended. However, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) representative, Osei Kwame Griffiths, said their concerns were not addressed. “I think it was a meeting that was called perhaps after we had raised certain issues within the public domain that even prior to some of the things that are happening, IPAC was not briefed,” he told journalists including TV3’s Godfred Tanam. “So, they quickly had to put this together but it still did not answer the very…

The Eastern Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jerry Osei-Opoku, has pledged to garner one million votes and secure 30 out of 33 seats for the party in the December polls. Addressing a press conference dubbed ‘The Youth Must Know’ series at Atiwa West District in the Eastern Region on Wednesday, Mr Osei-Opoku said government has delivered in the past three-and-a-half years to earn votes from the the electorate. He took a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for its contradictory opinions on the implementation of the Free SHS programme, stating they were bereft of ideas.…

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is advocating a “one laptop and one modem per teacher” policy to support teachers in enhancing learning experience of students amid Covid-19 pandemic. Interacting with teachers at its 2020 Stakeholders Forum, President of GNAT Philippa Larson noted that teachers have been doing a lot for themselves hence a “One Laptop and Modem per Teacher” policy will serve as a motivation to them in this period. “As educationists and practitioners, we have done a lot to support education. We have done a lot for ourselves but this time we are asking the communities, NGOs,…

As countries continue to ease restrictions to restart tourism and by extension their economies, one of the sectors worst affected by the pandemic, the travel and tourism industry, (people to people industry) couldn’t have had any better leadership to lead recovery and also lift the fraternity from the staggering job losses and financial conundrum than the current leadership under Zurab Pololikashvili. The week gone by saw the United Nations’ Specialized Agency for Tourism, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) holding its 112th Executive Council session in the beautiful Georgian capital of Tbilisi. VoyagesAfriq would like to share with our readers the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will from Thursday, September 24 begin an 8-day working visit to the Western North, Ashanti and Eastern regions. On this tour, the President is expected to commission projects, break ground for new projects, and call on the revered palaces of traditional authorities. At Sefwi Wiawso, President Akufo-Addo will meet and inaugurate the Regional House of Chiefs, and cut sod for the construction of their Office complex. He will commission the 4th distribution centre of Fly Zipline, and proceed to launch the Cocoa Rehabilitation programme. At Akontombra, he will inspect a rice factory, and cut sod…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revoked the appointment of Mary Boatemaa Marfo as the Chief Executive of the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region. In a letter written by a Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kwasi Boateng Adjei, the decision by the President, in accordance with Article 243(3)(b) of the 1992 Constitution, takes immediate effect. It is believed that the decision was influenced by a recent tape said to have been leaked by the DCE’s aid. Mary Boatemaa Marfo remained tight-lipped on the purported leaked tape of her campaigning for electorates to vote skirt and…