Mr. Alex Kyeremeh, Techiman Municipal Chief Executive, has commended heads of public departments and agencies in the municipality for their cooperation and hard work over the years. Mr. Kyeremeh, who said this at a meeting with the heads, urged them to work harder to lay a solid foundation for the assembly to offer better [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Eastern Nzema Traditional Council, has commended President John Atta Mills for appointing a number of Nzema citizens to serve in his government. According to the chiefs the government has appointed five persons from the two Nzema districts to serve in his government, a situation they described as very laudable and encouraging. [...]
Read the rest of this story »The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is considering widening its electoral college to give more members the chance to vote in national elections of the party. The move is also geared towards ensuring that substantial members of the party had the chance to partake in the decision-making process. Mr Yaw Bio, a [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr. Daniel Ohene-Agyekum, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged government to set up a Presidential Commission to investigate allegations on violence and intimidations made by leading political parties during the 2008 general elections. He said if this is done, it would help cool down the ill-feelings some people [...]
Read the rest of this story »A local governance expert, Mr George Kyei-Baffour, has identified the overbearing role of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) as one of the challenges of decentralisation and local governance. He said executive interference in the disbursement of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and the re-centralisation of procurement at decentralised levels through [...]
Read the rest of this story »A group calling itself Activist Forum for the New Ghana (AF -NG) has issued a statement condemning what it calls "political parties behaviour". The statement, issued last weekend and signed by "Senior Activist" Stephen Asiedu said, "If political parties cannot develop the country for the benefit of Ghanaians like the youth, whose future lies [...]
Read the rest of this story »Leading member of the NPP, Samuel Odoi Sykes A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Samuel Odoi Sykes says Mr Mac Manu’s decision not to contest the party’s chairmanship again is not out of place. Mr Mac Manu has been chairman for the NPP since 2004 and was expected to [...]
Read the rest of this story »Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Peter Mac Manu says his decision not to seek re-election as the party’s chairman stems from the NPP’s inability to retain political power in the 2008 Presidential Polls. Mr. Mac Manu was elected chairman of the NPP in 2004 and was expected to seek re-election at the party’s [...]
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