Articles from the ‘Local’ category

NDC Youth group condemns “all die be die” statement

Posted by on February 14, 2011 at 9:21 am in Local, Politics

Tamale Metro National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth Coalition has condemned the “all die be die” statement made by the New Patriotic Party Flag bearer and called on him to retract it immediately. The coalition said such a statement “could have diverse meaning, for which one of the meanings could be, inciting the followers of NPP [...]

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Samia challenges gender advocates to contest Elections 2012

Posted by on at 9:10 am in Local, Politics

Ms Samia Nkrumah, the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) Member of Parliament for Jomoro at the weekend challenged gender advocates to join the Elections 2012 contest as they seek to empower other women to contest for elective positions. “Empowering women through capacity building workshops are good but more importantly we need all gender advocates to join [...]

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NPP set to retain Okere seat

Posted by on February 9, 2011 at 9:57 am in Local, Politics

Mr Kenneth Nana Addo, Okere Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has given the assurance that the party would retain the Okere parliamentary seat come 2012. He said the assurance was based on the hard work of the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr Dan Kwaku Botwe. Mr Addo said even [...]

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Police say faceless individuals are behind the foot soldiers

Posted by on February 8, 2011 at 9:36 am in Local, Politics

Deputy Commissioner of Police Roy Amuni, the Northern Regional Police Commander, said on Monday that there were some faceless individuals behind the constant “foot soldiers” demands and actions including towing auctioned vehicles from government departments. He warned the “foot soldiers” and their patrons to desist from their acts and said “when we get them, they [...]

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NPP questions 2010 census provisional results

Posted by on February 4, 2011 at 4:29 pm in Local, Politics

The opposition New Patriotic Party is questioning the provisional results of the 2010 census. The figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service puts Ghana’s population at 24, 223, 431. It represents a 28.1 percent growth in the population over the ten year period from 2000 when the last census was conducted. The population of the [...]

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Basili Wasai faction of PNC calls fortnightly meetings

Posted by on February 3, 2011 at 3:11 pm in Local, Politics

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the People’s National Convention (PNC) under the chairmanship of Mr Basili Wasai on Wednesday asked the Party’s members and supporters to organise People’s forums at various party constituency offices every two weeks. It said in a statement signed by Mr Wasai, Chairman of the IMC, that those meetings should [...]

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Brong Ahafo gives nod to 49 female assembly members

Posted by on February 2, 2011 at 12:40 pm in Local, Politics

The district and municipal assembly elections in the Brong Ahafo Region saw 49 out of 136 female aspirants winning their seats, whilst 712 out of the 1,830 male candidates also emerged victorious. The unit committee elections had 420 females as against 3,201 male contestants. The statistics of the elections made available to the Ghana News [...]

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50 cadres of NDC renounce their membership

Posted by on at 12:39 pm in Local, Politics

About 50 members of the United Cadres Front(UCF) in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region have renounced their membership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). They, however, did not give any indication of which political party they plan to join. Mr John Blay (Jnr) Municipal Co-ordinator of the UCF and Spokesperson, told newsmen [...]

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