The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared that the party can only sign the peace pact ahead of the 2024 general elections unless the state fulfills some conditions. The National Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia widely known as General Mosquito during a meeting with the National Peace …
Read More »Election 2024: EC opens nominations: Presidential filing fee is GH¢100k; GH¢10k for parliamentary
The Electoral Commission (EC) will receive nominations for President and Members of Parliament for the 2024 General elections from Monday, 9th September, 2024 to Friday, 13th September, 2024 This, according to the EC, in pursuant to Regulations 6, 7, and 9 of the 2020 Public Elections Regulations (C.I 127). In …
Read More »Why is the state still keeping the EC if they have become irrelevant to the political parties? – Prof. Kobby Mensah quizzes
Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Prof. Dr. Kobby Mensah has lamented over lack of trust in the Electoral Commission of Ghana. According to him, the state should dissolve the Electoral Commision if the political parties and the citizens have lost trust in the institution. Ahead …
Read More »B/E: EC registers 29,202 new Voters, exceeds target
The Bono East Region had a total of 29, 202 new Voters being captured in the just ended Limited Registration Exercise conducted by the Electoral Commission of Ghana, the regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Dr. Gabriel Dei-Yeboah has revealed. The Electoral Commission on 7th May, 2024 began registering …
Read More »“We have registered over 27,000 new voters so far” – Bono East EC boss
Dr. Gabriel Dei Yeboah Bono, East Regional Director of Electoral Commission has revealed that his office has so far registered over 27, 000 new voters since the commencement of the exercise. According to him, the Bono East Regional Electoral Commission on the average registered over 1,300 new voters. “As we …
Read More »Alexander Ababio lauds EC for excellent work in voters registration exercise
The Tain Constituency parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the Bono Region, Alexander Ababio, has lauded the tremendous work done by the Electoral Commission in the voters registration exercise. Alexander Ababio, who is the C.E.O of Ghana Premier League side, Bofoakwa Tano and owner of Division One League …
Read More »B/E: EC reports smooth voter registration exercise
The Bono East Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Gabriel Dei Yeboah, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the voter registration exercise in the region. According to him, the region has enjoyed a smooth and peaceful process without any major incident despite an incident at Nkoranza South. In an …
Read More »“Two days is still not enough” – Reactions after EC extends voters’ registration exercise
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has extended the deadline for the ongoing limited voters’ registration exercise. According to the Commission, the extension has become necessary due to the network challenges experienced during the first two (2) days of the registration exercise. The limited voters’ registration exercise was started on May …
Read More »Akosombo dam spillage: Replacement of Voter IDs of flood victims will be free – EC assures
The Electoral Commission of Ghana has responded to a demand by the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey to replace the voter ID cards lost by victims of the recent Akosombo dam spillage for free. According to the EC, they have agreed with Hon. Fiifi Kwetey …
Read More »EC Denies Disenfranchising SALL Residents in 2020 Elections
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has refuted claims that it disenfranchised the people of Sankrokofi, Apkafu, Lolobi and Lipke (SALL) from voting in the 2020 parliamentary elections. The response is in reference to an audio of Imani president, Franklin Cudjoe accusing the EC of disenfranchising the people of SALL A statement …
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