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New president awaits Ghana as election day arrives
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New president awaits Ghana as election day arrives

The results are set to be announced by Tuesday Election day has arrived in Ghana, where a debt crisis and high living costs mean the economy is uppermost in the minds of many voters. The West African nation is guaranteed a new president as Nana Akufo-Addo steps down after reaching the official limit of two terms in office. But he could be replaced with a familiar face, if former President John Mahama succeeds in his comeback attempt for the NDC party. His main challenger is expected to be Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, who would become the country's first Muslim leader if he wins for the governing NPP party. Other candidates include Nana Kwame Bediako, a businessman popular with young voters and Alan Kyerematen, who defected from the ruling NPP party last year. Close to...
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Ghana Bar Association Urges Tolerance Ahead of 2024 Elections
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Ghana Bar Association Urges Tolerance Ahead of 2024 Elections

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has issued a call for utmost tolerance and restraint from Ghanaians during and after the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. In a statement signed by its President, Mrs. Efua Ghartey, the Association emphasized the importance of peaceful, free, and fair elections. GBA President Mrs. Efua Ghartey, who made history as the first female president of the Ghana Bar Association, urged citizens to conduct themselves with integrity, respect, and civility, even in the face of differing opinions. The Association also reminded its members to be worthy ambassadors in promoting the tenets of a good election. Ghana is set to hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, December 7, 2024. The two leading candidates are current Vice Presi...
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“It depends on what is in it” – Mixed reactions to Mahama’s stance on Ghana’s Family Values Bill
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“It depends on what is in it” – Mixed reactions to Mahama’s stance on Ghana’s Family Values Bill

Recent comments by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate about the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024” have sparked discussions across Ghana as the nation approaches its general election this weekend. The bill, passed by Parliament in February, addresses LGBTQ+ issues and has drawn significant attention due to its proposed measures, including penalties for LGBTQ+ identification, advocacy, or support, as well as restrictions on the activities of organizations working on matters of inclusivity and non-discrimination. In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, December 4, John Dramani Mahama shared that his decision to assent to the bill if elected would "depend on what is in the bill." The former president attributed his measured approach to the c...
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“Bawumia Is A Man Of Integrity; He Is Well-Prepared To Be President” – Pres Akufo-Addo 
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“Bawumia Is A Man Of Integrity; He Is Well-Prepared To Be President” – Pres Akufo-Addo 

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, climaxed his three-day tour of the Greater Accra region with an interactive engagement with organized labour, professional associations and some quasi-members of the Trades Union Congress of Ghana.  The groups comprised the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, Ghana Medical Association, Ghana Bar Association, Ghana National Association of Teachers, Private School Teachers Association, National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Association of Ghana Industries, Ghana National Teachers Association, Ghana Pharmaceutical Society, Ghana Association of Laboratory Scientists, Ghana Institution of Engineers, , Ghana Chemists Association, and the Ghana Veterinary Medical...
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Where Is Bawumia’s Cape Coast Airport? Prof Opoku Agyemang quizzes
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Where Is Bawumia’s Cape Coast Airport? Prof Opoku Agyemang quizzes

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has asked the government to show where it built the airport that VicePresident Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised the people of Cape Coast in the last elections. Addressing NDC supporters in Anofa in the Cape Coast South Constituency on Monday as part of her campaign tour of the Central Region, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang observed that the Akufo- Addo/Bawumia government has taken the people for granted. She said after eight years in government, the NPP has abandoned the Central Region, adding the region has not benefitted from any significant project from the government of the NewPatriotic Party (NPP).Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said while it took the Mahama administration less than four years...
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Consider The Economic Hardship and Vote for Change- Prof. Opoku Agyemang
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Consider The Economic Hardship and Vote for Change- Prof. Opoku Agyemang

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has called on the security services, media practitioners and other agenciesparticipating in Monday’s special voting exercise to consider the economic hardships in the country and vote for the NDC. Speaking to journalists on Sunday, following an open day with muslim students in Cape Coast in the Central Region, she encouraged all those taking part in Monday’s special voting toreflect on the prevailing economic hardships when casting their votes, suggesting that these conditions should guide their decision-making. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said press freedom was held very high during the erstwhile Mahama administration but same cannot be said under the NPP government as many journalis...
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Akufo-Addo criticises Mahama over lack of roadmap on 24-hour economy
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Akufo-Addo criticises Mahama over lack of roadmap on 24-hour economy

President Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has criticized former President John Dramani Mahama, the Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for failing to provide a clear roadmap for his proposed 24-hour economy policy five days to the December 7 election. He said Mahama’s lack of a comprehensive plan for implementing the policy raised concerns about its feasibility and potential impact on the economy. President Akufo-Addo said the four-years under former President John Mahama’s Administration and performance wereresponsible for his defeat in the 2016 elections. He said Mr. Mahama would lose again in the 2024 election. Speaking in Dambai, President Akufo-Addo noted that every President before him, except Mahama, had been...
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You Either Don’t Read Or Understand Economic Data – Bawumia Replies Mahama
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You Either Don’t Read Or Understand Economic Data – Bawumia Replies Mahama

The Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has taken former President John Mahama to the cleaners, exposing what he calls Mahama's dreadful record in all economic indicators. In a fiery delivery at Nungua, in the Krowor Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Bawumia laughed off claims by former President Mahama on his Facebook page that the current NPP government is a failed government. Responding, Dr. Bawumia taunted former President Mahama for not understanding economic data, because if he did, he won't be comparing his "failed government" with the NPP's, when every available economic data shows that the NPP has superior record. "He said he has performed better than us and I said if you believe you performed better, come for a debate. ...
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Paramount Chief of Likpe endorses NDC in upcoming elections
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Paramount Chief of Likpe endorses NDC in upcoming elections

The Paramount Chief of the Likpe Traditional Area, Nana Soglo Alloh IV, on Thursday declared his unflinching support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming generalelections. Speaking through the Nifahene of Likpe Bala, Nana Bulla Osie, he promised to rally his people to give the NDC 99 per cent of votes in the traditional area. He commended the NDC for defending their voting rights when the NPP government and Electoral Commission denied them parliamentary representation in the 2020 elections. Nana Soglo Alloh pledged his support during a community engagement at Likpe-Mate by the vice presidential candidate of the NDC, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, as part of hercampaign tour of the Ori Region. He expressed the hope that NDC’s presidential candidate, Mr. J...
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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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