Ms Sophia Honner-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister, has cautioned supporters of political parties against organising "Keep Fit" exercises to incite trouble in their communities.
She said it was good to exercise the body regularl…
Professor Evans Atta Mills, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was home to a tumultuous welcome at Kpedze on Friday, as part of his campaign tour of the Volta Region.
Before his arrival by late morning, …
Nana Owusu-Nsiah, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has appealed to political parties and the media to steer clear of ethnicity, chieftaincy, religion and other controversial issues that could spark off conflicts.
He said the projec…
The Mfantseman District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Robert Quainoo-Arthur has advised the electorate to elect competent people, who could articulate their needs to Parliament.
Mr Quianoo-Arthur said as a law-making House, Parliament n…
Vice President Aliu Mahama began a five-day campaign tour of the Upper East Region with a call on the people to revert to their political roots and share in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) electoral victory in Election 2004.
The Vice Pr…
Participants at a special inter-denominational Christian prayer meeting in Kumasi, have called on people with hidden agenda to disrupt Election 2004 to desist from the diabolical act.
They said the destruction of party paraphernalia,…
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) in collaboration with the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) would train 1,069 observers at the district level to monitor the elections in all the 39 constituencies in the Ashanti R…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday said the relationship between Ghana and South Africa was destined to help move the African Continent forward into the mainstream of world politics and development.
He said with South Africa de…
The Mfantseman District Assembly failed to elect a Presiding Member at its meeting on Monday as none of the two contestants had the mandated two-thirds of the total number of members after a second balloting.
Mr Frank Neequaye, the …
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Politics Election Peace
Ajumako (C/R), Oct. 19, GNA - Okokodurfo Gyeabuo Nana Kwamena Hamma Ababio II, Omanhene of Ajumako Traditional Area, has stressed the need for the various political parties to conduct their electionee…
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) and the Civil Society Coalition on Tuesday lauded the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) for submitting its report within the prescribed period but expressed concern about its leakage.
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday asked Muslims to use the fasting period to pray for and teach the indispensability of peace and calm, particularly during the elections.
This was contained in a statement issued by the party …
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has paid an amount of 135,000,000 million cedis covering the filing fees of its Presidential Candidate, Professor J.E.A. Mills and all its 230 Parliamentary Candidates.
The cheque to this effec…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Sunday joined the congregation of the Wa Saint Andrews Catholic Church shortly on arrival to begin a three-day official tour of the Upper West Region.
Addressing the congregation, President Kufuor cal…
Mr Freddie Blay, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, on Monday appealed to Second Cycle Institutions to help students develop the interest in parliamentary activities by encouraging them to appreciate topical national issues and contribute…
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly on Friday elected Madam Agnes Atayila, a Senior Nutrition Officer, as Presiding Member.
Madam Atayilla polled 28 votes as against Mr. Joseph Amiyuure, an Agricultural Officer, who had six votes in a…
The political parties contesting the December 7, Presidential Elections would cast lots to determine their positions on the Ballot Paper, the Electoral Commission (EC) announced on Monday.
Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, EC Chairman told the G…
About 300 supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Effutu Constituency of the Central Region on Monday held demonstration against what they described as an "imposition of a candidate on them by the National Executive of the Party…
The Electoral Commission (EC) said on Monday that no foreign organisation has so far applied for accreditation to observe Election 2004.
It is, however, expected that as the Election Day draws near some foreign organisations would co…
Mr Joseph Akudibilla, incumbent Member of Parliament for Garu-Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region, was on Monday declared unopposed as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency in the December po…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Monday said the Government would assist the people of the newly created Sissala West District with 94 million cedis from the HIPC fund to cater for the five per cent counterpart funding for the provision of…
Mr Samuel Obodai, MP for Agona West, has called on candidates of the various political parties contesting the December 2004 elections to refrain from insults against their opponents when they mount platforms.
He said there was the nee…
President John Agyekum Kufuor, has given assent to the new Local Government Service Act and the integration of sector departments into the district assembly system.
The New Local Government Act 656, would enhance the implementation of…
An Electoral Officer has appealed to all registered voters to ensure that the peaceful atmosphere that characterized the voter registration and photo-taking exercises prevailed in the ongoing exhibition of the Voter's Register.
Mr …
Mr. Robert Atamah, Ho District Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), said on Wednesday that the omission of a sizeable number of names in the Provisional Voters' Register on exhibition at few centres in the Ho District was due to tec…
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday checked his name in the Voters' Register now on exhibition nation-wide.
He checked his name at a temporary booth Centre at the Airport Residential Area in the Ayawaso Wuogon Constituency in …
Vice-President Aliu Mahama on Thursday said the perennial water problem at Mankessim would be addressed when the Government received a grant from the Dutch government by the end of the year.
The Vice-President said this at Mankessim at …
All is set for the exhibition of the Provisional Voters' Register from October 12 to October 17, the Director of Elections of the Electoral Commission (EC) said on Friday.
Mr Albert Kofi Arhin, the director, told the Ghana News Agen…
Mr Kwame Nti-Fordjour, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NDC, has rejected accusations of bribe taking and other underhand dealings during the party's primary in the Old Tafo constituency in Kumasi. "These are absolutely without merit, …
Participants at a Political Party Youth Forum on Wednesday called on Media Institutions to adopt in-house mechanism to control the menace pose by radio phone-in contributors to national security.
The participants noted: "Outright banning …
Professor Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi, Minister of Ports, Harbours and Railways, said the days of the NDC were numbered "and there will be a time that their supporters and members will feel ashamed to identify themselves so". He urged the Ex…
The government has so far released about 40.8 billion cedis towards Guinea Worm eradication activities in the country. President John Agyekum Kufuor, who announced this on Tuesday, said the ministries of Health, Works and Housing together…
President John Agyekum Kufuor continues his three-day tour of the Volta Region on Wednesday September 29 with addresses of durbars of chiefs and inauguration of developing projects.
A programme released by the Volta Regional Coordinating …
Had Manchester United's convincing 3-1 defeat at Watford occurred under Louis van Gaal last season, it would have been cast as a watershed, a moment that proved once and for all the need for change and restructuring.
Sunday's lame defea…
Mr Kwasi Karikari Achamfour, District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Afigya-Kwabre District Assembly, said the assembly would access a loan from the HFC Bank to undertake certain projects for the rapid development of the District.
He …
Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe, Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) said on Sunday despite the logistical and technical challenges, the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections ha…
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