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Political Science lecturer and aspiring national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, says process used in amending portions of the party’s constitution was unconstitutional. Dr. Amoako Baah, who was speaking on Sunrise on 3fm, said process used by the party leadership contradicts provisions in the NPP’s constitution guiding amendment processes. “The process that was used was wrong and unconstitutional. Article 18 of the NPP’S constitution says delegates shall cast their vote” He made this observation following Sunday’s extraordinary delegates’ conference in Kumasi where some amendments to the party’s constitution were made. Dr. Amoako Baah said,…

The Accra High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to within 12 months put in place modalities to register Ghanaians living abroad to vote in the 2020 elections. It held delays in the implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act, also known ROPAA law [Act 699] by the Commission was a breach of the fundamental human rights of citizens living abroad. In the event of its failure to implement the orders of the Court, the EC would have to within 30 days, officially write to the court giving legitimate reasons to that effect, TV3’s Godfred Tanam reported from…

The National Democratic Congress has suspended one of its constituency chairmen for allegedly misusing party funds in the run-up to the 2016 general elections. Gideon Koniba, who is the chairman for Jomoro, was said to have collected money from party members in the constituency as well as the branch in Cote d’Ivoire to procure outboard motors. He allegedly misused the funds. The Functional Executive Committee of the party on November 28, 2017, concluded that his conduct is in breach of the party’s constitution. “Your conduct was generally considered to be unacceptable,” his suspension letter dated December 12 and signed by…

Thousands of delegates are voting in Johannesburg for a successor to President Jacob Zuma as leader of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC). The vote began in the early hours of Monday and is still going on. The choice is between Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Emotions have run high, with delegates shouting each other down as they raised objections over voting rules. The eventual winner will be in a strong position to become national president after elections in 2019. But the leadership battle has caused fierce political infighting, raising fears the party may…

Find below unedited transcript lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu attached to his writ at the High Court on Thursday seeking injunction against the General Legal Council. AY: Mr. Sosu, you were invited here by this committee because, I think early this year on Facebook, you appeared to have advertised yourself in such a way that we do not think as a lawyer it has to be done. Yes. How say you? FX: Well, I would say that I never had the intention of doing so. AY: You never had the intention of…. FX: …of doing so SA: But by accident….it was by…

The external branches of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will now have representatives serving on both the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Council. This was one of the key constitutional amendments adopted at its extraordinary national delegates conference held at the Heroes Park, Baba Yara Sports Stadium, in Kumasi. About 5,000 delegates from the 275 constituencies, founding members and external branches attended. Also there were Ministers of State, Members of Parliament (MPs), Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). The delegates also accepted to make Nasara Club a special organ of the party like the youth and women…

One hundred and seventy-six superior officers of the Ghana Prisons Service across the country have been promoted to their next ranks, 3news.com can authoritatively report. Eleven Chief Superintendents of Prisons have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Directors of Prisons while nine Superintendents have now been made Chief Superintendents of Prisons. One Deputy Superintendent of Prisons has been promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Prisons. Additionally, 155 Assistant Superintendents of Prisons have also been promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Prisons. The promotions, which were approved by the Prisons Service Council on December 13, 2017, take…

Renowned Ghanaian human rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu, has filed a writ seeking to enforce his fundamental rights to fair trial as guaranteed under the 1992 Constitution of Ghana It was filed at the Human Rights division of the High Court on 14th December, 2017. The human rights advocate, also filed an interlocutory injunction restraining the General Legal Council (GLC) from taking any further disciplinary proceedings in respect of him pending the determination of his human rights action. Lawyer Sosu argued in his writ that in previous proceedings, he was seriously abused and threatened by the Disciplinary Committee Members who also…

A Ghanaian teacher, Sitsofe Enyonam Anku, is being considered for a global teacher prize that will see him compete for one million dollars. He is among seven teachers selected from five African countries to part of the top 50 shortlisted for the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize 2018. The seven are Ayodele Odeogbola Ogun, and Itodo Anthony, from Nigeria; Marjirie Brown and Wendy Horn from South Africa; Catherine Nakabugo from Uganda; Abdikadir Ismail from Kenya and Sitsofe Enyonam Anku from Ghana. The winner will receive one million dollars, the largest prize of its kind. The seven were selected from over…

I was twenty-four years when Charles and his family came home to see my parent and asked for my hand in marriage. I’d dated Charles for over two years and throughout the years that we were together my parents were aware and his parents knew me very well. It was a fun and happy day when both families met to discuss the arrangements for the marriage and also to get the marriage list. My dad presented the marriage list in a sealed envelope to Charles and the family and later dispersed. Honestly, I didn’t know what was on the list.…