ELECTIONS BOX

A total of thirty (30) Parliamentary candidate aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have successfully filed their nomination forms in the Greater Accra Region at the close of filing to contest the upcoming January 27 Parliamentary primaries. The NPP has fixed January 27, 2024 for its primaries to elect …

An aspirant in the upcoming New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries, Kwaku Owiredu Sarpong, has withdrawn his candidacy from the race set for January 27, 2024 in the Fanteakwa South constituency. He mentioned that it was a difficult choice for him, and it took him some time to reach this conclusion. …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) having conducted parliamentary primaries in orphan constituencies, will be holding another round of primaries to elect parliamentary candidates in some 137 constituencies where it has serving parliamentarians. Ahead of the primaries to be held in January 2024, the party has opened nominations and by virtue …

A total of ninety-two (92) individuals from the 24 constituencies in the Eastern Region declared their desire to run in the 2023 New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries. Out of these, 84 candidates have officially filed their I, poised to challenge incumbents in 22 constituencies. Notably, two constituencies, including Abetifi …

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, is for the second time running unopposed as the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Damongo constituency. At the close of nominations on Monday (25 December), Jinapor was the only person who had filed his nomination …

John Ofori-Atta, also known as Comando, the former Central Region Coordinator of National Security, has officially submitted his nominations for candidacy in the upcoming Atwima Mponua Parliamentary Primary of the New Patriotic Party. Hundreds of NPP supporters, polling station executives, electoral area coordinators, former constituency executives, and elders of the …

The Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has strongly refuted allegations that he made disparaging remarks about the Vice President and New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. In a press statement issued by his spokesperson, Kofi Abrefa Afena, the Minister categorically denied the accusations. He asserted that …

The Founder and leader of the  Ghana Alternative Party,  Osahene Nana Agyei Boateng has urged the Members of Parliament to seek crystallization of ideas from their constituents before assenting to parliamentary bills, legislations, and Laws. He said that issues on the floor of parliament should be given enough time so …

The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 elections, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is in a fix over who becomes his running mate. According to the Inquisitor newspaper, while Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has settled on his candidate, there are some individuals within the presidency and the New …

The Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Alexander Afenyo Markin, who also serves as the Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency, has strongly criticized the Effutu NDC branch and their Parliamentary Candidate, James Kofi Annan, for spreading false information about him and the ruling government. Deputy Majority Leader and …