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Prof Opoku Agyemang to ramp up support for Mahama in Oti Region
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Prof Opoku Agyemang to ramp up support for Mahama in Oti Region

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, is starting a tour of the Oti Region on Thursday. She will spend the next two days in the region to canvass for votes for NDC presidential candidate, Mr John Dramani Mahama, and the party’s parliamentary candidates. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang will address voters in communities including Likpe-Mate in the Guan Constituency, New Ayoma in the Buem Constituency, Abotoase in the Biakoye Constituency and Kparekpare in the Krachi East Constituency. She will highlight the NDC’s key manifesto policies aimed at financially empowering women across the country, creating jobs for the youth and improving education at all levels, amongothers.Prof. Opoku-Agyemang will complete her tour of the Oti...
Punish NPP for denying you representation – Prof Opoku Agyemang tells Likpe voters
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Punish NPP for denying you representation – Prof Opoku Agyemang tells Likpe voters

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, on Thursday urged voters in the Guan Constituency to punish the rulingparty for denying them representation in the Eighth Parliament.Addressing voters in Likpe in the Guan Constituency to kick start her two-day campaign tourof the Oti Region, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said voters in the area have an opportunity to voteout the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for denying them the right of representation.She said the ruling NPP has caused so much pain and injustice to the people of Santrokofi,Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) traditional areas, adding the people must respondappropriately on December 7 when they go to the polls.Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was surprised that the NPP could have the audacity t...
NDC will work with queen mothers to fight poverty- Prof Opoku Agyemang
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NDC will work with queen mothers to fight poverty- Prof Opoku Agyemang

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says the next NDC government will actively engage and work with queen mothers to fight poverty. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said this when she addressed a forum of Central Regional QueenMothers on Tuesday. Speaking on the theme "building the Central Region we want, the shared perspectives from our queen mothers”, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said it leaves much to be desired that the Central Region is described as the fourth poorest region in Ghana. She added it is imperative that governments collaborate with traditional authorities, especially queen mothers, to fight poverty in the region. Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the next NDC government will introduce the 24-Hour Economy, Women’s Dev...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Prof. Opoku Agyemang donates to Tamale orphanage to mark birthday
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Prof. Opoku Agyemang donates to Tamale orphanage to mark birthday

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, on Friday marked her birthday by making a donation of food items andcash to the Nyohini Children's Home at Yipala in Tamale.The food items included bags of rice, cooking oil, biscuits, soft drinks, toiletries and GHC10,000 to support the orphange home.Prof. Opoku-Agyemang, who is on a campaign tour of the Northern Region, urged the managers of the orphange to continue taking good care of the children. She pledged her continuous support for the orphange.For her part, the manager of the Nyohini Children's Home commended the Prof. Opoku-Agyemang for the donation and wished her well as she celebrates her birthday. She also urged others to emulate the kind gesture of the vice presid...
Don’t call repainted old schools brand new infrastructure- Prof. Opoku Agyemang
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Don’t call repainted old schools brand new infrastructure- Prof. Opoku Agyemang

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, says it is deceptive for the government to spruce up existing schools andcommission them as new schools. Addressing NDC supporters at Kpetinga in the Gushiegu Constituency on Thursday as part of her campaign tour of the Northern Region, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang also questioned thegovernment’s commitment to ensure quality education. "When we commissioned schools, it meant it was complete. The library was stocked, the classrooms were set with furniture, the computer rooms had computers and there were teachers already assigned with teaching and learning materials, meaning that the school was operational. That was our definition of a school we were going to commission", she exp...
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