Ghana politics and election news

Former National Chairman and 2016 campaign manager of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP), Peter Mac Manu is optimistic that his party would win the upcoming general elections and is urging President John Dramani Mahama to accept the results after he is defeated.

The Electoral Commission (EC) and the All People’s Congress (APC) representatives were expected to give oral submissions in court today over the disqualification of presidential aspirant, Hassan Ayariga.

“When a blind man threatens to throw a stone at you, then his leg is certainly on a stone,” paraphrasing an old adage in relation to what transpired between the Flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party(PPP), Papa Kwesi Nduom and the Electoral Commission(EC).

28 Ghanaians and five foreigners were rewarded for their dedicated service to the state and humanity when President John Dramani Mahama conferred a total of 33 National awards on them last Friday.

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has held a rally at Elmina in the Central region to thank supporters who stood with him in his reinstatement bid after the Electoral Commission disqualified him from the 2016 presidential race.

The opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) is confident of winning marginally in the Greater Accra region which would ensure victory for the party and its Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo Addo in the December elections.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Nana Akufo-Addo rounded up a fruitful 5-day Volta Regional tour which saw chiefs pledging their support for his presidential bid and the masses pouring out on the streets to see, hold and hear him.

CPP presidential candidate in the 2016 election, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet says he intends to embark on an agricultural and industrial revolution generally but with a keen eye on the 3 regions in Northern Ghana.

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) presidential aspirant has declared that his government will reassert control of the country’s resources to offer equal opportunities and equitable distribution of wealth.

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Saturday, October 29, 2016, launched its manifesto in Accra with a promise to ensure that Ghana reaps the maximum benefits of all  contracts, new or existing they enter into.

The oldest political party in Ghana, Convention People’s Party (CPP) has launched its manifesto for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary general election in December. The CPP manifesto is   nicknamed ‘Apam Fofro’ which is translated as “New Covenant” is set on three thematic areas viz ‘Pan-Africanism, Social Justice and Self Determination.

President John Mahama has responded to criticisms from presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that his government is the worst performing government in the Fourth Republic with an unusual  analogy.

The elders say one has to go to the gods at least three times to expect a favourable endowment from them on the third try.

Seeking to become president anywhere is no easy endeavour for the aspirants who tour the many provinces, regions or states preaching ‘the vote for me gospel’ and converting souls who will vote on Election Day.

Chiefs from Akwamu, Anum and Boso of the Akwamu Traditional Council in the Asuogyaman constituency of the Eastern region assured President John Mahama of victory in the upcoming presidential elections.