Ballot papers meant for the District Assembly elections on Wednesday are yet to arrive in the Upper East Region for onward dispatch to the various electoral areas before election commences at 0700hours.
As at 12:45hours when the GNA …
Voters in 149 out of the 572 electoral areas in the Central Region will not participate in the District Level Elections because their ballot papers were not ready as at Tuesday morning when the exercise started in many areas in the region.…
Voters in the Central and Upper West Regions would go to the polls on Tuesday, December 28, in the District Level elections.
Only voters in the two regions are casting their ballots on Tuesday, to elect District Assembly and Unit Comm…
Hundreds of people from four traditional areas out of the five in the Biakoye District have held a six-hour peaceful demonstration against the inauguration of the Biakoye District Assembly on December 20 with Nkonya-Ahenkro as capital. …
Of the total number of 3,903 voters expected to vote in the District Level Elections (DLE) in five polling stations in the Cape Coast Metropolis, only 292 people had turned up to cast their votes between 08:30hrs and 10:30hrs when the Ghan…
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Communications, has issued a strong warning to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives whose activities undermine Members of Parliament (MPs) to desist or they risked loosing their positions…
Mr. Robert Mensah, the Assemblyman for Supomu-Dunkwa Electoral Area, on Tuesday expressed worry about the postponement of the District Assembly Elections in eight regions.
He said people who had travelled to their hometowns to vote wo…
The Eastern Region is yet to receive the ballot papers for eight district assemblies and ballot papers for the unit committee elections as at mid-day on Tuesday, the Eastern Regional Electoral Officer, Mr Paul Boateng, told the GNA on Tue…
Voting began officially on Tuesday, in the District Level elections in the Central and Upper West Regions, the first group of regions to vote in the polls, which will put in place, the political administration, at the grassroots level. …
The Atwima Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Boakye Afful, has given assurance of adequate security arrangements to ensure that the district level poll in the area is peaceful.
??? He told the Ghana News Agency at Nkawie t…
A heavy down pour brought the mounting of platform for five men and women contesting the Akwatia Amanfrom electoral area seat to an abrupt end.
This was after four of the aspirants had presented their programmes and the fourth was being a…
Mrs Catherine Deynu, aspiring assembly woman for Gbentaana Ward in the Greater Accra Region, has pledged to be a focal person between her constituents and the Adenta Municipal Assembly to deal with the challenges facing the community. …
The Convention People's Party (CPP), in a statement issued on Sunday, and signed by its National Chairman, Mr Ladi Nylander, wished all Ghanaians, the very best, as they celebrate Christmas.
The Statement said, "We wish the good peopl…
Two returning officers of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the Ellembelle District, have been arrested over an alleged illegal voters transfer ahead of the District Assembly elections.
They are Mr Nicholas Kwofie and Mr Benjamin Ackah.…
A 72 year-old retired educationist, Dr Baffour Awuah, has announced his decision to contest the 2012 presidential poll on the ticket of the New Nation Party (NNP).
He told the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi that he has already picked a …
The Member of Parliament(MP) for Nkawkaw, Mr Seth Adjei-Baah has spent 7,200 Ghana Cedis from his share of the Common Fund to rehabilitate the Nkawkaw Central Police Cells and the charge office which were in a deplorable condition.
T…
The district assembly elections in the Eastern Region scheduled for Tuesday, December 28, had been postponed to Thursday, December 30 by the Electoral Commission.
This was confirmed by the Deputy Eastern Regional Director of the Ele…
A one-day workshop for 48 aspiring women assembly women in the Brong Ahafo Region has ended in Techiman.
The workshop organised by the Electoral Commission and supported by the European Union (EU) was attended by the aspirants drawn …
Mrs Augustina Akosua Akumanyi, Deputy Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has urged voters to elect competent and development-oriented people to the district assemblies.
She said it was by doing so that …
Mr. Gyau Peprah, an aspiring Assembly member for Abanim Electoral Area in Techiman Municipality, has admonished the youth to use their energies for productive activities to help develop their communities.
He stressed that such produc…
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Ransford Ninson, Eastern Regional Police Commander, has called on political parties to stay off the coming district assembly and unit committee elections since it was non-partisan.
He said the v…
The Media Analyst Group of the Convention People's Party (CPP) in the Northern Region, has declared its support for the decision of Ms Samia Nkrumah to contest for the position of the National Chairman of the party (CPP).
The group, whic…
The Northern Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed concern over threats by some youth group calling itself the "Concerned Youth of Nanum" to remove the District Electoral Officer in Bimbilla over claims that the p…
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, has called on Ghanaians to reflect on the birth of Christ, the gift God to mankind, and bury all political differences in order forge ahead as one people.
He called on all politic…
Right Rev Francis Anani Lodonu, Bishop of the Ho Diocese of the Catholic Church, on Christmas Day called on Ghanaians to mirror moderation in their political expositions, as the country gears up slowly for the next major elections.
H…
Reverend James Noble Tulasi, Head Pastor of Jubilee Christian Centre, Ho, on Christmas Day exhorted Christians to pray for peace to prevail in neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire.
He said the political situation in that country called for "pra…
Reverend James Noble Tulasi, Head Pastor of Jubilee Christian Centre, Ho, on Christmas Day exhorted Christians to pray for peace to prevail in neighbouring Cote d?Ivoire.
He said the political situation in that country called for ?praying…
Former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama has said he would work hard to ensure that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is brought back to power in 2012.
He said this when he paid a courtesy call on the Regent of Navrongo, Pe Arthur Adda Ba…
The Project Officer of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Mr. Kojo Mpriam, has cautioned aspiring assembly members to be careful about the promises they make to the electorate during mounting of election platforms to campaign …
The New Juaben Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission, Ms Lydia Agyiri, has called on candidates for the district assembly election to preach peace in their campaigns.
Ms Agyiri was speaking at a platform organized by the In…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed for massive voter turnout during the December 28 District Level elections.
It said the general apathy that had over the years characterized local elections needed to chan…
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) has expressed concern about the degeneration of the political and security situation in Cote d’Ivoire and called for a negotiated settlement approach around the principle of the respect of …
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance came into force on Thursday but much remained to be done, a release from the UN Office in Geneva sent to GNA said.
According to the release the…
The Togolese Minister of Security and Civil Protection, Alhaji Mohamed Titikpina Atsah, has called for an immediate meeting of security authorities of Ghana and Togo to discuss ways of reducing harassments by border officials of both count…
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Thursday said it is set to conduct the District Level Elections on Tuesday, December 28.
With barely six days to the polls, the EC is fine-tuning its preparations for free, fair and transparent electio…
International Press Center This Friday at 10.00 am, the Constitution Review Commission (CRC) will launch the first of 25 key questions that emerged on the review of the operation of the 1992 Constitution from consultations across the coun…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated his call for extreme restraint in the management of the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire.
In a statement issued on Thursday, three days after he called for restraint and maturity by all stake…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed for massive voter turnout during the December 28 district level election.
It said the general apathy that had over the years characterized local elections needed to chang…
Alhaji Issahaque Salia, the Upper West Regional Minister, has lauded the prevailing peace in the Lambussie/Karni District and appealed to the people to sustain it.
He said this when he inaugurated a 45,000 Ghana cedi District Wide Assi…
The Kpone-Katamanso Constituency Branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), on Wednesday, denied allegations that it incited the Youth of Kpone against its Member of Parliament, Mr Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo.
The NPP said it was not …
President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday inaugurated the first board of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), and reiterated the determination of Government to bring equitable
development and commitment to the needs o…
Mallam Yusif Abdulai, a prominent Muslim in Techiman Municipality, has urged electorate to vote for women candidates in the December 28th District Assembly elections.
He said voting for women would enable them to contribute effectivel…
Thirteen (13) women have joined the race to be voted into the Ejisu-Juaben Municipal Assembly, in the December 28 District Assembly polls.
A total of 178 candidates are contesting the election in the municipality.
Mrs Alberta Men…
Four aspiring Assembly Members for the Niiman and Moniobaanye Electoral Areas in the Ashaiman Municipality have promised the to be accountable to the electorate.
Mr Joseph Abo Mensah, 29, Secretary to the Ashaiman Divisional Council, …
Former Vice-President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken note of mistakes it made in government and would not repeat them if it wins the next election.
"The eight years we had was a learning process. …
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, a Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, has congratulated the Government of President John Evans Atta-Mills for publishing a booklet in which 50 concrete achievements of the Mills government are highligh…
Liberal Democrat ministers have been recorded expressing private concern over coalition government policies on welfare reform and tuition fees.
The three politicians were secretly recorded by Daily Telegraph reporters.
Michael Moore,…
Political parties in the Volta Region are unable to open their offices regularly as stipulated by law but Miss Laurentia Kpatakpa, the Regional Electoral Commission Director, said enforcing the law to the letter could jeopardize “our fledg…
Attempts by the Electoral Commission (EC) to mount platform for aspiring assembly members for Mankessim to present their manifestos failed twice as the electorate failed to attend.
At Twafo-Akyenim Electoral Area on Sunday the platfor…
The President of the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana, Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has called on Ghanaians to make the upcoming district level elections peaceful.
Mr Aidoo-Mensah, who is the District Chief Executi…
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