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Suspend campaigns and stay in Parliament until March 31 – NDC orders its MPs

March 9, 2023

The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) orders its sitting Members of Parliament to suspend campaign activities in their constituencies. This directive is to be adhered to with immediate effect. In a press release issued on Wednesday, March 8, the party also barred its MPs from travelling. “All campaign activities in […]Continue Reading

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NDC Laces Boots for Another Showdown

March 9, 2023

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has set in motion mechanisms to ensure it opposes, in full, the Electoral Commission’s (EC) new Constitutional Instrument (CI), waiting to be laid in Parliament. The party says it has with immediate effect suspended campaign activities in all constituencies with sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) till the end of […]Continue Reading

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We Can’t Afford To Be Poor Amidst Resources

March 8, 2023

Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a former finance minister in the erstwhile Professor John Evans Atta-Mills administration, has said that Ghanaians cannot afford to be poor in the midst of resources available in the country. Dr. Duffuor, who is seeking to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as flagbearer in the 2024 presidential election, said, even if […]Continue Reading

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Mahama’s reasons for boycotting 6th March parade unfathomable – NPP

March 7, 2023

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says former President John Dramani Mahama is just making excuses for his absence at Monday’s Independence Day Celebrations and previous ones. Ghana celebrated its 66th Independence Anniversary in Adaklu in the Volta Region on March 6, 2023. The former President accused the NPP of turning the celebrations into a jamboree and […]Continue Reading

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Akufo-Addo delivers State of the Nation Address tomorrow

March 7, 2023

President Akufo-Addo will on Wednesday, March 8, deliver the State of the Nation Address  (SONA) in Parliament. The presentation is in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. According to the said Article, the President shall deliver a message on the State of the Nation to Parliament at the start of each session and […]Continue Reading

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Flip-Flopping Dumelo Returns To Ayawaso West

February 28, 2023

Actor and farmer John Setor Dumelois back to the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency (AWW) in the Greater Accra Region, to contest in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary, slated for May 13, this year. This is the second time the now politician will be contesting to represent one of the most affluent constituencies which […]Continue Reading

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KT, Bryan,Asabee Grilled …By Appointment Committee

February 27, 2023

The Joe Osei-Wusu-led Parliament Appointment Committee (PAC) has vetted three of President Akufo-Addo’s nominees for ministerial appointments. The three were theministers-designate for Trade and Industry, Food and Agriculture and Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs. First to appear before the packed Committee Room yesterday, was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Continue Reading

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I am providing water for Yendi, it’s a priority – Farouk Aliu Mahama

February 16, 2023

Yendi MP Farouk Aliu Mahama says he is not waiting for government to fulfil the water needs of his people. The MP revealed during a news conference that he has sunk more than 100 boreholes since he assumed office as MP for Yendi Constituency. Just about 40% of residents in Yendi are connected to clean […]Continue Reading

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Minority Condemns ‘Naked and Shameful’ Abuse of Judiciary

February 9, 2023

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament has condemned what it describes as “the naked and shameful abuse of the judiciary by certain undemocratic elements seeking to gag NDC Members of Parliament” and prevent them from carrying out their constitutional mandate of parliamentary oversight. The caucus states that, “the preposterous and cowardly legal Continue Reading

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We Have Capacity To Respond To Police Violence

February 9, 2023

The national youth organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) appears to be taking inspiration from the party’sSuameConstituency youth organizer, Razak Koampa, whose recent “political violence” comment has landed him in the grip of the police. According to Mr. George Opare Addo, the NDC has the capacity to respond to police “violence” and that […]Continue Reading