Four MPs of the Majority Caucus have filed a counter motion to demand investigations into election-related violence since 1993. The parliamentarians also want the House to investigate the ethnic, gender, regional and other sectional backgrounds of persons recruited into the security forces since January 1993. 

The Electoral Commission (EC) has begun processes towards the payment of debt owed some 220, 000 electoral officers across the country in the just ended 7 December elections. A memo issued by the Deputy Chairman of Corporate Services, Bossman Asare, and cited by Asaaseradio.com said the payment has been delayed following the detection of incorrect …

Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 7th December 2020 general elections and former President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, is expected to congratulate his main contender, President Akufo-Addo, for winning the 8th elections held under the 1992 4th Republican constitution after nearly four (4) months of failing to do same. …

A Sekondi High Court has dismissed an application filed by Frank Davies counsel for the first respondent, to strike out an election petition filed by Prof. Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, the NDC parliamentary candidate in the 7 December elections. The suit is challenging the declaration of Joe Ghartey, the first respondent as winner of the 7 …

A survey conducted in January 2021 by the European Public Policy Institute (EPPI), a research organisation focusing on political and social development in Africa, Asia and the Americas, shows that the voting choices of most Ghanaians in the 7 December 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections were motivated by the policies presented by their political party …

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has downplayed projections by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) which say it expects that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the 2024 elections. According to him, the government is focused on bettering the lives of Ghanaians between now and 2024 so that Ghanaians will retain the …

Ben Ephson, pollster and managing editor of the Daily Dispatch says the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot be blamed for the scramble by some ministers to succeed President Akufo-Addo. Speaking to Beatrice Adu on The Big Bulletin on Asaase Radio on Thursday (18 March), Ephson said, “I agree with Freddie Blay, you …

A Sekondi High Court has adjourned an election petition filed by Grace Ayensu-Danquah, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Essikado-Ketan in the 2020 elections, challenging the results declared by the Electoral Commission (EC). Joe Ghartey, the incumbent Member of Parliament was declared the winner by the EC. Ghartey polled 26,701 out of the …