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Civil society group, CitizenGhana Movement, has served notice it would not hesitate to take legal action against the Electoral Commission should it fail to furnish it with copies of the annual audited accounts, assets and revenues of all 24 registered political parties. The group on March 30, 2017 wrote to the Electoral Commission to demand the documents pursuant to Article 55(14) of the 1992 Constitution as well as Section 14 of the Political Parties Act. Article 55(14) states: “Political parties shall be required by law- (a) to declare to the public their revenues and assets and the sources of those…

A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah, says Ghana is too tiny to accommodate two single window operators at the country’s ports. The Ghana Single Window is a secure trade platform that facilitates the exchange of information between the Government of Ghana and the logistics community He has has meanwhile asked the pioneer and only single window operator, Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) to speedily re-double its efforts in actualising the full breadth of single window operations in the country. He recalled the break-through GCNet brought when it led the drive to automate trade facilitation and port clearance processes…

The Private Enterprise Federation (PEF) is demanding the government’s Economic Management Team (EMT) to begin publishing reports of their meetings. According PEF, the publication is expected to help investors both local and foreigners to make decisions regarding investing in the right areas in the economy which will yield the needed returns in profits while creating employment opportunities. PEF’s demand comes at a time that the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia disclosed that the New Patriotic Party government headed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has put in place a functional Economic Management Team which meets every week. The EMT…

Tension is brewing between the Tijaniyya and Ahlul-Sunna sects at Aboabo in the Ashanti Region as preachers from both factions are using abusive languages against each other anytime they mount the podium. In May 2016, the Tijaniyya and Ahlul-Sunna sects clashed in the Aboabo No. 2 community and two persons sustained cutlass wounds while wind screens of two vehicles were smashed. The confusion between the two Islamic sects occurred on Thursday, May 19, 2016 when one person believed to be from the Tijaniyya sect, was attacked by some the youth from the Ahlul-Sunna sect. But with the latest seeming tension,…

READ: Akufo-Addo draws wisdom, experiences from Mahama, JAK and John Rawlings

Monday, April 17, 2017 marks exactly 100 days since the Nana Addo Dankwa AkufoAddo led-New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration was inaugurated. The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) uses this upcoming occasion to assess the Akufo-Addo/NPP government’s performance from its vantage as a democratic governance think tank. We commend the teams of both the John Dramani Mahama-National Democratic Congress (NDC) and that of the Akufo-Addo-NPP government for working out a relatively smooth and peaceful transfer of power. They exhibited high levels of cooperation and accommodation, notwithstanding the occasional disagreement and miscommunication. We commend President Akufo-Addo for the speed with which…

Ghana’s sensational cruiser weight boxing champion, Briamah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku is to stage a come-back bout in the month of June, 2017. The undefeated cruiser weight champion, Bukom Banku was last seen in the ring on 27th December 2015 in Kumasi when he stopped his long-time pal, Michael Ayittey Powers, in their ‘repeat or revenge’ bout at the Baba Yara Stadium in the 6th rounds. Bukom Banku quit boxing to focus on politics in the run-up to the 2016 elections. Bukom Banku, after abandoning his boxing career, campaigned for the NDC and its leader, former President Mahama in the 2016 elections.…

The minority members in parliament say the 100 days of the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party government have been fraught with post election terrorism, unlawful dismissal and intimidation. At a news conference in Accra Tuesday, the minority claimed state-sponsored vigilante groups defined the 100 days of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government. Watch Deputy Minority Leader, James Klutse Afedzi speaking on behalf of the minority on Akufo-Addo’s 100 days. By 3news.com|Ghana

We seem to copy everything American, good or bad and either over do it or do it wrongly for poor results. The symbolic 100 days of American presidents in office where the public and pollsters do a critique of any new government is one democratic tradition we have incorporated into our governance system. The History behind the Presidential 100 Days William Lasser, recounting the history of the symbolic 100 days of the American Presidency says; every journey starts with a single step, and every presidency begins with the First 100 Days. Ever since 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt used…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday met with three living presidents of Ghana to tap into their experiences and wisdom to shape his governance of the West African nation in the next four years. The two-hour meeting at the Flagstaff House in Accra was between the President, and former presidents Jerry John Mahama, John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama. “I am in the unique position of being able to draw on the wisdom and experience of three former Presidents of the Republic, their Excellencies Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama. They represent the continuity…