Tuesday, October 21

Tag: 2024 Election

Ellembelle MP hands over Pick-Up Vehicle to Uthman Bin Affan Islamic SHS 
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Ellembelle MP hands over Pick-Up Vehicle to Uthman Bin Affan Islamic SHS 

The Member of Parliament (MP)for Ellembele, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has presented a new pick-up vehicle valued at GHc850,000.00 to the Uthman Bin Affan Islamic Senior High School (UBAISH) at Kamgbunli in the Western Region.  The donation followed an appeal to his office by the headmaster and staff of the school since the breakdown of the only school bus. Making the presentation during a campaign tour of the area, Mr Kofi Buah said the donation formed part of his avowed commitment towards good quality education delivery in the district. He said the needs of the school were on the drawing board of former President John Dramani Mahama, who is seeking re-election and asked them to return him to the Presidency. Mr...
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NPP, NDC Flagbearers fail to attend TEPPCON’s conference in Tamale
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NPP, NDC Flagbearers fail to attend TEPPCON’s conference in Tamale

Flagbearers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) failed to attend a conference in Tamale to share their perspectives on key development challenges affecting the northern part of the country. They were billed to attend the conference dubbed: "Structured Dialogue Between Political Party Flagbearers and Citizens towards Elections 2024". Key development challenges affecting the northern part of the country, which they were expected to share their perspectives on, were in the areas of education, governance and decentralisation, destruction of the environment, and conflicts. The conference was organised by the Tamale Ecclesiastical Province Pastoral Conference (TEPPCON), which is the mouthpiece of the Catholic Church in northern ...
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Election 2024: Youth in PBF project communities march for peace
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Election 2024: Youth in PBF project communities march for peace

Some youth in the Wa West and the Sissala West Districts have participated in street march to drum home the importance of peace and stability in Ghana as the 2024 general election approaches.  The Upper West Regional Department of Gender organised the floats in the two districts as part of the implementation of the joint UNFPA/UNDP Peace Building Fund (PBF) project in the two districts. The participants were youth drawn from the project communities in those districts-Jeffisi, Zini and Fielemon communities in the SissalaWest District and Kpila, Oli and Dorimon communities in the WaWest District. Security personnel from the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Armed Forces, the Ghana Immigration Service and the Gh...
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NCCE holds Parliamentary Candidates’ dialogue at Kumbungu
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NCCE holds Parliamentary Candidates’ dialogue at Kumbungu

The Kumbungu District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has held a Parliamentary Candidates’ dialogue to deepen democratic engagements in the area. It was to provide citizens with the opportunity to interact with Parliamentary Candidates in the Kumbungu Constituency, make informed decisions and promote peaceful and inclusive elections. Although all the Parliamentary Candidates in the constituency were invited to share their vision,s and address the concerns of the constituents, only Professor Hamza Adam, the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress, attended the event. The event, held at Kumbungu, brought together political party executives, Inter-party Dialogue Committee ...
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SDD-UBIDS’s Progressive Intellectuals take campaigns to streets, market centres
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SDD-UBIDS’s Progressive Intellectuals take campaigns to streets, market centres

The SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) branch of the Progressive Intellectuals (PI), has taken the Election 2024 campaign to a notch higher, engaging in one-on-one campaign and voter education on the streets and market centres in Wa. The move by the group was to canvas votes for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, former President John Dramani Mahama and the Parliamentary candidate for the WaCentral Constituency, Dr Hassan Rashid Pelpuo. The PI is a coalition of university lecturers, researchers and administrators who had thrown their weight behind the NDC in its bid to wrestle power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The street campaign by the c...
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Kwahu South NCCE educates SHS first-time voters on peaceful elections
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Kwahu South NCCE educates SHS first-time voters on peaceful elections

The Kwahu South Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has organised an educational outreach programme for first-time voters in second cycle schools in the district. The NCCE team visited the Bepong Senior High School and the Kwahu Ridge Senior High School where students were educated on the voting process and the importance of maintaining peace during the elections. Speaking at the event, Ms. Ticklar Asante-Asiamah, the Municipal NCCE Director, said the programme was aimed at promoting a peaceful and informed 2024 election. She also emphasised the role of peace in ensuring a stable electoral process, urging students to act as advocates for harmony in their communities. She, therefore, advised them to desist from political influence against malpr...
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Krachi East: NCCE hold parliamentary dialogue for candidates
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Krachi East: NCCE hold parliamentary dialogue for candidates

The Krachi East Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has organised a dialogue for candidates contesting for the parliamentary seat of the constituency in collaboration with the Local Council of Churches. The event, which sought to provide a platform for the candidates to outline their vision to bring development to the people, was only attended by Mr. Michael Yaw Gyato, the NPP parliamentary candidate. Mr. Clement Kwasi Mamadu, the Krachi East Municipal Director of NCCE, has appealed to political parties to prioritise peace during their campaigns as Ghana prepares for the 2024 general elections. He emphasised the importance of safeguarding Ghana's long-standing peace and ability, cautioning that the future generations will judge the nation ha...
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Occupants in burning Bawumia branded vehicle escape death  
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Occupants in burning Bawumia branded vehicle escape death  

Five supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Jaman North Constituency narrowly escaped death when a pickup vehicle in which they were traveling caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday.   The supporters were on their way from Sampa, the constituency capital to Seketia for a house-to-house political campaign, when the incident happened.   No casualty was reported, and the cause of the fire is unknown for now.   The Ghana News Agency (GNA), however gathered that the Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia “it is possible” branded pick-up vehicle fitted with a public address system, a generator set and other values of the occupants including their mobiles phones and monies were burnt beyond repairs.  Mr Emmanuel Frempa Amponsah, an NPP polling agent and one ...
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Omar Copson optimistic of NDC Election 2024 victory
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Omar Copson optimistic of NDC Election 2024 victory

Mr Mustapha Omar Copson, the Deputy Bono Regional Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given assurance that the party’s Election 2024 victory remains certain. He was emphatic that the contents of the NDC manifesto put the party on the edge to win the polls. “In, fact we have secured the election victory in the presidential ballot in advance, and by a wider margin and that win will confound the New Patriotic Party (NPP),” Mr Copson said. Mr Copson indicated that “the majority of the electorate now understand and have built their hopes in the content of the Election 2024 political party manifesto of the NDC.” In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani, Mr Copson said the party had worked hard in the electioneering, propagated a...
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Darkoa Newman appeals for support as she seeks re-election 
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Darkoa Newman appeals for support as she seeks re-election 

Ms Darkoa Newman, incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South, has appealed to her constituents to vote for her in the December 7, 2024, parliamentary elections, to continue an unfinished business.  She said in the past four years she had lobbied for developmental projects such as asphalting of roads, construction of school blocks and other educational facilities and construction of astro turfs for recreation, among others.   Ms Newman, who is also the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection is seeking re-election for the second time after she successfully entered parliament in 2020 as one of the 40 female MPs and the 29 who secured the candidature of their respective parties' primaries.  She emerged as one of the prominent political figures repres...
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