POLITICS

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has released the timetable for the vetting of the presidential aspirants. The vetting starts on Monday, July 3, a statement issued by the Secretary to the Vetting Committee Evans Nimako said on Friday, June 30. Per the time timetable, Former Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen, Energy …

In accordance with the Party’s Constitution, the National Steering Committee, acting for and on behalf of the National Council, at its emergency meeting held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, and upon further stakeholder consultations, appointed Rt. Hon. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye as Chairman of the Vetting Committee for the Party’s …

The Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has told fuel tanker drivers the roads within the Tema heavy industrial are being constructed. He admitted that the construction has not been faster as was expected. He said when he met the tanker drivers on Thursday, June 29 that engineering challenges …

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has expressed concerns against the ongoing criminal prosecution of the Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson. He believes that there is selective justice in relation to this matter because there are many more people who have the same issue as Gyakye Quayson but …

The newly-elected Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson is expected to be sworn in tomorrow Friday, June 30, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has said. Sammy Gyamfi explained that as the law requires,  the Electoral Commission (EC) will have to …

Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Ben Emmanuel Ephson says the only election predictions he usually gets wrong are internal party elections. For general elections, he said except for the 2016 elections, he has got all the results spot-on since 1996. This, he intimated, motivates him to continue to predict …

Official results from the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) as regards Tuesday’s by-election in Assin North make James Gyakye Quayson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) winner with 17,245 of the total valid votes cast. He beat Charles Opoku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Bernice Enyonam Sefenu of the …

The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has directed all bodyguards of members of Parliament (MPs) and other state officials who will be in Assin North in the Central Region for Tuesday’s by-elections to hand over their weapons. They are not to carry such rifles with them, the …

The Minister for Education, Hon.Dr.Yaw Adutwum has rejected claims that the government’s Free SHS policy has affected the quality of education at the secondary school level in Ghana. According to him, such claims are unfounded and should be disregarded completely. The government has been criticized for introducing the double-track system …

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has vehemently opposed taxes on sanitary pads. He says it is a cardinal sin for Parliament to have allowed a tax to be imposed on sanitary pads. Parliament has been petitioned by some stakeholders for the government to reduce or scrap taxes on sanitary pads. …