POLITICS

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has emphasized the pressing need for improvements in Ghana’s healthcare system, pointing to insufficient facilities and growing expenses as major problems. Speaking on Tuesday, November 12, following the commissioning of a newly built maternity and children’s unit in Bodom, …

Following the recent disqualification of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) candidate Philip Appiah Kubi, the Electoral Commission (EC) has affirmed that it will uphold the original ballot order for the 2024 presidential election. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Tuesday, November 12, EC Chairperson Jean Mensa made the statement, …

On the day of the general elections on December 7, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Director of Elections and IT is advising party members to monitor the Electoral Commission (EC) and the New Patriotic Party to prevent the latter from influencing the results. According to Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, party …

A summary sheet with information on the certified voters’ register for the elections scheduled for December 7 has been made public by the Electoral Commission. This came after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made a request. After obtaining the final voter list from the EC, the NDC submitted the request …

Following the discovery of mistakes and infractions on his nomination form, the Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC) disqualified Philip Appiah Kubi, the GFP’s new flagbearer. At a news conference on Tuesday, November 12, EC Chair Jean Mensa disclosed this announcement. The EC decided to exclude Kubi from running in the next …

Godfred Dame, the Attorney General (AG), has urged all parties to the dispute over the open parliamentary seats to follow the Supreme Court’s ruling. Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, applied to the Court to reverse its previous decision over his announcement of vacant seats in the House, and the …

Speaker Alban Bagbin has been urged by the majority in Parliament to call a new session of the House so that MPs can return to their legislative responsibilities. This appeal follows the Supreme Court’s decision to follow Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s challenge and overturn Bagbin’s decision to declare four parliamentary …

The speaker of Parliament must abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling, according to KT Hammond, the minister of trade and industry. Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, shifted the balance of power in Parliament on Thursday, October 17, when he announced the vacancy of four parliamentary seats. Amenfi Central, Suhum, …

By a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ghana declared that Speaker Alban Bagbin’s declaration that four seats were vacant was unconstitutional. The Speakers’ proclamation cannot stand, Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo stated during a brief session on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. She stated that the verdict’s justifications would be …

Concerns regarding the decline of trust in Ghana’s judiciary have been voiced by prominent lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation recently published a paper that demonstrated a significant drop of almost 30% in Ghana’s judiciary’s purported neutrality between 2017 and 2023. Judicial impartiality is evaluated by the report’s indicator …