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Ghana votes in tight presidential election race
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Ghana votes in tight presidential election race

Accra (AFP) – Ghana's vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia faces off against opposition ex-president John Mahama on Saturday in a closely fought election to decide on the country's new President. Ghana's election on Saturday is shaping into a tight race between the country's vice president and a former president  © OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP Ghana's struggling economy emerged as the major electoral issue after the West Africa gold producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for a $3 billion IMF bailout. ADVERTISING Voters will chose a successor to President Nana Akufo-Addo, who steps down after his legally allowed two terms, and will also elect the country's new parliament. Voting opens at 0700 GMT and closes at 1700 GM...
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President Akufo-Addo Outdoors New Chip-Embedded Ghana Passports
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President Akufo-Addo Outdoors New Chip-Embedded Ghana Passports

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has in a giant leap forward towards digital innovation and catching up with the rest of the world, launched the Ghana chip embedded passport in Accra. The chip embedded passport embodies cutting-edge technology designed to enhance document security, safeguard national identity, and meet the stringent standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ). Speaking at the launch on Monday, 2nd December, 2024, at the Accra International Conference Centre, President Akufo-Addo noted the historic launch of the chip embedded passport as a moment that goes beyond technology or government policy. Describing the new passport as a “statement about who we are and the journey we are on as a people” President Akufo-Addo s...
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Saturday’s polls will determine whether Ghana will move forward or backward-Prez Akufo-Addo  
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Saturday’s polls will determine whether Ghana will move forward or backward-Prez Akufo-Addo  

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Saturday's polls is very critical because the decision of Ghanaians will be a verdict of either moving forward or backward as a nation in its development efforts.  The President was convinced that Vice President MahamuduBawumia, the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), had the right vision to build on the foundation his presidency had laid to propel Ghana to a higher pedestal in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution.  "I can say without any equivocation that Dr Bawumia is the right person to succeed me. For the past 16 years I have worked with him as my Running-Mate and Vice President, he never wronged me.  "He is honest, hardworking, competent and compassionate, "the President stated.   President Aku...
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Deeper Life Church Pastor urges Christians to go out and vote on December 7 
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Deeper Life Church Pastor urges Christians to go out and vote on December 7 

Pastor Paul Adu-Adjei, the Abesim District Pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church in the Bono Region, has urged Christians to go all out in their numbers and exercise their franchise on Saturday, December 7.He said God expected all Christians to go to the polls on election day and vote to elect God-fearing leaders with high integrity into government. He said voting is not a sin before God. However, Pastor Adu-Adjei advised Christians against meddling themselves actively in political party campaigns, but instead, should channel their exuberances into winning souls and advancing the Kingdom of God.He gave the advice when he interacted with the members of the church on Election 2024, after a Sunday worship service of the church at Abesim. ...
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“You Supervised The Worst Economic Growth Rate In 20 Years” – Akufo-Addo Jabs Mahama
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“You Supervised The Worst Economic Growth Rate In 20 Years” – Akufo-Addo Jabs Mahama

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has responded to the misplaced commentary by former President John Mahama on the national debt stock under the Akufo-Addo presidency. Describing it as erroneous and a stack misrepresentation carved by the former president to sway Ghanaians away from the failed administration he partly supervised from 2009 to 2017.Speaking to a gathering of stakeholders drawn from across the Kwahu Traditional and Municipal Area on Wednesday, 16th November, 2024, as part of his tour of the area, President Akufo-Addo said, he will not hesitate on any day or occasion to remind the one-term former President that Ghanaians do not have the lose retentive memories that he so thinks and speaks of always.Recalling the sordid dark days on erratic power su...
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Basic Needs-Ghana sensitises people with mental health conditions, caregivers on electoral processes
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Basic Needs-Ghana sensitises people with mental health conditions, caregivers on electoral processes

A day's sensitisation forum for people with mental health conditions and their caregivers on how to effectively engage with political parties on their manifestos has been held at Hausa-Zongo, a suburb of Tamale. It was to sensitise people with mental health conditions, especially in the Zongo communities, on voting procedures in the upcoming general election and how their caregivers could assist them in the process. It was also to help build their capacity to meaningfully interact with the political parties on some of the issues affecting them and why the parties should prioritise their needs when voted into office. The forum, organised by BasicNeeds-Ghana, an NGO, with funding support from STAR Ghana Foundation...
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Vote Out NPP for Creating Economic Hardship- Prof Opoku Agyemang
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Vote Out NPP for Creating Economic Hardship- Prof Opoku Agyemang

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, on Monday called on Ghanaians to vote out the New Patriotic Party (NPP),following the economic hardship created by its government. Speaking at a community engagement at Akokwaa in the Agona East Constituency as part of her campaign tour of the Central Region, she said the NDC’s presidential candidate, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, is the only candidate with the requisite experience to get Ghanaians out of the economic mess created by the government. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang explained that the next NDC administration would implement policies and programmes such as the 24-Hour Economy, the Women’s Development Bank, the National Apprenticeship Programme and the Big Push to bring relief to ...
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President Akufo-Addo Commissions Four District Hospitals In Ashanti Region
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President Akufo-Addo Commissions Four District Hospitals In Ashanti Region

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has on Monday, 25 November 2024, commissioned four(4) of the five(5), 40-bed District Hospitals in the Ashanti region. The four District Hospitals in the Ashanti region are located at, Drobonso in the Sekyere Afram Plains District; Sabronum, in the Ahafo Ano South East District; Twedie, in the Atwima Kwanwoma District and Suame, in the Suame Municipal area. The district hospital at Manso Nkwanta, in the Amansie West District, is also complete but yet to be commissioned.It will be recalled that in 2020, the Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu, broke the ground for work to commence on the construction of twelve 40-bed Hospitals in Ashanti, Eastern, Greater Accra regions and one Polyclinic at Mim, in the Brong Ahafo region.Construc...
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32 Players invited for camping as Black Galaxies prepares for Nigeria qualifiers
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32 Players invited for camping as Black Galaxies prepares for Nigeria qualifiers

Head Coach of the Black Galaxies, Mas-Ud Didi Dramani, has named a 32-man squad for the upcoming pre-CHAN qualifiers training camp ahead of the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers against Nigeria The camp, which will run from Monday, November 25, 2024, will be held at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram, as the team gears up for a crucial two-legged qualifier against Nigeria in December. The camping will see the players undergo intensive training which will include tactical drills, fitness sessions and training matches. After the second week of camping between December 1-5, the team will break camp for the National elections and resume camping from December 8. Ghana will host the first leg on Saturday, December 21, 2024 with the return leg sched...
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Kumasi Asante Kotoko removes Prosper Ogum from Interim Management Committee
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Kumasi Asante Kotoko removes Prosper Ogum from Interim Management Committee

Ghanaian giants Kumasi Asante Kotoko has announced changes to its Interim Management Committee (IMC) following a directive from His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Manhyia Palace. In a statement released by the club, it was revealed that Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum will no longer serve as a member of the IMC. This decision, according to the club, is aimed at allowing Dr. Ogum to concentrate fully on his primary role as Head Coach. “This decision has been made to allow Dr. Ogum to fully dedicate his efforts to his primary role as Head Coach, with a continued focus on leading the team to success on the pitch and advancing the club's sporting objectives,” the statement read. The restructuring forms part of the club’s commitment to optimising its operations and aligning with the v...
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