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Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development and the former minister for information, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has prayed to the Almighty Allah to keep the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in opposition because in his view, the party has no good intentions for Ghanaians. He made this request to the almighty in his closing prayer during the Nation Builders Update session which was addressed by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday November 26. “Let the NDC remain in in opposition in in this year elections,” he prayed. The Vice President Dr Bawumia told the gathering that the Akufo-Addo administration has…

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has said the Political Science lecturers at the University of Ghana who released the opinion survey on the impending elections in Ghana that put the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) engaged in an alleged academic fraud. The survey conducted by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana ahead of the December 7 polls has revealed that 51.7 percent of Ghanaians will vote for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo if the elections were held today. The survey also noted that some 40.4 percent will…

The Planting for Food and Job (PFJ) initiative has led to a 71 per cent increase in the national production of maize and 34 per cent in paddy rice (an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown), Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. The government introduced the PFJ as part of measures to strengthen the agric sector of the economy and to also ensure food sufficiency in the oil-producing West African nation. He explained that yields per hectare of maize, rice, and soybean have also increased significantly and we now export 19 different food items, including maize, to…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the decision to pay each customer of the failed fund management companies an amount of GHS50,000 was on compassionate grounds. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), acting within its mandate of protecting investors and the integrity of the market announced on Wednesday November 18 the outcome of its deliberations with government regarding an agreed social and humanitarian intervention for all remaining customers of the failed Fund Management Companies. The SEC in a statement said the government has authorized a partial bailout which involves a partial payment of up to Fifty Thousand Ghana Cedis…

The Director of Research and Elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Evans Nimako has said the governing party will not be complacent ahead of the December 7 elections following the survey released by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana which puts the NPP ahead of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He told TV3’s Martin Asiedu-Darteh in an interview on the News @10 Thursday November 26 that the party is working extra hard on the grounds to ensure a resounding victory. “NPP is not complacent with the polls coming in at this time,” he said, adding…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said that Ghana has over the past four years witnessed dramatic development following the prudent policies introduced by the Akufo-Addo administration. He pointed out that the economy has picked up from the destruction it suffered under the Mahama administration. He said in a presentation on Thursday, November 26 that “what the NDC destroyed in 8 years Nana Akufo-Addo has corrected in four years and even added more”. To that end, he said while delivering the address that Ghanaians should vote for the current president in the December 7 elections. “I am here to paint…

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has said that even if the survey done by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana which predicted victory for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is anything to go by, it does not necessarily mean that the party will win the elections on December 7. According to him, polls have always been failing hence there is no need to worry what the lecturers have put out. He explained that “in 2016 Ben Ephson predicted victory for the NDC but we lost. In 2008 the EIU…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has told Ghanaians that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) went to the Supreme Court to actually stop the implementation of the free senior High school (SHS) programme. He said also the party sponsored over forty adverts in the media against the programme. Therefore, he said, it is surprising that they are now claiming to have started the implementation of the programme. “They even went to the Supreme Court to stop free SHS. They ran over 40 adverts against free SHS. Today the NDC and their flagnbearer are looking at us and saying that they started…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has recounted that the Mahama administration woefully failed Ghanaians with bad policies that plunged the country into severe economic difficulties. Dr Bawumia said on Thursday November 26 that Mr Mahama was clueless as to how to lift Ghanaians from the economic quagmire his administration took the country to. Therefore, he said, Mr Mahama must not be given a chance in the December 7 elections to return to the seat of government as president. “You need no reminders of the dire economic conditions at the time we came into office,” he said. He added “You lived…

 Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has asked Ghanaians to give their mandate to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo again because he is the safest person to lead the country. He noted that over the past four years that Mr Akufo-Addo has been the president of Ghana,  several pro-poor programme and policies have been introduced to build the economy that was destroyed by the previous Mahama administration. To that end, he said while delivering an address on Thursday November 26 that Ghanaians should vote for him in the December 7 elections. “I am here to paint to you a broad picture…