Ghana politics and election news

The  NDC in Brong-Ahafo is set to vet 45 aspirants who at the close of nominations on Tuesday, July 24 had successfully submitted their forms to contest for the different positions of the Party in the region.

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said that the position of Electoral Commission Chairperson is too rough for women.

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. John Boadu has urged individuals kicking against President Akufo-Addo's nomination of Jean Mensa as new EC Chairperson to prove her incompetence for the job.

The National Democratic Congress, NDC has described as “senseless” the nomination of Jean Mensa the Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) as the chair of the Electoral Commission.

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Jean Adukwei Mensah as the next Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana.

Seventy prospective candidates picked their nominations forms to contest the Ashanti Regional Executive positions in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

John Mahama, former president of Ghana, will lead a Commonwealth group to observe Zimbabwe’s general elections on 30 July.

Unconfirmed report reaching PrimeNewsGhana indicates that President Akufo-Addo has appointed a Supreme Court Judge, Justice Sophia Adjeibea Adinyira as the new Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC).

The National Democratic Congress, NDC opened nomination for its members who want to contest various regional executive positions across the country.

The youth of the Asogli State in the Volta region are the most recent to join in the demand for an apology from the Chairman of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), Freddie Blay for 'insulting' the Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XIV.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has summoned his Cabinet to an emergency meeting on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, over the concerns on possible tax increases in the next budget review.

The scramble for the various Deputy National positions in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) through lobbying begun moments after the final declaration of the results of the winners at the just ended 26th National Delegates Conference which elected the National Executives at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.

Jacob Osei Yeboah, popularly known as JOY has revealed the upcoming 2020 elections in Ghana will be an election of Armageddon. 

Vote fixing was the order of the day during the just ended National Delegates Conference of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Koforidua Technical University in the Eastern Region.

New Patriotic Party,  NPP Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Andy Appiah Kubi has undermined the decision by President Akufo-Addo to reinstate the Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide.