Articles from the ‘Local’ category
Posted by Contributor on December 21, 2011 at 12:37 pm in Local, Politics
From: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Isaac Essel In a subtle attempt to battle and maintain the Adentan Constituency seat in Parliament, Kojo Adu-Asare, the incumbent MP has rescinded his decision not to contest the seat for a second term. He has instructed his personal assistant to pick up nominations forms to contest the NDC primaries [...]
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Posted by Contributor on December 15, 2011 at 4:16 pm in Local, Politics
STORY: FROM JAMES APPIAKORAN JR., KUMASI, A/R A group calling itself ‘Bagbin for 2012,’ has made a passionate appeal to delegates of NDC in the Nadowli-West constituency to vote massively to retain Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin as Member of Parliament for the area. The group, which is made up of student groups drawn from the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on November 14, 2011 at 7:15 pm in Local, Politics
We act as executive members of the CPP party in the Nkawkaw and Mpraeso constituencies of the Eastern Region of Ghana. We are expressing our displeasure at our national chairperson, Hon. Samia Nkrumah and the national executive for acting in a way that contravenes the CPP’s Constitution. When you read Article 78 (3), it says [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 26, 2011 at 1:09 pm in Local, Politics
From: Ghana/Myjoyonline.com/Adwoa Gyasiwaa The son of Ghana’s first president Dr. Sekou Nkrumah has described the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a sinking ship whose captain cannot see defeat staring them in the face in 2012. He explained that the flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s soaring popularity [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 12, 2011 at 3:29 pm in Local, Politics
From: Ghana/myjoyonline.com/Dorcas Efe Mensah A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Osei-Ameyaw says the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is doing the erstwhile Kufuor administration no favour by implementing the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS). President Mills on Tuesday appealed to striking doctors who are demanding swift migration onto the new [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 10, 2011 at 11:34 am in Local, Politics
The 2008 presidential candidate of the CPP, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, commissioned eight party offices in the Ashanti Region at the weekend. The party offices, which were solely funded by Dr. Nduom, are part of his efforts to resuscitate the CPP from the grassroots through polling station organisation. Among the constituencies that benefited were Asante [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 27, 2011 at 9:16 am in Local, Politics
A song extolling the virtues of President John Evans Atta Mills and puts him up as the obvious choice for National Democratic Congress delegates attending the party’s July congress has been launched. Sponsors of the song, Friends of Atta Mills, convinced he will win the July 9 flagbearer race to be held in Sunyani, are [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 14, 2011 at 2:23 pm in Local, Local News
The acting President of the Ghana Baptist University College (GBUC) in Kumasi, Rev. Dr Kwadwo Osei-Wusu, has stated that corruption in the country should not be traced to the doorsteps of only politicians. He noted with concern that in this country when the word "corruption" was mentioned, all eyes turned to politicians. "But I [...]
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