Ghana politics and election news

The December elections may not come on as planned.

The Manifesto Dialogue series organised by e.TV Ghana continues to gain momentum as it made a stop at the University of Ghana to discuss policies of the various political parties regarding youth employment.

As the race heats up to the December 7 elections, the Korle Klottey constituency is one to look for.

The Progressive People’s Party will go every length possible to see the name of its Flagbearer, Papa Kwesi Nduom on the ballot box for the 2016 Presidential elections.

Although President Mahama has pledged not to use the perceived ailing health of New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, other party members aren’t so constrained.

President Dramani Mahama begins a 4 day tour of the Volta Region to reach the National Democratic Congresses vote farm in a bid to sell his gospel for his re-election bid.

A pressure group in the Volta Region, Volta Youth for Development (VYD) is calling on all eight Colleges of Education and four Nurses Training Colleges in the Volta Region not to take the allowance restoration statement from President Mahama serious.

In a statement signed by the convener of the group, Innocent Tetteh, the group believes the president is doing this just to lure them to vote for him in the impending general election.

"Like the colour of the chameleon which is determined by the environmental factors it finds itself in, we believe the current decision of the President to restore the allowance is just to lure the students for their votes which is resulting out of his political opponent's promise to restore the allowance if they are voted into power, and so these trainees should make sure they don't fall for it."

Below is the press statement:

COLLEGE TRAINEES; DO NOT TAKE PRESIDENT MAHAMA SERIOUS, HE IS CONFUSED

The Volta Youth for Development (VYD) is urging all students in the eight Colleges of Education and the four Nurses Training Colleges in the Volta region not to take President Mahama serious with his recent promise made at the Brong Ahafo Region that he will restore the training college allowance that he cancelled some few years ago.

After the cancellation of the trainee allowance by this government, several reasons were given by them with some of them being;

A. They want to increase enrollment in the training colleges through the abolishment of the quota system. 

 B. They do not see the need why trainees should be given allowance whiles their counterparts in the other institutions are on the Student Loan Trust.

Actually research has shown that this is the second time he has promised to restore the payment of this allowance after he failed on his first promise.

Note, President Mahama said in Cape Coast few weeks ago after he had promised to restore the allowance some few months ago that he will not restore the Training College allowance even if it will have to cost him the 2016 presidential election.

Just like how a drunk man acts confused, VYD is advising trainees in the Volta Region not to take the President serious because he is only in a state of confusion.

Like the color of the chameleon which is determined by the environmental factors it finds itself in, we believe the current decision of the President to restore the allowance is just to lure the students for their votes which is resulting out of his political opponent's promise to restore the allowance if they are voted into power, and so these trainees should make sure they don't fall for it.

Thank You

Ghana Deserve Better.

In God We Trust

SIGNED

VOLTA YOUTH FOR DEVELOPMENT (VYD)

SPOKESPERSONS

Innocent Supremo Esimebia Tetteh

(Converner)

(Writer)

 

Private legal practitioner, Sam Okudzeto says he finds it worrying that independent candidates and certain political parties only spring up during election times yet do no contribute in national discourse after elections only to be seen at the next election.

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The leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), Henry Lartey, has expressed doubt about the ability of the Electoral Commission to conduct free and fair elections in December.

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Despite the disqualification of their flagbearer, Hassan Ayariga, the All People’s Congress (APC) is launching their campaign in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region today. 

President  John Mahama "goofed big time" with his claim that he as the  president did not know as of now how much the 2007 redenomination of the cedi, Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has stated.

One of the most respected Pan-African magazines that report on the entire Africa continent, AfricaWatch has responded to allegations raised by the opposition New Patriotic Party [NPP] concerning the magazine's publication about the health status of the opposition party flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akkufo Addo.