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“The biggest news this week will be judicial decapitation” – Bright Simons says

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“The biggest news this week will be judicial decapitation” – Bright Simons says

Bright Simons the IMANI Africa’s Honorary Vice President, has shared a cryptic message regarding one of Ghana’s arms of government.

According to Bright Simons, the biggest news in Ghana this week will be about the judicial decapitation and the toppling of an arm of government.

He confidently added that one does not need a PhD in Ghana Studies to know it would be politicians slinging at each other.

Bright Simon, in his cryptic post on X on September 1, 2025, wrote, “The grapevine says that the biggest news this week will be about “judicial decapitation” and the “toppling” of the top of an arm of government.

Doesn’t take a PhD in Ghana Studies to know it would be politicians slinging at each other. What about policy people? What policy?”.

Mr Simon’s cryptic post hints at the possible removal of Ghana’s Chief Justice, suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, from office.

It will be recalled, President Mahama suspended the Chief Justice following a prima facie case being determined against her by the Council of State.

Part of the statement read, “President John Dramani Mahama has, in accordance with Article 146(6) of the Constitution and in consultation with the Council of State, determined that a prima facie case has been established in respect of three petitions against the Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.

The President has consequently established a committee in compliance with Article 146(6) of the Constitution and in consultation with the Council of State, with the following composition to inquire into the petitions which have been referred to them”.

Reports from pro-NPP media outlet asaaseradio.com had suggested that two former Chief Justices, Sophia Akuffo (rtd) and Kwasi Anin Yeboah (rtd), together with several eminent jurists, have supposedly appeared before the five-member panel to testify in support of the suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.

According to sources close to the committee confirmed that other respected legal personalities, including Justice Jones Dotse (rtd), Nana Dr S.K.B. Asante and renowned lawyer Samuel Okudzeto, allegedly gave testimony in favour of the suspended Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo.

Sources also claimed that the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) sent a delegation led by its president, Efua Ghartey, vice-president Victoria Nana Ama Barth and executive secretary Kwaku Gyau Baffour to present documents to counter allegations against Justice Torkornoo.

Reports suggest all the witnesses appeared voluntarily at the request of the Chief Justice, and reportedly gave their testimonies between August 4 and August 18, 2025.

It has been revealed that Sophia Akuffo and Anin Yeboah both stated that the benefits attached to the Chief Justice’s office, which have been questioned in one of the petitions, were equally enjoyed during their tenures.

Meanwhile, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has replied to the UK Bar Council, Commonwealth Lawyers, who have ordered President John Dramani Mahama to immediately and without delay, reinstate the suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.

Dr Dominic Ayine, in a statement, emphasised that the suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s suspension will remain until the inquiry committee completes and submits its report to President Mahama.

In a press release dated August 15, 2025, and signed by Dr Dominic Ayine stated, “Neither Latimer House Principles nor the constitution prohibits the suspension of a Chief Justice once a prima facie determination of misconduct or misbehaviour has been made.

The suspension will therefore remain in effect until the inquiry committee completes its work and submits its report, to which His Excellency the President will adhere”.

The Attorney General further described the UK Bar Council’s, Commonwealth Lawyers’ joint statement as a matter of serious concern and accused them of failing to study Ghana’s Constitution before making their demands.

The AG statement added, “It is, however, a matter of serious concern that the BCEW and the CLA issued the joint statement without first acquainting themselves, even in a very basic way, with the relevant constitutional provisions and the material facts of the matter”.

“The suspension of Her Ladyship, Justice Torkornoo, C.J., strictly adheres to the provisions of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, particularly Article 146, which prescribes the procedure and the grounds for the removal of the Chief Justice and the removal of other Justices of the Superior Courts from office,” Dr Ayine explained.

Also, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the President John Mahama-led government is not plotting to remove suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26, Asiedu Nketia emphasised that the John Mahama-led executive is undertaking their responsibilities as far as upholding the constitution is concerned.

According to him, the executive arm of government has taken no steps to oust the suspended Chief Justice.

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, speaking on the issue, stated, “The executive has done nothing about the removal of the Chief Justice”.

“If anything at all, the executive is undertaking their responsibilities as far as upholding the constitution is concerned. So, the executive, to my mind, has not done anything by itself to try and remove the Chief Justice.”

“Judiciary is not under attack. There is a reform of state institutions,” he explained.

“So if there is a problem with the judiciary, the judiciary has to be reformed to undertake its constitutional duties.”

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“I want to be a neurocardio surgeon” – 10-year-old Ghanaian-American Sean Atitsogbe, captivating global attention  

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“I want to be a neurocardio surgeon” – 10-year-old Ghanaian-American Sean Atitsogbe, captivating global attention  

Sean Atitsogbe, a 10-year-old Ghanaian-born American scientist commonly known as Sean the Science Kid, has revealed he wants to be a neurocardio surgeon.

Sean the Science Kid has caught the attention of the world, earning him an interview with CNN.

According to Sean, he has a lifelong love for learning, adding that around the age of 4 to 5, he wanted to start a YouTube channel.

Sean the Science Kid revealed he was about zero months when he started learning about the world right from the womb.

He asserted that in his mom’s womb, he was doing science as his mum’s belly was emitting a kinematic equation.

Speaking in an interview on the “Chasing Life” podcast with Dr Sanjay Gupta, Sean Atitsogbe stated, “From babywood till now, I have been learning and educating, and soaking up information from any time of media or source that I can find, because I have always wanted to learn”.

As kids enjoy playing video games, I enjoy learning; learning is my video game. I really just have a passion for it. Everything I have done so far is a passion project”.  

The 10-year-old further revealed his dream to become a neurocardio surgeon.

Sean the Science Kid added, “I want to be a neurocardio surgeon, which can be defined as the combination of a brain and a heart surgeon. And I invented this word when I was 4 years old. When I was doing research on the human body or anatomy which was one of my favorite science subjects to study about I found out that the brain and the heart are connected in a loop where the brain has to tell the heart to pump blood and the heart pumps blood to the brain so the brain can tell the heart to pump blood, and it’s a loop.

So I thought, ‘If one is damaged, then what’s going to happen to this loop?’ So I decided to specialise my treatment in both of those,” he told CNN.

Sean also detailed that if he could change one thing about the brain, it would be to give it infinite storage.

He further dissected a brain to show his favourite part, the hippocampus, which is the section responsible for saving memories.

“I would make it so you remember anything and everything, and you wouldn’t forget. I could have it downsized, but you would have a pretty sick superpower,” he added.

Sean Atitsogbe also touched on the recent turmoil affecting lives across the globe.

According to Sean, he is pessimistic about the world’s future, following the widespread occurrence of crimes as evidence that the world is descending into chaos.

He cited the mass shootings in the United States and other parts of the world as alarming.

He stated, “The world is in a state of turmoil. We’re doomed. Everything happening now seems negative. As my mom and her prayer group say, every single day, there’s a new shooting. If you watch the news, you’ll see at least one shooting every day”.

“It feels like there’s a state of evil everywhere; people are doing unruly, unholy, psychotic things for no reason. What compels someone to kill another person? An old grandma is shopping for diapers for her grandson, and someone just walks in and starts shooting? There’s no reason. So, I’m not very optimistic about the world right now”, he said.

Meanwhile, Eunice Atitsogbe, Sean’s mother, has revealed that Sean was turned away by three schools.

In a post on Instagram, she stated, “After being turned away by three schools, we finally found Dr. Nadra Powell at HAEC, who immediately recognised Sean’s brilliance and welcomed us in. HAEC gave Sean the structure and support he needed to thrive.”

Also, Sean Atitsogbe’s YouTube channel now boasts 1.4 million followers.

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“As kids enjoy playing video games, I enjoy learning” – 10-year-old Ghanaian-American Sean the Science Kid

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“As kids enjoy playing video games, I enjoy learning” – 10-year-old Ghanaian-American Sean the Science Kid

Sean Atitsogbe, a 10-year-old Ghanaian-born American scientist commonly known as Sean the Science Kid, has caught the attention of the world, earning him an interview with CNN.

According to Sean, he has a lifelong love for learning, adding that around the age of 4 to 5, he wanted to start a YouTube channel.

Sean the Science Kid revealed he was about zero months when he started learning about the world right from the womb.

He asserted that in his mom’s womb, he was doing science as his mum’s belly was emitting a kinematic equation.

Speaking in an interview on the “Chasing Life” podcast with Dr Sanjay Gupta, Sean Atitsogbe stated, “From babywood till now, I have been learning and educating, and soaking up information from any time of media or source that I can find, because I have always wanted to learn”.

As kids enjoy playing video games, I enjoy learning; learning is my video game. I really just have a passion for it. Everything I have done so far is a passion project”.  

The 10-year-old further revealed his dream to become a neurocardio surgeon.

Sean the Science Kid added, “I want to be a neurocardio surgeon, which can be defined as the combination of a brain and a heart surgeon. And I invented this word when I was 4 years old. When I was doing research on the human body or anatomy which was one of my favorite science subjects to study about I found out that the brain and the heart are connected in a loop where the brain has to tell the heart to pump blood and the heart pumps blood to the brain so the brain can tell the heart to pump blood, and it’s a loop.

So I thought, ‘If one is damaged, then what’s going to happen to this loop?’ So I decided to specialise my treatment in both of those,” he told CNN.

Sean also detailed that if he could change one thing about the brain, it would be to give it infinite storage.

He further dissected a brain to show his favourite part, the hippocampus, which is the section responsible for saving memories.

“I would make it so you remember anything and everything, and you wouldn’t forget. I could have it downsized, but you would have a pretty sick superpower,” he added.

Sean Atitsogbe also touched on the recent turmoil affecting lives across the globe.

According to Sean, he is pessimistic about the world’s future, following the widespread occurrence of crimes as evidence that the world is descending into chaos.

He cited the mass shootings in the United States and other parts of the world as alarming.

He stated, “The world is in a state of turmoil. We’re doomed. Everything happening now seems negative. As my mom and her prayer group say, every single day, there’s a new shooting. If you watch the news, you’ll see at least one shooting every day”.

“It feels like there’s a state of evil everywhere; people are doing unruly, unholy, psychotic things for no reason. What compels someone to kill another person? An old grandma is shopping for diapers for her grandson, and someone just walks in and starts shooting? There’s no reason. So, I’m not very optimistic about the world right now”, he said.

Meanwhile, Eunice Atitsogbe, Sean’s mother, has revealed that Sean was turned away by three schools.

In a post on Instagram, she stated, “After being turned away by three schools, we finally found Dr. Nadra Powell at HAEC, who immediately recognised Sean’s brilliance and welcomed us in. HAEC gave Sean the structure and support he needed to thrive.”

Also, Sean Atitsogbe’s YouTube channel now boasts 1.4 million followers.

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NPP not panicking about polls putting NDC ahead in Akwatia by-election – Salam Mustapha

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NPP not panicking about polls putting NDC ahead in Akwatia by-election – Salam Mustapha

Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the NPP is unfazed by the Global Info Analytics poll putting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead in the Akwatia by-election.

The NPP man highlighted that the party is making significant inroads on the ground in Akwatia to retain the seat.

According to Salam Mustapha, the NPP did not come to Akwatia for a picnic but to work to retain the seat.

Speaking on the Channel One Newsroom on Sunday, August 31, Salam Mustapha stated, “Not at all [there is no panic among our ranks because of the poll putting NDC ahead]. Mussa Dankwah can do his polls for all we care. We didn’t come here to have a picnic. We are working.”

“Our candidate is more light up. As I am speaking to you, we are in the hometown of the NDC candidate, and come and see the people here and their response.

This guy doesn’t even talk to his own father. His own community people say he is snobbish. He is disrespectful, so they are ready to vote for the NPP”, he confidently added.

Salam Mustapha’s remarks follow Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, who has confidently stated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the upcoming Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.

According to Mussa Dankwa, he is 99 per cent sure that the NDC will win the Akwatia by-election.

Mussa Dankwa confidently stood by his latest poll, which projected a victory for the NDC.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Points on Saturday, August 30, Mussa Dankwa stated, “I am 99% sure that the NDC will win the by-election”.

Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and also by senior high school and tertiary students voters who prefer the NDC candidate.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo by larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

He also added that the people of Akwatia are not moved by sympathy ahead of the upcoming by-election.

According to Mussa Dankwa, Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in the Akwatia by-election.

He revealed that the people of Akwatia want jobs and education.

Mussa Dankwa added, “Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in Akwatia by-election. For them, it is about improving the quality of education in the constituency. Those with senior high school qualifications are looking for sustainable jobs”.

The NPP is seeking to retain the seat following the demise of their Member of Parliament, Ernest Kumi, leaving the seat vacant.

However, the NDC, on the other hand, is mounting a challenge with a better representation for Akwatia.

The Akwatia contest is scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2025 and has become a highly anticipated showdown between the major parties, NDC and the NPP investing heavily.

Meanwhile, Michael Okyere Baafi, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, has made a bold declaration leading to the Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.

According to Michael Okyere Baafi, he will resign as a member of the parliament if the NPP loses the Akwatia by-election.

The lawmaker is quoted by GHOne TV to have said, “If NPP loses this Akwatia by-election, I will resign as MP, mark my words!”.

NDC’s court case caused Ernest Kumi sleeplessness, leading to his death – Bawumia

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NDC’s court case caused Ernest Kumi sleeplessness, leading to his death – Bawumia

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has shockingly claimed, the NPP parliamentary candidate for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, died from sleeplessness following the NDC’s legal battle.

According to Dr Bawumia, intimidation, sleeplessness raised the late Ernest Kumi’s pressure, leading to his death just twenty-six days after the court’s final verdict.

Speaking to chiefs and residents of Wenchi in the Bono Region, Dr. Bawumia alleged, “Persevered after an earlier defeat; he came back in 2024, and by the grace of God, he won this time”.

“When he won, the NDC rejected the verdict and went to court. Coupled with intimidation, caused him sleeplessness and raised his pressure. Twenty-six days after the court’s final verdict, he died”, he added.

Dr Bawumia further appealed to Akwatia voters to remember the sacrifices the late MP made and the good fight he fought on their behalf, and to vote extremely for Solomon Asumadu, the NPP candidate.

However, it will be recalled, First Deputy Speaker, Bernard Ahiafor, on behalf of Speaker Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, confirmed that the late Ernest Kumi died of heart failure.

Also, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, commonly known as Napo, the 2024 running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has failed in everything they promised Ghanaians.

Napo confidently noted that the people of Ghana are now realising they sold their colored TV for a black and white.

According to Napo, he has never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months.

He asserted that the people of Akwatia must reaffirm their confidence in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) by voting for the party in the upcoming by-election.

Speaking in a viral video, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh stated, “The people of Akwatia are voting at a time when Ghanaians are realising that they have sold their colored TV for a black and white. Every single thing the NDC promised, they have failed.

I have never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months. The first of its kind is the NDC. They have nothing to offer, so the people of Akwatia should reaffirm their confidence in the NPP”, he added.

In addition, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is shameless for contesting the Akwatia by-election.

The minority leader confidently stated that the NDC as a party has no shame; if they did, they would not contest the Akwatia by-election after the NPP decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election because of the tragic demise of the MP in a helicopter crash.

Afenyo-Markin urged NPP supporters not to be intimidated and to stand firm, even if their opponents come with guns during the by-election.

Speaking at the 40-day observation of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, Afenyo-Markin stated, “If the NDC brings guns, face them squarely with confidence and prayers.”

“Do not let anyone instil fear in you. The things going on in parliament are painful. Go out in your numbers and vote.

The NDC has no shame as a party. If the NDC had shame when we (NPP) decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election, they should have done the same at Akwatia”, he added.

Meanwhile, Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has said the people of Akwatia are not moved by sympathy ahead of the upcoming by-election.

According to Mussa Dankwa, Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in the Akwatia by-election.

He revealed that the people of Akwatia want jobs and education.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Point on Saturday, August 30, Mussa Dankwa stated, “Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in Akwatia by-election. For them, it is about improving the quality of education in the constituency. Those with senior high school qualifications are looking for sustainable jobs”.

Mussa Dankwah further declared, “I am 99% sure that the NDC will win the by-election.”

He confidently stood by his latest poll, which projected a victory for the NDC.

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“I’ll resign as MP if NPP loses Akwatia by-election” – Okyere Baafi declares

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“I’ll resign as MP if NPP loses Akwatia by-election” – Okyere Baafi declares

Michael Okyere Baafi, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, has made a bold declaration leading to the Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.

According to Michael Okyere Baafi, he will resign as a member of the parliament if the NPP loses the Akwatia by-election.

The lawmaker is quoted by GHOne TV to have said, “If NPP loses this Akwatia by-election, I will resign as MP, mark my words!”.

Also, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, commonly known as Napo, the 2024 running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has failed in everything they promised Ghanaians.

Napo confidently noted that the people of Ghana are now realising they sold their colored TV for a black and white.

According to Napo, he has never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months.

He asserted that the people of Akwatia must reaffirm their confidence in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) by voting for the party in the upcoming by-election.

Speaking in a viral video, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh stated, “The people of Akwatia are voting at a time when Ghanaians are realising that they have sold their colored TV for a black and white. Every single thing the NDC promised, they have failed.

I have never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months. The first of its kind is the NDC. They have nothing to offer, so the people of Akwatia should reaffirm their confidence in the NPP”, he added.

However, Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has confidently stated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the upcoming Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.

According to Mussa Dankwa, he is 99 per cent sure that the NDC will win the Akwatia by-election.

Mussa Dankwa confidently stood by his latest poll, which projected a victory for the NDC.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Points on Saturday, August 30, Mussa Dankwa stated, “I am 99% sure that the NDC will win the by-election”.

Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and also by senior high school and tertiary students voters who prefer the NDC candidate.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo by larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

He also added that the people of Akwatia are not moved by sympathy ahead of the upcoming by-election.

According to Mussa Dankwa, Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in the Akwatia by-election.

He revealed that the people of Akwatia want jobs and education.

Mussa Dankwa added, “Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in Akwatia by-election. For them, it is about improving the quality of education in the constituency. Those with senior high school qualifications are looking for sustainable jobs”.

The NPP is seeking to retain the seat following the demise of their Member of Parliament, Ernest Kumi, leaving the seat vacant.

However, the NDC, on the other hand, is mounting a challenge with a better representation for Akwatia.

The Akwatia contest is scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2025 and has become a highly anticipated showdown between the major parties, NDC and the NPP investing heavily.

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Gov’t slashes Nursing trainee admission fees by 50%

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Gov’t slashes Nursing trainee admission fees by 50%

The government, through the Ministry of Health, has announced a 50% reduction in admission fees for first-year students enrolling in Nursing and Allied Health Training Institutions for the 2025/2026 academic year.

The Mahama government’s slashing of the Nursing trainee admission fees by 50% is part of the government’s new “No-Fee-Stress” policy.

According to the government, the  “No-Fee-Stress” policy, a national initiative aimed at easing the financial burden on tertiary students and their families.

The Ministry of Health revealed the government has absorbed about half of the approved fees for all eligible students beginning their training this academic year.

Deputy Director and Ministry spokesperson Tony Goodman, the Ministry, in a press statement, stated, “This reduction fulfills the commitment of His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, to provide financial relief for parents and students who are determined to pursue their academic and professional dreams,”

The statement added, “By this initiative, the Government has absorbed about half of the approved fees for all first-year students enrolled in Nursing and Allied Health Training Institutions.

All institutions are strictly required to adhere to the approved fees and items as communicated by the Ministry”.

The ministry warned that any principals who fail to comply with this directive “do so at their own peril.

The Health Ministry further reiterated its commitment to ensuring equitable access to health training education.

Meanwhile,  Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), Dr Saajida Shiraz, has disclosed that nearly 50,000 first-year students in public tertiary institutions across the country have been validated for reimbursement under the government’s No Fees Stress policy.

Speaking during the policy launch of the policy in Koforidua on Friday, July 4, 2025, she stated, “A total of 148,429 students have accessed the portal, with 124,338 completing their applications. We have also received enrollment data for 135,255 students from public tertiary institutions via our tertiary institutions portal. We expect more updates, but so far, we have validated 49,956 students for reimbursements”.

Also, Government Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu, in a post on X, disclosed that about 15,000 students have so far received disbursements under the government’s No Fees Stress policy.

“No Fees Stress Update. About 15,000 students have received disbursements under the policy. Remaining students will receive payments shortly after verification. President Mahama will officially launch the policy tomorrow at Koforidua,” he wrote.

Read the full statement below:

The Ministry of Health wishes to inform the general public and all stakeholders that, effective the 2025/2026 academic year, school fees for Nursing and Allied Health Training students have been reduced by 50%.

This intervention has been made possible through the introduction of Government’s flagship “No- No-Fee-Stress” Policy for tertiary students across the country.

By this initiative, Government has absorbed about half of the approved fees for all first-year students enrolled in Nursing and Allied Health Training Institutions.

All institutions are strictly required to adhere to the approved fees and items as communicated by the Ministry.

No institution is permitted to charge above the approved amount or demand payment for item covered under the policy:

This reduction fulfils the commitment of His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, to provide financial relief for parents and students who are determined to pursue their academic and professional dreams.

The Ministry of Health hereby advises Principals of Health Training Institutions to comply fully with this directive. Any Principal who contravenes this directive or imposes unauthorised fees does so at his or her own peril.

The Ministry remains committed to safeguarding the welfare of students and advancing equitable access to health training education.

By this notice, Heads of Health Training Institutions are directed to commence the necessary processes leading to the admission of students for the 2025/2026 academic year.

“If you have money but you cannot think properly, how can you lead?” – Atta Akyea asks

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“If you have money but you cannot think properly, how can you lead?” – Atta Akyea asks

Samuel Atta Akyea, the leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has slammed Kennedy Agyapong and Dr Bryan Acheampong following their constant bragging of funding the NPP.

According to Atta Akyea, being wealthy does not automatically qualify as a leader.

Atta Akyea noted that it takes more than money to govern a nation.

Speaking to Asaase Radio, Samuel Atta Akyea stated, “Do you know the number of people who have contributed significantly to the party but have always remained silent? Do you know the number of people the party resourced to become successful and later came back to support the party without making noise?”

He continued, “Must your wealth give you automatic qualification as a leader? If you have money but you cannot think properly, how can you lead? So richness is not the sole factor and variable for leadership, and people must understand this”.

“You have a lot of money, and it makes you an automatic leader? Where is this logic coming from? It takes more than money to govern a nation. Patience is part of it, and calmness is also part of it”, he added.

Atta Akyea further appealed to Kennedy Agyapong and Dr Bryn Acheampong to remain silent on their wealth and riches.

“The moment you talk about money and power, you’re not competent to lead because money is not all that you need to lead”, he added.

Lawyer Atta Akyea’s comment comes on the back of recent narratives about Kennedy Agyapong and Dr Bryan Acheampong and their wealth, as well as their contributions to the party as financiers.

Kennedy Agyapong has on numerous occasions mentioned how much he contributed to the NPP as far back as 1992.

Meanwhile, Dr Bryan Acheampong has also revealed he funded the NPP’s 2024 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, more than the former president Akufo-Addo.

According to Bryan Acheampong, Dr Bawumia did not contribute a penny during the 2023 presidential primaries in the Eastern Region.

He revealed that he paid every penny for Bawumia to become the NPP’s flagbearer.

Speaking to some members of the NPP, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “Dr Bawumia’s primaries in 2023, he did not contribute a penny to the Eastern Region. I paid every single penny for him to become the flagbearer of this party. He didn’t pay a penny, and it is a fact.

In the 2024 elections, I funded Dr. Bawumia more than I even funded Akufo-Addo. I am happy that two-thirds of the people here are from the Eastern Region”, he boldly added.

Dr Bryan Acheampong, in a separate video, revealed he personally financed the NPP’s campaign in the Eastern Region during the 2024 election season.

According to Bryan Acheampong, he funded the party’s campaign activities by giving each NPP polling station executive in November, numbering about 26,000, GHS 2 million each.

Dr Bryan Acheampong further revealed that he also financed 33 parliamentary candidates in the Eastern region with GH¢100,000 every month from May to October.

In a viral video sighted Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “In 2020, we were in government, so nobody needed my money. But in 2024, the regional chairman and the regional secretary are here, in the Eastern Region, except for about six MPs who were financially independent. I gave each of the remaining parliamentary candidates GH¢100,000”.

“It was from May to October — May, June, July, August, September, October. In November, my regional chairman and regional secretary can bear witness, we have 26,000 polling station executives in the Eastern Region, and I gave each of them GH¢2,000,000 in November to work with at their polling stations,” he added.

Ghana needs fresh blood in 2028 – Solomon Owusu

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Ghana needs fresh blood in 2028 – Solomon Owusu

Solomon Owusu, a leading member of the Movement for Change, has said Ghana needs fresh blood as president after the 2028 election.

The Movement for Change member, using other African countries as examples, cited that the Cameroonian and Equatorial Guinean presidents are tired and bereft of ideas.

Speaking in an interview on Joy Prime, Solomon Owusu stated, “You look at what is happening in Cameroon. You look at what is happening in Equatorial Guinea.

“All of them, you look at the president, you see that they are tired, bereft of ideas. So you have to exit the scene to allow fresh blood to come into the picture.”

He highlighted that John Mahama’s tenure should not go beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms, as he believes Mahama would run out of steam.

“I believe he will be tired after two terms. Whatever ideas he has, by two terms he would have exhausted them. What else?” he stressed.

Solomon Owusu further added that Ghana must focus on building stronger institutions to serve the citizens.

He further added, “Instead of focusing on the president, we must focus on building stronger institutions so that whoever is occupying the position is implementing policies that have been outlined by the state.”

“Granted, you are the best president. So when you die, the country will come to a standstill? No way.”

He reaffirmed, “This is why every president must have two terms. Whatever he has for this country, he has today to do it, not tomorrow”.

“Three years is enough for John Mahama. Oh, yes. It is more than enough. And he must make sure that in 1,480 days, he is able to implement whatever he wishes to do. You won’t give him an extra day.”

Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has boldly declared he will not be a candidate in Ghana’s next elections in 2028.

According to John Mahama, stepping aside in 2028 would give him the moral authority to hold the line when it comes to Ghana’s fiscal discipline in an election year.

President Mahama, during a bilateral discussion with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, criticised the practice of incumbent governments by-passing fiscal safeguards to curry favour with voters, a cycle he will end.

“I will not be a candidate in the next elections and therefore I can hold the line when it comes to fiscal discipline,” he said.

John Mahama’s declaration finally put an end to the growing speculation that he may seek another term in 2028.

Mahama’s declaration received praises from renowned businessman and Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, Sir Sam Jonah, who has applauded President John Dramani Mahama over his commitment to Ghana’s democratic principles and constitutionalism.

Sir Sam Jonah described John Mahama’s bold declaration not to contest for a third term as a beacon of hope for the African continent.

According to him, President Mahama is a role model for future African leaders.

In a post on social media on Friday, August 2025, Sir Sam Jonah wrote, “John Mahama’s leadership embodies the values of democracy and integrity. Despite calls to amend the constitution for personal gain, he remains committed to upholding the rule of law and respecting the limits of his mandate. His humility, determination, and genuine commitment to leaving a lasting legacy are traits that set him apart as a leader.”

He further described Mahama as “a role model for future African leaders,” adding that the president’s “dedication to democratic principles and constitutionalism is a beacon of hope for our continent. Let’s celebrate his leadership and vision!”

Also, Kwesi Pratt Jr, the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, has also praised President John Mahama with a red salute.

In a post on X, Kwesi Pratt wrote, “I give a big red salute to His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) for his decision not to be on the ballot for the 2028 Presidential elections.

I did not expect less because, over the years, I have had the privilege to know him at close range. President Mahama has been a consummate believer in constitutionalism.

He has always held the view that leaders are not divine entities and must always make room for the democratic process to throw up opportunities for as many citizens as possible to serve.

By this decision, President Mahama has made me proud again as his friend and comrade.

May he succeed in resetting Ghana as he promised in his drive to become President of Ghana”, he concluded.

Agradaa’s lawyer, Ali Adam, passes on

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Agradaa’s lawyer, Ali Adam, passes on

Legal counsel to incarcerated Evangelist Patricia Asiamah, formerly Nana Agradaa, Lawyer Ali Adam has reportedly passed on, according to reports.

Reports suggest, Lawyer Ali Adam reportedly passed away at home on Saturday, August 30, 2025.

According to a social media account, the late lawyer was full of life earlier in the day before collapsing suddenly.

A tribute posted by Sahadatu Alhassan on Facebook stated, “This young man, Lawyer Ali Adam, woke up full of life this morning.

“He stepped out of his room, exchanged laughter and stories with his friends, made some calls and responded to WhatsApp messages. Later, he returned home and asked his wife for breakfast.

She smiled, happy to serve him and went back to the kitchen. But when she returned to the living room, she found him taking his final breath. Just like that, he was gone”.

News of the unfortunate development has since sent shockwaves across the entire nation, as netizens await an official communication from his family.

The late Ali Adam gained public attention as Nana Agradaa’s legal representative in several high-profile cases.

Ali Adam was also representing Agraaa in the widely publicised GH¢20 million defamation suit filed by gospel musician Empress Gifty.

Meanwhile, Agradaa is serving a 15-year jail term after she was sentenced for two counts of defrauding by false pretences.

She was sentenced by Her Honour Evelyn Asamoah of the Circuit Court.

Agradaa was also fined GH¢300 for one count of charlatanic advertisement, with a 30-day custodial sentence in default of payment.

Her charges stem from a televised advertisement she aired in 2022.

In the ad, Agradaa claimed she has the power to double the money for her congregants at the Godsway International Heaven Church, misleading them into surrendering their money during an all-night church service at her Weija-based ministry in Accra.

According to the Judge, Evelyn Asamoah, Agradaa skilfully executed the offences and showed no remorse during proceedings.

Meanwhile, Agradaa is seeking a plea bargaining agreement with the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, in another court case.

She is seeking a plea bargain in a case involving her sharing non-consensual intimate images of preacher Osofo Appiah, also known as Osofo Biblical.

Osofo Appiah, the complainant, claimed that he was assaulted by individuals believed to be close associates of Agradaa during her time as a fetish priestess.

He further accuses her of unlawfully airing a private video of him engaging in a sexual act with a married woman. The footage was reportedly broadcast on her former television station, Thunder TV.

Agradaa is now seeking a plea bargaining agreement with AG Ayine in the case where she and two others have been charged for sharing nude images of a prophet.

The case has since been adjourned to 21st October, pending the outcome of negotiations.

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“I handle all my socials myself, but I have been told to slow down” – Sam George

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“I handle all my socials myself, but I have been told to slow down” – Sam George

Sam George, the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations, has revealed he handles all his social media accounts.

According to Sam George, he has been told to slow down on social media pages as he is now a minister.

Speaking during the VL Exposure 2025 program, Sam George detailed, “I go on Twitter and choose mini-mini-minimal, which of these comments am I going to respond to? Even though now they say that’s because I’m a minister, I should slow down.

But people ask, am I the one who manages my socials? Yes, I handle all my socials myself. That’s my phone. Nobody else touches my socials. Nobody has access to them. I respond to every single one”.

Sam George further revealed he is the world’s biggest fearo, but people see him as so courageous.

He added, “The other part of it is people say, Sam, you appear so courageous, you’re so fearless. No, that’s not true. There’s no human being who is fearless. Do I fear things? I think I’m the biggest fearo in the world. I’m scared.

“But I’ve come to a place where fear is an emotion, like love, like lust, like hunger, like thirst. It’s an emotion, a feeling. And when you master a feeling or an emotion, you control it. When you allow that emotion or feeling to overcome you, it controls you. So it’s a choice. I’ve mastered fear. I have understood fear as an emotion, and mastered it; that’s why it doesn’t have control over me. I’m able to master it so well”, he added.

In related news, Professor H Kwasi Prempeh has tackled the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, after his immediate suspension of the enforcement exercise on unlicensed delivery riders.

The exercise was being carried out by the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC) and the Ghana Police against unlicensed delivery riders.

On Thursday, August 21, 2025, Sam George announced the directive to be halted in a post on X, which raised public concern after a viral video captured chaotic scenes.

Angry delivery riders clashed with PCSRC officials at the National Theatre in Accra over the seizure of their motorcycles.

According to Sam George, the exercise is consistent with Ghana’s existing laws regulating the use of motorbikes for courier services, but he asserted that the enforcement must be accompanied by wider stakeholder and public sensitisation.

Sam George, in his post, stated, “I have directed this afternoon an immediate halt to the ongoing enforcement action by the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission.

The action, in conjunction with the Ghana Police, is necessary to bring sanity and order to the use of motorbikes for delivery purposes as stipulated by law. However, I believe the Commission needs to do more stakeholder engagements and public education before resuming enforcement. We must enforce the law with a humane face to it”.

However, Professor H Kwasi Prempeh, in a Facebook post, noted that Politics remains the number one obstacle in Ghana’s Rule of Law culture.

According to Prof  Prempeh, what is the point of setting up a regulatory body with the authority to regulate, for a minister or a politician to simply issue directives to halt their actions?

He further questioned whether Sam George had the power to give such an order.

In a Facebook post on August 23, 2025, “What is the point of setting up a regulatory body with the authority to regulate and enforce a regime of measures and related sanctions in a designated industry if the minister or some other politician can simply issue directives to countermand an enforcement action by the regulator? Does the applicable law give him the power summarily to countermand the regulator’s enforcement action this way?

“Why have the regulator at all then? Ordinarily, the minister would be limited to issuing policy directives in writing, not intervening in the regulator’s work on a case-by-case basis”, he added.

“This is the appropriate division of labour or ‘separation of powers’ between politician and regulator. Once a Minister intervenes improperly this way, the regulator is effectively rendered useless. Politics remains the number one obstacle to building a Rule of Law culture in this town. We are the ultimate victims and losers!”Prof Prempeh wrote.

Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) and the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC) arrested about 150 unlicensed courier operators in Accra following efforts to sanitise Ghana’s fast-growing courier and logistics sector.

According to the regulators, many arrested were operating through ride-hailing platforms without proper vehicle registration, with others running independent delivery services without the required licenses.

The regulators revealed that the courier operators not only evade taxes but also pose consumer protection risks and security.

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Akwatia voters not moved by sympathy; they  want jobs and education – Mussa Dankwa

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Akwatia voters not moved by sympathy; they  want jobs and education – Mussa Dankwa

Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has said the people of Akwatia are not moved by sympathy ahead of the upcoming by-election.

According to Mussa Dankwa, Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in the Akwatia by-election.

He revealed that the people of Akwatia want jobs and education.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Point on Saturday, August 30, Mussa Dankwa stated, “Sympathy will not influence voter decisions in Akwatia by-election. For them, it is about improving the quality of education in the constituency. Those with senior high school qualifications are looking for sustainable jobs”.

Mussa Dankwah further declared, “I am 99% sure that the NDC will win the by-election.”

He confidently stood by his latest poll, which projected a victory for the NDC.

Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and also by senior high school and tertiary students voters who prefer the NDC candidate.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo by larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

However, Haruna Mohammed, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Deputy General Secretary, has said the NPP will win the Akwatia by-election hands down.

According to Haruna Mohammned, the NPP are going to prove the Global Info Analytics poll wrong this time.

He revealed the NPP is not sacrosanct, but it remains confident of victory.

The NPP Deputy General Secretary noted that political polls are useful but are not absolute indicators of electoral outcomes.

Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Friday, August 29, Haruna Mohammed stated, “The keyword here is predict. And the summary of any prediction is based on if. What if the if doesn’t if?”

“We are not sacrosanct, and we’re not saying research should not be done. But the reality on the ground will be different. We will prove them wrong this time because the NPP is winning this seat hands down,” he insisted.

Haruna Mohammed added that the NPP is confident of surpassing the 52% margin earned by the late Ernest Kumi in the 2024 elections.

Also, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, “It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.

“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is shameless for contesting the Akwatia by-election.

The minority leader confidently stated that the NDC as a party has no shame; if they did, they would not contest the Akwatia by-election after the NPP decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election because of the tragic demise of the MP in a helicopter crash.

Afenyo-Markin urged NPP supporters not to be intimidated and to stand firm, even if their opponents come with guns during the by-election.

Speaking at the 40-day observation of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, Afenyo-Markin stated, “If the NDC brings guns, face them squarely with confidence and prayers.”

“Do not let anyone instil fear in you. The things going on in parliament are painful. Go out in your numbers and vote.

The NDC has no shame as a party. If the NDC had shame when we (NPP) decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election, they should have done the same at Akwatia”, he added.

We won’t banish anyone from Accra, but respect Ga people – Ga Mantse

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We won’t banish anyone from Accra, but respect Ga people – Ga Mantse

King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse, has warned against the growing disregard for the Ga people.

According to the Ga Mantse, they will not banish anyone from the Greater Accra, but the Ga people need to be respected as custodians of the capital.

The Ga Mantse highlighted that there is a need to respect Ga customs and traditions, even within the Greater Accra cosmopolitan setting.

He reiterated the traditional authorities’ commitment to safeguarding peace and harmony in the region.

Speaking at the climax of the 2025 Homowo celebration in Kpone, on Saturday, August 30, 2025, the Ga Mantse stated, “We won’t banish anyone from Accra because we are welcoming by nature, and the least we expect is to be respected and duly honoured.

The Greater Accra Region has been successful as the country’s capital because of the loving nature of the Ga people. It should never happen that we are disrespected for hosting the nation’s capital”, he added.

His comments come following the brouhaha surrounding the proposal to swap the Twi word “Akwaaba” with the Ga expression “Oobakɛ”.

There has been a growing debate on social media, which has been ignited after a Ga activist questioned why the iconic “Akwaaba” greeting at the Kotoka International Airport, and the “Akwaaba” and “Woezor” signage at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, failed to include Ga language.

The call for change sparked a heated debate on social media with many Ghanaian weighing in to express their opinion.

However, Linda Ocloo, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, has said the Ga people have every right to raise legitimate concerns over the preservation and promotion of their language and cultural identity.

In a statement issued on Friday, August 29, 2025 the Greater Accra Regional Minister stated, “The Ga people, as custodians of the land on which our capital city stands, have every right to raise legitimate concerns about the preservation and promotion of their language and cultural identity”.

She, however, noted that Ghana’s identity rests on unity in diversity and that all ethnic groups, citing her marriage to an Ewe.

She added, “At the same time, it must be emphasised that Ghana is a nation built on unity in diversity. Our strength lies in the coexistence of various ethnic groups whose values and traditions enrich our national identity. Just as the concerns of the Ga people are important, so too would the voices of the Ashanti, the Ewe, and all other ethnic groups be treated with equal seriousness, should they raise legitimate matters in the interest of national harmony.

I was married to an Ewe, and my children proudly bear Ewe names. My own family reflects the diversity that makes Ghana unique, and I stand firmly against any interpretation that seeks to pit one ethnic group against another”.

Her statement added, “As someone with close family ties to other ethnic communities, I am firmly against any form of tribalism or division. This government is here to work and serve all the people of Ghana without bias. Decisions concerning matters of culture and heritage must therefore be made with sensitivity, broad consultation, and national interest at heart.

In this regard, I assure all stakeholders that the government will engage widely, listen attentively, and pursue a balanced approach that honours the Ga-Dangme heritage while safeguarding the unity and inclusiveness that define us as Ghanaians”.

Linda Ocloo further reaffirmed, “Let it be clear: the preservation of Ga culture is not in opposition to national cohesion. Rather, it is an integral part of our collective identity. Together, we shall continue to uphold our cultural heritage while promoting unity, peace, and development across our beloved nation”.

Meanwhile, Ghanaian media personality Serwaa Amihere has waded into the brouhaha surrounding the proposal to swap the Twi word “Akwaaba” with the Ga expression “Oobakɛ”.

According to Serwaa Amihere, Ghana must find innovative and modern ways to solve problems and challenges.

Serwaa Amihere suggested that the Ghana Airport get an electronic board at the airports which welcomes guests in the major local languages in alternating fashion.

In a post on X in reaction to the growing debate, she wrote, “As Ghanaians, let us find and use innovative and modern ways to solve problems and challenges. Get an electronic board at our airports which welcomes guests in the major local languages in alternating fashion”.

Her post further added, “We are one people with wonderful diversity, so let’s live to love each other … Ghana”.

“The NDC has failed in everything they promised Ghanaians” – Napo

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“The NDC has failed in everything they promised Ghanaians” – Napo

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, commonly known as Napo, the 2024 running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has failed in everything they promised Ghanaians.

Napo confidently noted that the people of Ghana are now realising they sold their colored TV for a black and white.

According to Napo, he has never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months.

He asserted that the people of Akwatia must reaffirm their confidence in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) by voting for the party in the upcoming by-election.

Speaking in a viral video, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh stated, “The people of Akwatia are voting at a time when Ghanaians are realising that they have sold their colored TV for a black and white. Every single thing the NDC promised, they have failed.

I have never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months. The first of its kind is the NDC. They have nothing to offer, so the people of Akwatia should reaffirm their confidence in the NPP”, he added.

Also, Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, the host of Onua Maakye, has launched a scathing attack on President John Dramani Mahama’s ministers.

The outspoken broadcaster confidently emphasised that apart from President John Mahama, none of his ministers have achieved anything meaningful after eight months in office.

Speaking on his show, Onua Maakye Captain Smart stated, “Come and sit here and tell me you are doing something. Eight solid months. Yesterday, I told JB something, and he was just staring at my face.

In a communication, there is something we call silent communication, non-verbal communication, which is how people call it. The nonverbal communication you looking at the person’s face, focusing on their facial expressions”. 

Captain Smart boldly added, “I told them that now eight years is over and former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is sitting at home, and now, 8 months have passed.

All the ministries, apart from John Mahama himself, which one of them has brought something important for Ghanaians to discuss? Not even one,” he argued on his show”.

In addition, Korkor Laurette Asante, the member of parliament for Atiwa West Constituency, launched a scathing attack on the John Mahama-led government over its failure to deliver the Women’s Development Bank they promised women.

According to Korkor Laurette Asante, the NDC in opposition promised to ease burdens, but Ghanaians are now seeing an economic betrayal.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament during a debate on the 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review, the Korkor Laurette Asante stated, “Mr Speaker, the NDC, when they were in opposition, said they would reduce taxes and ease burdens. But what we’re seeing is economic betrayal dressed up as economic policy”.

“Mr Speaker, the government promised a Women’s Development Bank as a flagship intervention to support our women. All the women, including those in Abomosu, the traders in Kwabeng, and the market women in Bansu, were looking forward to this”, she lamented.

She added, “Mr Speaker, only paltry GHS51million was going to be used as seed money; even that amount, we have heard nothing since. Not a single mention of the women’s bank was made in this mid-year budget review”.

Mr Speaker, to set up a Bank in Ghana, you need a minimum of  GHS400 million as capital. Where were told legal framework was being done, preparatory work was underway, but six months down the line, there is no bank, no legal structure, no implementation plan, not even a mention in the mid-year budget”.

Korkor Laurette Asante quizzed the speaker, “Mr Speaker, where is the women’s bank? This so-called women’s bank has become a ghost — budgeted in hoop and buried in silence.

Clearly, Mr Speaker, the government is unable to deliver, or they just don’t have the will or Killer Ntua, so Mahama ntua?. The women’s development bank is Yamutu”, she boldly stated.

Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has told his ministerial appointees that Ghanaians expect the NDC government to deliver, and they must deliver without any excuses but with results.

According to John Mahama, he did not select them to occupy spaces but to solve problems.

He further asserted that the business-as-usual approach will not work, and indeed, it must be buried once and for all.

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“Fines imposed on the convicted eight are not deterrent enough” – Kofi Bentil

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“Fines imposed on the convicted eight are not deterrent enough” – Kofi Bentil

Kofi Bentil, the vice president of Imani Africa, has said the GH¢6,000 fine imposed on each of eight individuals convicted for violent acts during the Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun is not a deterrent enough.

According to Kofi Bentil, the fine lacks the severity needed to curb political violence.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Points programme on Saturday, August 30, 2025, Kofi Bentil stressed, “We need to treat political violence differently. It shouldn’t be a misdemeanour but aggravated assault. The fines imposed on the convicted eight are not deterrent enough”.

Kofi Bentil noted that the fines, totalling GH¢48,000 for all eight, are not enough to discourage future political violence.

He further called for stricter penalties to safeguard Ghana’s electoral process.

Also, the president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said the Ablekuma North violence convicts should have been punished a lot more.

Franklin Cudjoe expressed his dissatisfaction with the sentencing of eight men convicted for their involvement in violent disturbances.

According to Franklin Cudjoe, the eight men’s sentencing was too lenient to deter others from getting involved in acts of violence and electoral hooliganism.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV’s The Big Issue on Saturday, August 30, Franklin Cudjoe stated, “I am not too sure and happy about the sentencing in the case of Ablekuma. I think they should have been punished a lot more.

So that people are deterred from getting involved in acts of violence and electoral hooliganism.”

Franklin Cudjoe’s comment comes following the  Accra Circuit Court’s conviction and sentencing of perpetrators of the Ablekuma North re-run violent disturbances.

The Circuit Court ordered the eight men to pay a fine of 500 penalty units (GH¢6,000) or, in default, serve a 2-year prison term.

On Friday, August 29, 2025, the eight men all pleaded guilty to the charges levelled against them.

They include Mohammed Abubakari, Tijani Mahmudu, Prince Dzakpasu, Anas Mohammed, Mohammed Hamda, Darko Otibu Samuel, Musah Muntari, and Ali Saeed (alias Bomba).

The Prosecutors narrated to the court that the accused person launched an unprovoked attack on Hawa Mavis Koomson, former Minister of State and former MP for Awutu Senya East; Majeed Mohammed Saana, a trader, and Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei, Deputy Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while they were monitoring proceedings during the Ablekuma North re-run.

The case was presided over by his Honour Isaac Addo, began on Monday, August 26 and was fast-tracked after all the accused admitted their roles in the violence.

The eight people have been charged with conspiracy to commit assault and three counts of assault, with the trial concluding with their conviction and sentencing today.

Background 

Chaos erupted at the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on Friday, July 11, 2025.

A group of unidentified men stormed the Methodist church polling centre, disrupting the process and creating chaos.

The machomen stormed the polling station in a coordinated manner, causing panic among voters and electoral officials.

The former lawmaker, Hawa Koomson, was assaulted.

In a viral video of the chaotic scene, Hawa Koomson was kicked in the groin and fell to the ground with the thugs kicking her on the ground until the police intervened.

Despite the number of police officers at the scene, they were unable to prevent the chaos.

In a different place, NPP’s Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah was also assaulted.

Banahene Agyekum, a journalist with GH One Television, was also slapped during the re-run of the parliamentary elections in Ablekuma North.

Meanwhile, Ewurabena Aubynn was sworn in on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, despite the minority staging a walkout.

The Ablekuma MP secured a narrow victory with 34,090 votes, defeating the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Akua Afriyie, who acquired 33,881 votes.

Alban Bagbin, after the swearing-in of Ewurabena Aubynn, advised her to be diligent and humble, as four years is just a day.

He further urged her to be punctual, ever present in Parliament, calm, listen and learn from your colleagues.

Speaker Bagbin on the floor of parliament, urged Ewurabena Aubynn to be diligent and humble, as four years is just a day.

“Get an electronic board with all local languages” – Serwaa Amihere on Akwaaba’, ‘Oobake’ brouhaha 

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“Get an electronic board with all local languages” – Serwaa Amihere on Akwaaba’, ‘Oobake’ brouhaha 

Ghanaian media personality Serwaa Amihere has waded into the brouhaha surrounding the proposal to swap the Twi word “Akwaaba” with the Ga expression “Oobakɛ”.

There has been a growing debate on social media, which has been ignited after a Ga activist questioned why the iconic “Akwaaba” greeting at the Kotoka International Airport, and the “Akwaaba” and “Woezor” signage at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, failed to include Ga language.

According to Serwaa Amihere, Ghana must find innovative and modern ways to solve problems and challenges.

Serwaa Amihere suggested that the Ghana Airport get an electronic board at the airports which welcomes guests in the major local languages in alternating fashion.

In a post on X in reaction to the growing debate, she wrote, “As Ghanaians, let us find and use innovative and modern ways to solve problems and challenges. Get an electronic board at our airports which welcomes guests in the major local languages in alternating fashion”.

Her post further added, “We are one people with wonderful diversity, so let’s live to love each other … Ghana”.

Also, Linda Ocloo, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, has said the Ga people have every right to raise legitimate concerns over the preservation and promotion of their language and cultural identity.

In a statement issued on Friday, August 29, 2025 the Greater Accra Regional Minister stated, “The Ga people, as custodians of the land on which our capital city stands, have every right to raise legitimate concerns about the preservation and promotion of their language and cultural identity”.

She, however, noted that Ghana’s identity rests on unity in diversity and that all ethnic groups, citing her marriage to an Ewe.

She added, “At the same time, it must be emphasised that Ghana is a nation built on unity in diversity. Our strength lies in the coexistence of various ethnic groups whose values and traditions enrich our national identity. Just as the concerns of the Ga people are important, so too would the voices of the Ashanti, the Ewe, and all other ethnic groups be treated with equal seriousness, should they raise legitimate matters in the interest of national harmony.

I was married to an Ewe, and my children proudly bear Ewe names. My own family reflects the diversity that makes Ghana unique, and I stand firmly against any interpretation that seeks to pit one ethnic group against another”.

Her statement added, “As someone with close family ties to other ethnic communities, I am firmly against any form of tribalism or division. This government is here to work and serve all the people of Ghana without bias. Decisions concerning matters of culture and heritage must therefore be made with sensitivity, broad consultation, and national interest at heart.

In this regard, I assure all stakeholders that the government will engage widely, listen attentively, and pursue a balanced approach that honours the Ga-Dangme heritage while safeguarding the unity and inclusiveness that define us as Ghanaians”.

Linda Ocloo further reaffirmed, “Let it be clear: the preservation of Ga culture is not in opposition to national cohesion. Rather, it is an integral part of our collective identity. Together, we shall continue to uphold our cultural heritage while promoting unity, peace, and development across our beloved nation”.

Meanwhile, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse, has warned against the growing disregard for the Ga people.

According to the Ga Mantse, they will not banish anyone from the Greater Accra, but the Ga people need to be respected as custodians of the capital.

The Ga Mantse highlighted that there is a need to respect Ga customs and traditions, even within the Greater Accra cosmopolitan setting.

He reiterated the traditional authorities’ commitment to safeguarding peace and harmony in the region.

Speaking at the climax of the 2025 Homowo celebration in Kpone, on Saturday, August 30, 2025, the Ga Mantse stated, “We won’t banish anyone from Accra because we are welcoming by nature, and the least we expect is to be respected and duly honoured.

The Greater Accra Region has been successful as the country’s capital because of the loving nature of the Ga people. It should never happen that we are disrespected for hosting the nation’s capital”, he added.

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“Ga people have every right to raise legitimate concerns” – Linda Ocloo on ‘Oobakɛ’ Debate

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“Ga people have every right to raise legitimate concerns” – Linda Ocloo on ‘Oobakɛ’ Debate

Linda Ocloo, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, has said the Ga people have every right to raise legitimate concerns following the brouhaha surrounding the proposal to swap the Twi word “Akwaaba” with the Ga expression “Oobakɛ”.

There has been a growing debate on social media, which has been ignited after a Ga activist questioned why the iconic “Akwaaba” greeting at the Kotoka International Airport, and the “Akwaaba” and “Woezor” signage at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, failed to include the Ga language.

The call for change sparked a heated debate on social media, with many Ghanaians weighing in to express their opinion.

According to Linda Ocloo, the Ga people have every right as custodians of the land to advocate for the preservation and promotion of their language and cultural identity.

In a statement issued on Friday, August 29, 2025, the Greater Accra Regional Minister stated, “The Ga people, as custodians of the land on which our capital city stands, have every right to raise legitimate concerns about the preservation and promotion of their language and cultural identity”.

She, however, noted that Ghana’s identity rests on unity in diversity and that all ethnic groups, citing her marriage to an Ewe.

She added, “My own family reflects the diversity that makes Ghana unique, and I stand firmly against any interpretation that seeks to pit one ethnic group against another. This government is here to serve all the people of Ghana without bias”.

“Let it be clear: the preservation of Ga culture is not in opposition to national cohesion. Rather, it is an integral part of our collective identity. Together, we shall continue to uphold our cultural heritage while promoting unity, peace, and development across our beloved nation,” she said.

In addition, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse, has warned against the growing disregard for the Ga people.

The Ga Mantse highlighted that there is a need to respect Ga customs and traditions, even within the Greater Accra cosmopolitan setting.

He reiterated the traditional authorities’ commitment to safeguarding peace and harmony in the region.

Speaking at the climax of the 2025 Homowo celebration in Kpone, on Saturday, August 30, 2025, the Ga Mantse stated, “We won’t banish anyone from Accra because we are welcoming by nature, and the least we expect is to be respected and duly honoured.

The Greater Accra Region has been successful as the country’s capital because of the loving nature of the Ga people. It should never happen that we are disrespected for hosting the nation’s capital”, he added.

Read the Press Statement by the Greater Accra Regional Minister

I wish to address the ongoing public discourse concerning the proposed substitution of “Akwaaba” with “Oobakɛ” at the Kotoka International Airport and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.

The Ga people, as the custodians of the land on which our capital city stands, have every right to raise legitimate concerns about the preservation and promotion of their language and cultural identity. As Minister, I remain fully committed to ensuring that our cultural heritage, traditions, and linguistic legacy are respected, protected, and preserved for generations to come.

At the same time, it must be emphasised that Ghana is a nation built on unity in diversity. Our strength lies in the coexistence of various ethnic groups whose values and traditions enrich our national identity. Just as the concerns of the Ga people are important, so too would the voices of the Ashanti, the Ewe, and all other ethnic groups be treated with equal seriousness, should they raise legitimate matters in the interest of national harmony.

I was married to an Ewe, and my children proudly bear Ewe names. My own family reflects the diversity that makes Ghana unique, and I stand firmly against any interpretation that seeks to pit one ethnic group against another.

As someone with close family ties to other ethnic communities, I am firmly against any form of tribalism or division. This government is here to work and serve all the people of Ghana without bias. Decisions concerning matters of culture and heritage must therefore be made with sensitivity, broad consultation, and national interest at heart.

In this regard, I assure all stakeholders that the government will engage widely, listen attentively, and pursue a balanced approach that honours the Ga-Dangme heritage while safeguarding the unity and inclusiveness that define us as Ghanaians.

Let it be clear: the preservation of Ga culture is not in opposition to national cohesion. Rather, it is an integral part of our collective identity. Together, we shall continue to uphold our cultural heritage while promoting unity, peace, and development across our beloved nation.

Signed

Hon. Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo

Greater Accra Regional Minister

Ablekuma North violence convicts should have been punished a lot more – Franklin Cudjoe

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Ablekuma North violence convicts should have been punished a lot more – Franklin Cudjoe

The president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has said the Ablekuma North violence convicts should have been punished a lot more.

Franklin Cudjoe expressed his dissatisfaction with the sentencing of eight men convicted for their involvement in violent disturbances.

According to Franklin Cudjoe, the eight men’s sentencing was too lenient to deter others from getting involved in acts of violence and electoral hooliganism.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV’s The Big Issue on Saturday, August 30, Franklin Cudjoe stated, “I am not too sure and happy about the sentencing in the case of Ablekuma. I think they should have been punished a lot more.

So that people are deterred from getting involved in acts of violence and electoral hooliganism.”

Franklin Cudjoe’s comment comes following the  Accra Circuit Court’s conviction and sentencing of perpetrators of the Ablekuma North re-run violent disturbances.

The Circuit Court ordered the eight men to pay a fine of 500 penalty units (GH¢6,000) or, in default, serve a 2-year prison term.

On Friday, August 29, 2025, the eight men all pleaded guilty to the charges levelled against them.

They include Mohammed Abubakari, Tijani Mahmudu, Prince Dzakpasu, Anas Mohammed, Mohammed Hamda, Darko Otibu Samuel, Musah Muntari, and Ali Saeed (alias Bomba).

The Prosecutors narrated to the court that the accused person launched an unprovoked attack on Hawa Mavis Koomson, former Minister of State and former MP for Awutu Senya East; Majeed Mohammed Saana, a trader, and Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei, Deputy Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while they were monitoring proceedings during the Ablekuma North re-run.

The case was presided over by his Honour Isaac Addo, began on Monday, August 26 and was fast-tracked after all the accused admitted their roles in the violence.

The eight people have been charged with conspiracy to commit assault and three counts of assault, with the trial concluding with their conviction and sentencing today.

Background

Chaos erupted at the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on Friday, July 11, 2025.

A group of unidentified men stormed the Methodist church polling centre, disrupting the process and creating chaos.

The machomen stormed the polling station in a coordinated manner, causing panic among voters and electoral officials.

The former lawmaker, Hawa Koomson, was assaulted.

In a viral video of the chaotic scene, Hawa Koomson was kicked in the groin and fell to the ground with the thugs kicking her on the ground until the police intervened.

Despite the number of police officers at the scene, they were unable to prevent the chaos.

In a different place, NPP’s Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah was also assaulted.

Banahene Agyekum, a journalist with GH One Television, was also slapped during the re-run of the parliamentary elections in Ablekuma North.

Meanwhile, Ewurabena Aubynn was sworn in on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, despite the minority staging a walkout.

The Ablekuma MP secured a narrow victory with 34,090 votes, defeating the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Akua Afriyie, who acquired 33,881 votes.

Alban Bagbin, after the swearing-in of Ewurabena Aubynn, advised her to be diligent and humble, as four years is just a day.

He further urged her to be punctual, ever present in Parliament, calm, listen and learn from your colleagues.

Speaker Bagbin on the floor of parliament, urged Ewurabena Aubynn to be diligent and humble, as four years is just a day.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, July 22, Speaker Bagbin stated, “I will take this opportunity to congratulate you and also urge you to be punctual, ever present in Parliament, be calm, listen more, learn from your colleagues, but please read everything, and not only the Constitution and the Standing Orders”.

“You are now the hope of the people in the constituency. They are looking up to you to do something to improve their lives. It is a trust, and this I pray you don’t abuse,” he said.

He added,  “Four years is just a day. You will go back to them, and they will assess you this time based on your performance. So please don’t be misled by other people.”

However, Sammi Awuku, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akuapim North, has said the newly sworn-in Ablekuma North MP Ewurabena Aubynn is a product of a violent election.

According to Sammi Awuku, the Ablekuma North MP’s victory left people maimed, traumatised, and severely beaten.

Sammi Awuku stated, “We clearly believe that she is a product of a violent election that left people maimed, that left people traumatised, and also that left people severely beaten”.

“The noisy silence of the law enforcement agencies gives us the impression that these operatives and those who acted in that manner give us an impression that they had the tacit endorsement of the government. Why? Because it is very strange that not a single act of condemnation had come from the quarters of the presidency”, he added.

“Ghanaians realising they sold their colored TV for a black and white” – Napo

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“Ghanaians realising they sold their colored TV for a black and white” – Napo

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, commonly known as Napo, the 2024 running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has claimed the people of Ghana are now realising they sold their colored TV for a black and white.

Napo boldly claimed that the NDC has failed in everything they promised Ghanaians.

According to Napo, he has never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months.

He asserted that the people of Akwatia must reaffirm their confidence in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) by voting for the party in the upcoming by-election.

Speaking in a viral video, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh stated, “The people of Akwatia are voting at a time when Ghanaians are realising that they have sold their colored TV for a black and white. Every single thing the NDC promised, they have failed.

I have never encountered any government that failed on all its promises within just eight months. The first of its kind is the NDC. They have nothing to offer, so the people of Akwatia should reaffirm their confidence in the NPP”, he added.

Meanwhile, Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has confidently stated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the upcoming Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.

According to Mussa Dankwa, he is 99 per cent sure that the NDC will win the Akwatia by-election.

Mussa Dankwa confidently stood by his latest poll, which projected a victory for the NDC.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Points on Saturday, August 30, Mussa Dankwa stated, “I am 99% sure that the NDC will win the by-election”.

Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and also by senior high school and tertiary students voters who prefer the NDC candidate.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo by larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

Also, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is shameless for contesting the Akwatia by-election.

The minority leader confidently stated that the NDC as a party has no shame; if they did, they would not contest the Akwatia by-election after the NPP decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election because of the tragic demise of the MP in a helicopter crash.

Afenyo-Markin urged NPP supporters not to be intimidated and to stand firm, even if their opponents come with guns during the by-election.

Speaking at the 40-day observation of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, Afenyo-Markin stated, “If the NDC brings guns, face them squarely with confidence and prayers.”

“Do not let anyone instil fear in you. The things going on in parliament are painful. Go out in your numbers and vote.

The NDC has no shame as a party. If the NDC had shame when we (NPP) decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election, they should have done the same at Akwatia”, he added.

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“Ato Forson will defeat Dr Bawumia if he contests” – Prof Enoch Opoku Antwi

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“Ato Forson will defeat Dr Bawumia if he contests” – Prof Enoch Opoku Antwi

Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi, a governance expert and policy analyst, has said it will be difficult for the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) to win the 2028 election.

According to Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi, the finance minister, Dr Ato Forson, if he contests the 2028 general election, will win the NPP’s Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

He noted that Ato Forson’s economy is far better than the economy Dr Bawumia, as the leader of the economic management team under former president Akufo-Addo delivered.

Speaking on the TV3 New Day show on August 29, 2025, Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi stated, “Bawumia, it is going to be difficult for him to win. I believe that even Ato Forson, when he contests Bawumia, we win because if you compare Ato Forson’s economy now to when Bawumia was the leader of the economic management team and what happened there and the cedi and the dollar inflation rate, definitely on that level of economics, even Ato Forson will beat Bawumia.

So, the NPP has a lot of work to do; they will do everything to bring Bawumia, but I am not buying into the fact that he will win in 2028 and that will sway into the NDC to the candidate they will bring”.

He added, “I pray that the NDC will have a succession plan to get somebody to be groomed so that person will take over. I have also seen a lot of dynamics being played here.

I like the words of the Chairman General who says that anybody who bring their head that they are going to run will be a destruction, let all support, so that is collective success which is more important the group success is more important than individual success, and that is the approach that the NDC has taken.  

If John Mahama is successful, anybody that the NDC bring will be easy for that person, and that is a good strategy”, Professor Enoch Opoku Antwi added.

However, Kofi Bentil, the vice president of IMANI Africa, has said Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will be the strongest candidate in the 2028 election.

The IMANI vice president noted that Dr Bawumia, despite the deep anger and disaffection from all sides, managed to secure 41% of the votes cast in the 2024 election.

In a Facebook post, Kofi Bentil wrote, “It’s actually interesting to realise that despite the deep anger and disaffection from all sides, including NPP members not voting, DMB got 41%. I have no doubt he will be the strongest candidate in the next election. #Bawumia2028“.

Meanwhile,  Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reiterated that whoever succeeds President John Dramani Mahama as NDC flagbearer will ride on the achievements of the current government.

Asiedu Nketia called for calm and urged persons interested in contesting for the NDC flagbearer to be very careful about the way they express their ambitions.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26, Asiedu Nketia detailed, “The party has not declared anything,” he noted. “I keep repeating my caution that we have to be very careful about the way we express our ambitions. Whoever succeeds President Mahama will ride on the achievements of the current government.”

He added, “If you conduct yourself in ways that will disrupt the activities of this government in ways that will make the government less successful, then you have a bigger problem,” he said. “President Mahama is only about eight months in office now, and you want to struggle to decide who will replace him—you know what it can cause.”

“If all of us decide today that, ‘Well, people say I can be president, so let me start organising,’ then everybody will be going across the country appointing campaign coordinators. How do you think that President Mahama can focus on achieving anything?”

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“Arrest Asiedu Nketiah’s attackers, or you may have incidents to deal with” – NDC tells Police

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“Arrest Asiedu Nketiah’s attackers, or you may have incidents to deal with” – NDC tells Police

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged the Ghana Police Service to act swiftly to arrest and prosecute individuals who allegedly attacked Asiedu Nketia, Bernard Bediako, and other NDC executives.

On Friday, August 29, the solemn observance of the late Ernest Kumi almost turned violent when Johnson Asiedu Nketiah and his entourage entered the Wenchi Durbar grounds.

Some angry women and some NPP supporters attempted to physically assault the NDC chairman and his entourage.

In a statement signed by Godwin Ako Gunn, the deputy Communication Officer of the NDC, the party issued an ultimatum to the Ghana Police to take action by Monday, September 1, 2025.

According to the NDC, failure of the police to apprehend the suspect will force them to take action themselves to apprehend the perpetrators.

The NDC added that the attackers, numbering about 20, were visibly captured in circulating videos, stopping their candidate from entering the funeral grounds.

The chaotic incident left the widow of the late Ernest Kumi in tears after witnessing what the NDC described as “a distasteful act”,

The NDC statement read, “The police cannot be seen to act swiftly against the NDC in some cases, only to drag their feet when it involves the NPP.

We demand swift action, else we may have incidents to deal with on or before the day of the election.”

The NDC further warned, “Anything less than this will see us helping them in their duties on Monday and Tuesday”.

In related news on the Akwatia by-election, the Director General of Operations, COP Vance Baba Gariba, has revealed the military will be on standby during the upcoming by-election.

COP Vance Baba Gariba detailed that the military will only be deployed if the condition makes it necessary.

Speaking to the media, COP Vance Baba Gariba stated, “The military will be only on standby. As and when we need them, then we will deploy them, but if we don’t need the military, then we will not request for the deployment of the military. They are only going to be on standby”.

He further appealed to the people of Akwatia to come out in their numbers to vote, as they will be protected throughout the process.

“I want to reassure all the good people of Akwatia that they should come out in their numbers and exercise their franchise. The GPS will continue to reassure of their safety and security during this period”, COP Vance Baba Gariba added.

Also, Richard Kumadoe, a security consultant, has said the Ghana Police alone cannot guarantee peace in the upcoming Akwatia by-election.

Speaking on CITI Eyewitness News on Friday, August 29, Mr Kumadoe detailed, “The police, just like the military, have gone to do what we call reccy, and I believe they have gone to do security mapping. It is also the reason why the IGP met with the political parties to address their concerns. He mentioned that he is going into Akwatia with 5,000 men. Even if every polling station has 30 personnel, he will still have some men at his disposal”.

“For the election to be successful, there are three people who must act correctly. The Electoral Commission must discharge its statutory duty. If we get to Akwatia and the machines don’t come or they come and are not working, that is not the job of the police. If there is voter displacement or discrepancies during collation, it is not the fault of the police,” he stressed.

He warned that the lapses in EC logistics could trigger tension, adding, “For the election to be successful, there are three people who must act correctly. The Electoral Commission must discharge its statutory duty.

If we get to Akwatia and the machines don’t come or they come and are not working, that is not the job of the police. If there is voter displacement or discrepancies during collation, it is not the fault of the police,” he warned.

Mr Kumadoe further observed, “It has always been the case that the politician, who is the third person in the bracket, will not do their work, bastardise the whole process, create all manner of problems, and then blame everybody”.

He concluded by praising the police for demonstrating preparedness. “The police and the IGP have shown readiness to deal with anybody who wants to flout our laws. It is a shared responsibility”.

“I am 99% sure that the NDC will win Akwatia by-election” – Mussa Dankwa

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“I am 99% sure that the NDC will win Akwatia by-election” – Mussa Dankwa

Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has confidently stated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win the upcoming Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.

According to Mussa Dankwa, he is 99 per cent sure that the NDC will win the Akwatia by-election.

Mussa Dankwa confidently stood by his latest poll, which projected a victory for the NDC.

Speaking on TV3’s Key Points on Saturday, August 30, Mussa Dankwa stated, “I am 99% sure that the NDC will win the by-election”.

Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and also by senior high school and tertiary students voters who prefer the NDC candidate.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo by larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

However, Haruna Mohammed, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Deputy General Secretary, has said the NPP will win the Akwatia by-election hands down.

According to Haruna Mohammned, the NPP are going to prove the Global Info Analytics poll wrong this time.

He revealed the NPP is not sacrosanct, but it remains confident of victory.

The NPP Deputy General Secretary noted that political polls are useful but are not absolute indicators of electoral outcomes.

Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Friday, August 29, Haruna Mohammed stated, “The keyword here is predict. And the summary of any prediction is based on if. What if the if doesn’t if?”

“We are not sacrosanct, and we’re not saying research should not be done. But the reality on the ground will be different. We will prove them wrong this time because the NPP is winning this seat hands down,” he insisted.

Haruna Mohammed added that the NPP is confident of surpassing the 52% margin earned by the late Ernest Kumi in the 2024 elections.

Also, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, “It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.

“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is shameless for contesting the Akwatia by-election.

The minority leader confidently stated that the NDC as a party has no shame; if they did, they would not contest the Akwatia by-election after the NPP decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election because of the tragic demise of the MP in a helicopter crash.

Afenyo-Markin urged NPP supporters not to be intimidated and to stand firm, even if their opponents come with guns during the by-election.

Speaking at the 40-day observation of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, Afenyo-Markin stated, “If the NDC brings guns, face them squarely with confidence and prayers.”

“Do not let anyone instil fear in you. The things going on in parliament are painful. Go out in your numbers and vote.

The NDC has no shame as a party. If the NDC had shame when we (NPP) decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election, they should have done the same at Akwatia”, he added.

I have no doubt Bawumia will be the strongest candidate in the 2028 election – Kofi Bentil

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I have no doubt Bawumia will be the strongest candidate in the 2028 election – Kofi Bentil

Kofi Bentil, the vice president of IMANI Africa, has said Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will be the strongest candidate in the 2028 election.

The IMANI vice president noted that Dr Bawumia, despite the deep anger and disaffection from all sides, managed to secure 41% of the votes cast in the 2024 election.

In a Facebook post, Kofi Bentil wrote, “It’s actually interesting to realise that despite the deep anger and disaffection from all sides, including NPP members not voting, DMB got 41%. I have no doubt he will be the strongest candidate in the next election. #Bawumia2028“.

Also, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Member of Parliament for Ofoase/Ayirebi, has confidently stated that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is the most prepared and most marketable candidate to lead the NPP to victory in the 2028 election.

Speaking on Thursday, August 28, ahead of Dr. Bawumia’s filing, Oppong Nkrumah stated, “The whole essence of a political party is to mobilise numbers to win power so that you can inculcate your ideas into government. Today, there is one person who has come so clean.

“Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the most prepared candidate, most marketed across the country and most prepared in terms of his track record and pedigree to ensure that we can win 2028 and govern in 2029.

“He also embodies the character values that this conservative party looks out for, his humility, emotional intelligence and ability to bring people together,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Dr Bawumia has urged the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes in the 2024 elections and not start from zero with another candidate.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

“I’ve also had the privilege of serving as Vice President and supporting the President and government in our last administration with ideas that have significantly impacted the lives of millions of our people”.

He added, “The NPP and Ghana are demanding a leader who embodies deep intellect, humility, respect for all persons, unity, courage, foresight, and resilience. As the NPP seeks a leader who represents the character of this party’s tradition and the values of our forebears, I, Mahamudu Bawumia, offer myself to lead the party into the 2028 elections”.

He further added, “I am offering myself to be elected as flagbearer because I believe I owe a duty to this party to give her a choice to put forward the most prepared candidate for the 2028 election and the most prepared person to be President in Jan 2029”.

“In the last 16 years, I have had the privilege of joining each and every constituency at least five times, to work hard on the ground, campaign and work for the NPP. Just like the thousands of you who may not have had all the money in the world to throw at the party, all my sweat, my reputation, my knowledge and my person have been dedicated to working with you for the success of this party. As a result of this, there is no village or hamlet, no city or town where Mahamudu Bawumia’s face and name are not known”.

“I’ve also had the privilege of serving as Vice President and supporting the President and government in our last administration with ideas that have significantly impacted the lives of millions of our people”, Dr Bawumia said.

Additionally, a new poll released by Global Info Analytics on August 21, 2025, shows the former Vice President and NPP presidential candidate for the 2024 Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is the leading candidate ahead of the party’s primaries in January 2026.

 The Global Info Analytics shows Dr Mahamudu Bawumia running away with a commanding 52% lead, with his closest contender, Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central MP, with 17%.

Dr Bryan Acheampong polled 3%, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the former Education Minister, polled 1%.

Kwabena Agyapong, former General Secretary, Boakye Agyarko, and Addai Nimo all polling less than 1%.

Ridge Hospital nurse can still pursue her ₵7m lawsuit in court – Lawyer

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Ridge Hospital nurse can still pursue her ₵7m lawsuit in court – Lawyer

Kofi Bekai, a private legal, has said Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei, the Ridge Hospital nurse who filed a lawsuit against Ralph Saint Williams over allegations of assault and defamation, can still pursue her case in court.

Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei filed a lawsuit against Ralph Saint Williams over allegations of assault and defamation.

Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei, in her suit, also accused Ralph Saint Williams of publishing damaging remarks about her on social media.

In the nurse’s writ filed at the High Court, she is demanding GH₵7 million in damages — GH₵5 million for battery and GH₵2 million for defamation.

In the wake of the committee set up by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, a shocking revelation was made that the Ridge Hospital nurse suffered no fracture or shoulder dislocation. 

According to the committee, there was no medical evidence to support the claims that nurse Rejoice Tsotso Bortei claims.

Dr. Lawrence Ofori-Boadu, the Chairman of the Committee, added that the alleged victim reported her injuries on August 18, but there were no signs of a fracture in her left wrist or a dislocation in her right shoulder joint.

The committee added that the nurse was treated and given pain relief medication.

Presenting its report to the Health Minister, Dr Lawrence Ofori-Boadu stated, “Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, who is a rotation nurse, reported her injury to the hospital a day after the incident on the 18th of August and was further treated. There was no evidence of fracture on her left wrist or dislocation of her right shoulder joint as documented by the medical records.

“She has, however, been treated and given pain relief, recommended for bed rest, and received psychological support care,” the committee stated.

The committee’s findings directly contradict claims by the nurse that she was assaulted and left with a dislocation.

However, the lawyer has stated that a competent court has the power to overturn the investigative report on the Ridge Hospital incident.

According to the lawyer, although the committee found no evidence of a fracture or dislocation, that does not rule out the possibility that an assault occurred.

Reacting to the findings, Kofi Bekai, a private legal, explained, “The only place where a matter can be adjudicated is a court of law”.

 “The investigative committee may have conducted a probe and reached a conclusion, but the court can set it aside. The nurse can still pursue her case in court, and the medical examiner who treated her will likely be called to testify”, he added.

The lawyer clarified the legal definition of assault under the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

According to him, assault under the Criminal Offences Act is defined as the intentional and unlawful act of forcibly touching another person without their consent, with the intent to cause harm or pain.

Adding that battery occurs when physical contact is made without consent, and the accused may be charged with both assault and battery, with the severity of punishment determined by the court if it results in injuries.

Meanwhile, Jefferson Asare, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has insisted the Ridge Hospital nurse was diagnosed with polycontusion.

The GRNMA Accra Regional Chairman disputed aspects of the ministerial committee’s report on the Ridge Hospital assault.

According to Jefferson Asare, the committee failed to speak to the doctor who initially assessed the injured nurse.

Speaking on Channel One TV in reaction to the committee’s final report, Jefferson Asare stated, “I can say on record that the doctor who saw the lady was not even interviewed during the committee sitting. I know that for a fact because the names that were provided for people that were interviewed are here, and the medical report that was written and stamped—I have it. The doctor’s name is here. That doctor was not interviewed”.

“The dislocation was not said by any nurse or any other person than the medical director of Ridge Hospital when we met the medical director,” he explained. “It wasn’t the nurse who diagnosed the dislocation. It was a senior medical officer who saw the lady on Monday morning.”

He further questioned the committee’s rationale behind the committee’s choice of interviewees.

He added, “You go and interview the HOD of that department. What account will the HOD give you? You will need to interview the person who had first sight of the lady in question. Did they interview that doctor? No.”

“The diagnosis of the lady at the time was polycontusion. When we say polycontusion, what do we mean? It simply means that there is redness, there is swelling, and pain at the site of the hit. That is when you diagnose somebody with polycontusion,” he explained.

He further queried,  “So do they want to tell us that the doctor who did the diagnosis doesn’t know what he or she is doing? Is that what the committee wants to tell us?”.

However, the Ministry of Health has dismissed allegations that the committee investigating the alleged assault failed to interview the doctor who assessed the injured nurse.

Retract “reckless comments” within five days – GJA tells GRNMA Secretary

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Retract “reckless comments” within five days – GJA tells GRNMA Secretary

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has demand that the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) General Secretary, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum to retract his “reckless comments” within five days and issue a public apology.

Albert Kwabena Dwumfour warned that the GJA will hold him responsible for any harm that comes to a journalist visiting a hospital and is prepared to petition relevant agencies.

According to Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, if the GRNMA General Secretary fails to retract his statement, the GJA will not hesitate to pursue legal action.

The GJA President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, in a press briefing in Accra stated, “ GRNMA General Secretary must with five days retract his reckless comments and issue a public apology, or we’ll petition relevant agencies.  We’ll hold him responsible for anything that happens to any journalist who visits a hospital”

“If the GRNMA General Secretary, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, fails to retract his statement, we will not hesitate to go to court to pursue legal action against him”, he added.

The GJA President’s demands follow, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum issuing a threat to Journalists who are criticising nurses unfairly following the Ridge Hospital incident.

According to the GRNMA Secretary, those Journalists criticising nurses have been marked and they are going to meet them at the hospital.

He noted that he intends to prove to them that they are professionals and do not intend to cause them harm.

Speaking in an interview on Neat FM, Dr Tenkorang-Twum said, “Those journalists, we have marked them. They will come and meet us in the hospital; I am serious about this. I said they will come and meet us in the hospital, and we will show them that we are professionals.

“They are in their offices saying all sorts of things they want, but when they come to us, we will prove to them in our consulting rooms that we are professionals”.

“Not that we will do them evil, but we will demonstrate that we are professionals. The nonsense they do on the radio, we won’t do the same, we will show them professionalism”, he added.

His remarks come following the bashing being levelled at some nurses and midwives, and also comments he made against the health minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, following the Ridge Hospital brouhaha.

In addition, Eric Edem Agbana, the member of parliament for Ketu North, has slammed the General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Dr David Tenkorang-Twum.

According to Edem Agbana, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum is a loose cannon.

He noted that the GRNMA Secretary threatened journalists, saying, “We are marking them down and we will show them when they come to the hospital.”

The lawmaker asserted that Dr Tenkorang-Twum clearly threatened the Journalist and only sought to clarify his comments after the host alarmed and cautioned him.

In a Facebook post, Edem Agbana launched a scathing attack by saying, “The dumbest defence I’ve heard for the irresponsible and callous statement of Dr David Tenkorang-Twum is the excuse that he later added, “we will show them how professional we are.”

Cut the crap and credit us with some intelligence.

Go and watch the video again. The loose cannon, in an angry tone, clearly threatened journalists, saying “we are marking them down and we will show them when they come to the hospital.”

After the host got alarmed and cautioned him,  he hurriedly added , “we will show them how professional we are.” That was nothing but an afterthought”.

The lawmaker added, “Nurses are expected to be professional at all times and must never discriminate in their line of duty. They are not supposed to “mark people down” before showing how professional they are. So stop those ridiculous explanations.

If a professional nurse, speaking on behalf of a reputable body like the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), can issue such reckless and irresponsible threats, then what guarantee is there that he will not actually carry them out on patients he has “marked down”?

In plain language, Dr David Tenkorang-Twum’s statement is a threat on the life of patients.

Today, I am waiting to see what the University of Ghana, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, and the Ghana Journalists Association will say about this callous statement”, his post concluded.

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“Something fishy happened, assaulted Ridge nurse still hospitalised” – GRNMA

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“Something fishy happened, assaulted Ridge nurse still hospitalised” – GRNMA

Jefferson Asare, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has revealed that Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, the assaulted Ridge Hospital nurse, is still hospitalised.

According to Jefferson Asare, there is something fishy about the investigation committee set up by the Health Minister.

He accused the investigative committee of failing to act in accordance with its mandate.

Speaking in an interview with Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, Asare stated, “What is happening is demoralising our nurses. When you come on our platforms across Ghana, our nurses are demoralised, and it is very risky and very serious for Ghana”.

“We suspect that something fishy happened with the investigation because the nurse in question is still on admission at the hospital. So, if it was due to pain, what caused that pain? If you haven’t been attacked, how would you suffer pain?” he questioned.

He declared, “We reject the report by the investigative committee because it did not capture the real issues. It is full of twisted facts and narratives that do not support what occurred on the day of the incident.”

Jefferson Asare, in a separate interview, insisted that the Ridge Hospital nurse was diagnosed with polycontusion.

The GRNMA Accra Regional Chairman disputed aspects of the ministerial committee’s report on the Ridge Hospital assault.

According to Jefferson Asare, the committee failed to speak to the doctor who initially assessed the injured nurse.

Speaking on Channel One TV in reaction to the committee’s final report, Jefferson Asare stated, “I can say on record that the doctor who saw the lady was not even interviewed during the committee sitting. I know that for a fact because the names that were provided for people that were interviewed are here, and the medical report that was written and stamped—I have it. The doctor’s name is here. That doctor was not interviewed”.

“The dislocation was not said by any nurse or any other person than the medical director of Ridge Hospital when we met the medical director,” he explained. “It wasn’t the nurse who diagnosed the dislocation. It was a senior medical officer who saw the lady on Monday morning.”

He further questioned the committee’s rationale behind the committee’s choice of interviewees.

He added, “You go and interview the HOD of that department. What account will the HOD give you? You will need to interview the person who had first sight of the lady in question. Did they interview that doctor? No.”

“The diagnosis of the lady at the time was polycontusion. When we say polycontusion, what do we mean? It simply means that there is redness, there is swelling, and pain at the site of the hit. That is when you diagnose somebody with polycontusion,” he explained.

He further queried,  “So do they want to tell us that the doctor who did the diagnosis doesn’t know what he or she is doing? Is that what the committee wants to tell us?”.

Meanwhile, the committee set up by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has shockingly revealed that the Ridge Hospital nurse suffered no fracture or shoulder dislocation. 

According to the committee, there was no medical evidence to support the claims that nurse Rejoice Tsotso Bortei claims.

Dr. Lawrence Ofori-Boadu, the Chairman of the Committee, added that the alleged victim reported her injuries on August 18, but there were no signs of a fracture in her left wrist or a dislocation in her right shoulder joint.

The committee added that the nurse was treated and given pain relief medication.

Presenting its report to the Health Minister, Dr Lawrence Ofori-Boadu stated, “Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, who is a rotation nurse, reported her injury to the hospital a day after the incident on the 18th of August and was further treated. There was no evidence of fracture on her left wrist or dislocation of her right shoulder joint as documented by the medical records.

“She has, however, been treated and given pain relief, recommended for bed rest, and received psychological support care,” the committee stated.

The committee’s findings directly contradict claims by the nurse that she was assaulted and left with a dislocation.

Fuel prices goes up day after dollar rose against the cedi

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Fuel prices goes up day after dollar rose against the cedi

Fuel prices in Ghana are set to go up on September 1, following the Ghanaian cedi’s slight depreciation against major trading currencies on the interbank market.

According to reports, the Prices of Petrol, Diesel and LPG are expected to increase by up to 5.40%, 3.39% and 4.47% per litre, respectively, from September 1.

This comes in the wake of the Ghana cedi depreciating slightly against the US dollar.

On August 29, 2025, the Bank of Ghana announced that the cedi is trading at a buying price of GH¢11.24 and a selling price of GH¢11.25 to the dollar, which was a 19 pesewa increase from Thursday’s price.

The pound was being bought at GH¢15.19 and sold at GH¢15.21, while the euro is trading at a buying price of GH¢13.12 and a selling price of GH¢13.14.

On the other hand, in some forex bureaus across the country, the Ghana cedi is trading at GH¢12.50, while the pound is selling at GH¢16.80.

The Ghana cedi has come under pressure in August due to what some market players describe as a limited supply of dollars on the market.

The cedi has moved from 10 cedis 40 pesewas to a dollar to over 11 cedis.

However, Dr Johnson Asiama, the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), has said the current depreciation of the cedi is just a short-term blip and assured that the situation will normalise soon.

Dr Johnson Asiama, in an interview with JOY BUSINESS, stated, “The Bank of Ghana operates a managed floating system in terms of framework; therefore, these blips will happen, but the assurance is that this is a short-term issue and the challenges are being addressed.”

He further added that the Central Bank has adequate and enough reserves to support the market.

The BoG governor added, “Let me be clear, we are not running out of dollars, adding that the gap between market rates and official rates are being driven by bad market practices”.

“We have also taken measures to ensure that liquidity improves in the market, together with getting the interbank market to function adequately,” Dr Asiama stated.

Dr Johnson Asiama further detailed, “The interbank market is supposed to take care of itself in terms of inflows from trade and remittance. Offshoring Foreign Exchange instead of bringing it home, and we have identified these loopholes and are shutting them down”

“Some payment service providers have experimented with crypto and offshore settlement models. While innovation is welcomed, such practices must not weaken the cedi, and we will move to regulate these activities within the law,” the governor has affirmed.

 Dr Johnson Asiama revealed current macroeconomic situation is sound and solid, which should impact on the cedi’s fortunes going forward.

The Governor added, “We should remember that Ghana is under an IMF programme, and we are watching our reserves carefully, especially when it comes to our market interventions.”

“So we can be assured that as far as the IMF programme is concerned and Ghana reserves, we are okay,” Dr Asiama established.

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NDC shameless for contesting Akwatia by-election – Afenyo-Markin

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NDC shameless for contesting Akwatia by-election – Afenyo-Markin

Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is shameless for contesting the Akwatia by-election.

The minority leader confidently stated that the NDC as a party has no shame; if they did, they would not contest the Akwatia by-election after the NPP decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election because of the tragic demise of the MP in a helicopter crash.

Afenyo-Markin urged NPP supporters not to be intimidated and to stand firm, even if their opponents come with guns during the by-election.

Speaking at the 40-day observation of the late Akwatia Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, Afenyo-Markin stated, “If the NDC brings guns, face them squarely with confidence and prayers.”

“Do not let anyone instil fear in you. The things going on in parliament are painful. Go out in your numbers and vote.

The NDC has no shame as a party. If the NDC had shame when we (NPP) decided not to contest the Tamale Central by-election, they should have done the same at Akwatia”, he added.

It will be recalled that the NPP decision not to contest the Tamale Central follows a National Steering Committee meeting held on Monday, August 11, 2025.

The NPP asserts that they believe it would be inhumane and unconscionable to subject the nation to a competitive process in search of a replacement for the late Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed.

In a statement signed by Justin Kodua, the NPP General Secretary, on August 11, 2025, read, “The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has resolved that it would not take part in the Tamale Central Parliamentary by-election to elect a replacement for the late Alhaji Hon. Dr Murtala Mohammed, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Constituency, who was among the ecight (8) who lost their lives in service of the Republic in the helicopter crash that occurred on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

The statement added, “In arriving at the decision, the Party considered many factors, including the circumstances under which the Tamale Central seat has become vacant and the possibility of a further polarisation of the country at this critical time.

The NPP is of the belief that it would be inhumane and unconscionable to subject the nation to a competitive process in search of a replacement for the departed MP. The Party believes that the tension and acrimony often associated with the conduct of by-elections in the country should be avoided”.

The NPP statement continued, “It is the considered view of the Party that the greatest tribute that the NPP and the rest of the nation can pay in honour of the departed is not only to win the fight against Galamsey but also to ensure a smooth and peaceful replacement for the good people of Tamale Central.

In addition, Henry Nana Boakye, the National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said his expectation is for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw from the upcoming parliamentary by-election for the Akwatia Constituency.

According to Nana Boakye, the NDC has lost five important party dignitaries and going into a fierce contest for them after their burial will not serve their memory.

He noted that the NDC, in respect of their five members who died in the helicopter crash, should not go into active politics just after their burial.

He asserted that the NDC, in respect of their five members who died in the helicopter crash, should not go into active politics just after their burial.

However, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, thanked the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for opting out of the Tamale Central by-election.

Johnson Asiedu Nketia thanked the NPP for their decision to withdraw from the Tamale Central by-election and later used an Akan proverb suggesting one should leave a fight rather than wait to be beaten before leaving.

He boldly declared that although the NPP has withdrawn from the Tamale Central by-election, the NDC will still contest the Akwatia by-election.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the Akwatia by-election will be held to determine a representative for the constituency of Akwatia following the passing of the late Ernest Kumi.

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NPP winning the Akwatia seat hands down – Haruna Mohammed

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NPP winning the Akwatia seat hands down – Haruna Mohammed

Haruna Mohammed, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Deputy General Secretary, has said the NPP will win the Akwatia by-election hands down.

According to Haruna Mohammned, the NPP are going to prove the Global Info Analytics poll wrong this time.

He revealed the NPP is not sacrosanct, but it remains confident of victory.

The NPP Deputy General Secretary noted that political polls are useful but are not absolute indicators of electoral outcomes.

Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Friday, August 29, Haruna Mohammed stated, “The keyword here is predict. And the summary of any prediction is based on if. What if the if doesn’t if?”

“We are not sacrosanct, and we’re not saying research should not be done. But the reality on the ground will be different. We will prove them wrong this time because the NPP is winning this seat hands down,” he insisted.

Haruna Mohammed added that the NPP is confident of surpassing the 52% margin earned by the late Ernest Kumi in the 2024 elections.

His comments come after Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and SHS and tertiary voters.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “ NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo my larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates leads with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

Also, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, “It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.

“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State for Government Communications, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is confident of victory in the upcoming September 2 poll at Akwatia.

He revealed the party is determined to honour the late Defence Minister and NDC Elections Director, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah.

Felix Kwakye added that Dr Omane Boamah, before his passing, started laying down work for the NDC to win the Akwatia seat.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV, Felix Kwakye Ofosu stated, “We all miss Dr Omane Boamah. We all know that before he passed on, rather unceremoniously, so tragically, he had started laying down blockworks for a resounding victory in Akwatia.

“So, in his memory, we will carry out the plan that he laid out, and we will build on it and add more impetus to it and ensure that we fine-tune it to deliver victory for us in Akwatia”.

He added, “We will win the Akwatia seat so that the people of the constituency will enjoy all the benefits others properly represented in parliament are enjoying. So, we are confident of victory”.

On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the Akwatia by-election will be held to determine a representative for the constituency of Akwatia following the passing of the late Ernest Kumi.

The military will be on standby in the Akwatia by-election – Police

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The military will be on standby in the Akwatia by-election – Police

The Director General of Operations, COP Vance Baba Gariba, has revealed the military will be on standby during the upcoming Akwatia by-election.

COP Vance Baba Gariba detailed that the military will only be deployed if the condition makes it necessary.

Speaking to the media, COP Vance Baba Gariba stated, “The military will be only on standby. As and when we need them, then we will deploy them, but if we don’t need the military, then we will not request for the deployment of the military. They are only going to be on standby”.

He further appealed to the people of Akwatia to come out in their numbers to vote, as they will be protected throughout the process.

“I want to reassure all the good people of Akwatia that they should come out in their numbers and exercise their franchise. The GPS will continue to reassure of their safety and security during this period”, COP Vance Baba Gariba added.

Also, Richard Kumadoe, a security consultant, has said the Ghana Police alone cannot guarantee peace in the upcoming Akwatia by-election.

Speaking on CITI Eyewitness News on Friday, August 29, Mr Kumadoe detailed, “The police, just like the military, have gone to do what we call reccy, and I believe they have gone to do security mapping. It is also the reason why the IGP met with the political parties to address their concerns. He mentioned that he is going into Akwatia with 5,000 men. Even if every polling station has 30 personnel, he will still have some men at his disposal”.

“For the election to be successful, there are three people who must act correctly. The Electoral Commission must discharge its statutory duty. If we get to Akwatia and the machines don’t come or they come and are not working, that is not the job of the police. If there is voter displacement or discrepancies during collation, it is not the fault of the police,” he stressed.

He warned that the lapses in EC logistics could trigger tension, adding, “For the election to be successful, there are three people who must act correctly. The Electoral Commission must discharge its statutory duty.

If we get to Akwatia and the machines don’t come or they come and are not working, that is not the job of the police. If there is voter displacement or discrepancies during collation, it is not the fault of the police,” he warned.

Mr Kumadoe further observed, “It has always been the case that the politician, who is the third person in the bracket, will not do their work, bastardise the whole process, create all manner of problems, and then blame everybody”.

He concluded by praising the police for demonstrating preparedness. “The police and the IGP have shown readiness to deal with anybody who wants to flout our laws. It is a shared responsibility”.

Meanwhile, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has alleged that the Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat, Richard Jakpa, is moving around Akwatia with soldiers, threatening indigenes.

According to the NPP Director of Communications, Richard Ahiagbah, the NDC is planning to use national security operatives to intimidate voters.

Speaking to the media in Accra on Wednesday, August 27, Richard Ahiagbah stated, NDC plans to “hide behind the guise of national security to terrorise some residents and voters in Akwatia.”

“Richard Jakpa has reportedly been perambulating Akwatia with soldiers, threatening some indigenes and residents to leave the town before the by-election in their own interest,” he claimed.

“We want to make it abundantly clear that any soldier involved in the Akwatia by-election will be considered and dealt with as a thug,” he declared.

Richard Ahiagbah further called on President John Mahama to call Richard Jakpa to order.

“We urge the President, under whose watch national security falls, to call Richard Jakpa to order and ensure that no soldier meddles in the Akwatia by-election,” Ahiagbah said.

Also, Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Mustapha Gbande, has issued a stern warning.

According to Mustapha Gbande, any acts of violence or intimidation on election day would be met with equal resistance.

“We won’t bring violence here. NDC is not a violent party, but on the 2nd of September, if anybody decides to come to the town or the voting grounds with violence, they will come, but they will not know how to leave. Violence begets violence”, Gbande declared.

Bawumia’s “aka 9 p3” ad gets Ghanaians talking

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Bawumia’s “aka 9 p3” ad gets Ghanaians talking

A campaign ad from the Dr Mahamudu Bawumia camp has gotten Ghanaians on social media talking.

The short ad claimed Dr Bawumia and the NPP came close to their goals in the 2024 election by securing 41.7 per cent and suggested that 9 per cent is all they need in the 2028 election to take the NPP back into power.  

The ad posted by Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a spokesperson for Dr Bawumia’s campaign in the 2024 election, stated, “We are almost there… The journey continues.. Win with Bawumia – aka 9p3”.

Some Ghanaians reacted to the video by saying, “You guys should better use that stolen money to invest for your kids oooo cos we go make you waste it all”.

Another wrote, “ 2 million u figa e be joke? 😂😂 jokes on u guys”.

“How can loose an election with 1.7 million votes and say we came close? 😁😁😁 this man will never stop lying”, another netizen added.

Additionally, another netizen mocked Bawumia camp, saying, “Are you aware that no Candidate or Political Party has added an additional 9% to the Percentage votes they accrued in the last election since 1992? 😂😂

You guys are funny 🤣”.

One more user added, “The most illogical argument I have ever heard. Nana Addo had 49% in 2008 and got 47% in 2012. What about that?. The most credible candidate is Yaw Osei Adutwum but he won’t get it”.

An extra netizen advised the Bawumia camp to abandon the aka 9 p3 slogan, “You guys should abandon the aka 9 p3 slogan.   Almost 2 million votes.  You are belittling the enormity of the defeat and sounding as though the performance was better.   Poor marketing strategy.  It doesn’t sell the candidate beyond his die-hard faithfuls”.

Also, Dr Bryan Acheampong, the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has once again attacked Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over his aka 9 p3 campaign.

The Abetifi MP reminded Dr Bawumia that in every election, all candidates start from zero per cent.

According to Dr Bryan Acheampong, former President Akufo-Addo, who secured  49 per cent in an election, started from zero per cent in the next election.

Bryan Acheampong criticised Dr. Bawumia’s performance in the 2024 elections and urged delegates to consider choosing a new candidate if the party hopes to secure victory in the next election.

In a viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong recounted that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised the NPP Zongo community votes, but the NPP in the 2024 election list included every Zongo except one.

He further detailed that Dr Bawumia, as the NPP presidential candidate, did not win a single constituency in the seven regions of this country.

Speaking in the viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “Look at the results: in seven regions of this country, our presidential candidate did not win a single constituency, not one. I am talking about the presidential.  

In the Western Region, he won one; the whole of Western Region, he won one with less than 500 votes. In the Central region, he won two constituencies.

Almighty Greater Accra, he won only two constituencies, and in all of the North, we lost. His promise of winning the Zongo vote for us, we lost every Zongo community except Effutu Zongo. Think about it”.

He further reminded Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that in every election, we start from zero and not the percentage secured in the past election.

Dr Bryan Acheampong added, “Every Zongo in this country we lost except Effutu Zongo, if we talk about it and educate the delegates, what do we do here, aka Nine p3”.

The NDC had 56 per cent. Do you think that they are not a political party? Every election, we start from zero. President Akufo-Addo got 49 per cent, he didn’t say aka 1 per cent.  

In the next election, we started from ground zero,  and we moved our seat to 169, and he won. The next election, we don’t start from 41 per cent; we need to bring a candidate that can feed into the NPP winning formula and win the election for us”, he detailed.

Also, the camp of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has fired shots at the former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his idea that 41 per cent of the votes he got in the 2024 elections is awaiting him in the 2028 elections.

According to Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, spokesperson for the Ken Agyapong campaign, those remarks by Dr Bawumia are warped logic.

He emphasised that the idea of some 41 per cent of votes in waiting is flawed and illogical.

Kwasi Kwarteng noted that with that logic, the National Democratic Congress will also claim they have 56 per cent of the votes in waiting.

Ken Agyapong’s campaign spokesperson in a post on X shared,  “The idea of some 41 per cent votes ‘in waiting’ is not only flawed but illogical.

By this same reasoning, the NDC could also claim 56 per cent ‘in waiting’”.

His reaction comes after Dr Bawumia called on the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes cast for him and the NPP in the 2024 elections.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

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Bryan Acheampong “attacks” Bawumia again, mocks  “Aka 9 p3” campaign

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Bryan Acheampong “attacks” Bawumia again, mocks  “Aka 9 p3” campaign

Dr Bryan Acheampong, the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has once again attacked Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over his aka 9 p3 campaign.

The Abetifi MP reminded Dr Bawumia that in every election, all candidates start from zero per cent.

According to Dr Bryan Acheampong, former President Akufo-Addo, who secured  49 per cent in an election, started from zero per cent in the next election.

Bryan Acheampong criticised Dr. Bawumia’s performance in the 2024 elections and urged delegates to consider choosing a new candidate if the party hopes to secure victory in the next election.

In a viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong recounted that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised the NPP Zongo community votes, but the NPP in the 2024 election list included every Zongo except one.

He further detailed that Dr Bawumia, as the NPP presidential candidate, did not win a single constituency in the seven regions of this country.

Speaking in the viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “Look at the results: in seven regions of this country, our presidential candidate did not win a single constituency, not one. I am talking about the presidential.  

In the Western Region, he won one; the whole of Western Region, he won one with less than 500 votes. In the Central region, he won two constituencies.

Almighty Greater Accra, he won only two constituencies, and in all of the North, we lost. His promise of winning the Zongo vote for us, we lost every Zongo community except Effutu Zongo. Think about it”.

He further reminded Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that in every election, we start from zero and not the percentage secured in the past election.

Dr Bryan Acheampong added, “Every Zongo in this country we lost except Effutu Zongo, if we talk about it and educate the delegates, what do we do here, aka Nine p3”.

The NDC had 56 per cent. Do you think that they are not a political party? Every election, we start from zero. President Akufo-Addo got 49 per cent, he didn’t say aka 1 per cent.  

In the next election, we started from ground zero,  and we moved our seat to 169, and he won. The next election, we don’t start from 41 per cent; we need to bring a candidate that can feed into the NPP winning formula and win the election for us”, he detailed.

Also, the camp of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has fired shots at the former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his idea that 41 per cent of the votes he got in the 2024 elections is awaiting him in the 2028 elections.

According to Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, spokesperson for the Ken Agyapong campaign, those remarks by Dr Bawumia are warped logic.

He emphasised that the idea of some 41 per cent of votes in waiting is flawed and illogical.

Kwasi Kwarteng noted that with that logic, the National Democratic Congress will also claim they have 56 per cent of the votes in waiting.

Ken Agyapong’s campaign spokesperson in a post on X shared,  “The idea of some 41 per cent votes ‘in waiting’ is not only flawed but illogical.

By this same reasoning, the NDC could also claim 56 per cent ‘in waiting’”.

His reaction comes after Dr Bawumia called on the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes cast for him and the NPP in the 2024 elections.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

Meanwhile, the NPP’s Presidential Elections Committee has confirmed that five aspirants have completed and submitted their nomination forms.

The five include,

  • Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong
  • Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong
  • Hon. Dr. Bryan Acheampong
  • H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
  • Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum

Also, the NPP will be holding their internal elections on Saturday, January 31, 2026, to select a flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.

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Video – Asiedu Nketiah and his entourage nearly attacked at 40-day observation of late Ernest Kumi

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Video – Asiedu Nketiah and his entourage nearly attacked at 40-day observation of late Ernest Kumi

Tensions flared at the 40-day observation of late Akwatia MP Ernest Yaw Kumi when NDC Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah and his entourage were nearly attacked by angry NPP supporters.

In a viral video, Asiedu Nketia and his entourage, after reaching the 40-day observation ground, were hooted at; the confrontation nearly turned into an attack with supporters of both the NDC and the NPP pushing and shoving each other.

Police reinforcement and the intervention of key NPP leaders, including Michael Okyere Baafi and Henry Nana Boakye, restored calm, allowing him to pay homage.

The NDC chairman, Asiedu Nketia, has led a delegation to the 40-day observation of the late Ernest Kumi.

According to reports, it took the interventions of some chiefs and elders in Wenchi to calm nerves before the NDC was allowed entry.

In related news on the Akwatia by-election, Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and SHS and tertiary voters.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “ NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo my larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be the minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

Also, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State for Government Communications, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is confident of victory in the upcoming September 2 poll at Akwatia.

He revealed the party is determined to honour the late Defence Minister and NDC Elections Director, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah.

Felix Kwakye added that Dr Omane Boamah, before his passing, started laying down work for the NDC to win the Akwatia seat.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV, Felix Kwakye Ofosu stated, “We all miss Dr Omane Boamah. We all know that before he passed on, rather unceremoniously, so tragically, he had started laying down blockworks for a resounding victory in Akwatia.

“So, in his memory, we will carry out the plan that he laid out, and we will build on it and add more impetus to it and ensure that we fine-tune it to deliver victory for us in Akwatia”.

He added, “We will win the Akwatia seat so that the people of the constituency will enjoy all the benefits others properly represented in parliament are enjoying. So, we are confident of victory”.

Additionally, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has assured the Oseawuohene that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not disappoint them if they vote for them to win the Akwatia by-election.

Chief of Staff Julius Debrah led a high-powered delegation from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to storm the Akwatia ahead of the by-election.

The NDC bigwigs, led by Julius Debrah, visited the Oseawuo Division of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional State in the Eastern Region.

Meanwhile, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, ““It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.

“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.

The NPP is seeking to retain the seat following the demise of their Member of Parliament, Ernest Kumi, leaving the seat vacant.

However, the NDC, on the other hand, is mounting a challenge with a better representation for Akwatia.

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In every election, we start from zero per cent – Dr Bryan Achempong schools Dr Bawumia

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In every election, we start from zero per cent – Dr Bryan Achempong schools Dr Bawumia

Dr Bryan Acheampong, the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has schooled Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over his aka 9 per cent comments.

According to Dr Bryan Acheampong, former President Akufo-Addo, who secured  49 per cent in an election, started from ground zero in the next election.

In a viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong recounted that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised the NPP Zongo community votes, but the NPP in the 2024 election list included every Zongo except one.

He further detailed that Dr Bawumia, as the NPP presidential candidate, did not win a single constituency in the seven regions of this country.

Bryan Acheampong criticised Dr. Bawumia’s performance in the 2024 elections and urged delegates to consider choosing a new candidate if the party hopes to secure victory in the next election.

Speaking in the viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “Look at the results: in seven regions of this country, our presidential candidate did not win a single constituency, not one. I am talking about the presidential.  

In the Western Region, he won one; the whole of Western Region, he won one with less than 500 votes. In the Central region, he won two constituencies.

Almighty Greater Accra, he won only two constituencies, and in all of the North, we lost. His promise of winning the Zongo vote for us, we lost every Zongo community except Effutu Zongo. Think about it”.

He further reminded Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that in every election, we start from zero and not the percentage secured in the past election.

Dr Bryan Acheampong added, “Every Zongo in this country we lost except Effutu Zongo, if we talk about it and educate the delegates, what do we do here, aka Nine p3”.

The NDC had 56 per cent. Do you think that they are not a political party? Every election, we start from zero. President Akufo-Addo got 49 per cent, he didn’t say aka 1 per cent.  

In the next election, we started from ground zero,  and we moved our seat to 169, and he won. The next election, we don’t start from 41 per cent; we need to bring a candidate that can feed into the NPP winning formula and win the election for us”, he detailed.

Also, the camp of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has fired shots at the former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his idea that 41 per cent of the votes he got in the 2024 elections is awaiting him in the 2028 elections.

According to Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, spokesperson for the Ken Agyapong campaign, those remarks by Dr Bawumia are warped logic.

He emphasised that the idea of some 41 per cent of votes in waiting is flawed and illogical.

Kwasi Kwarteng noted that with that logic, the National Democratic Congress will also claim they have 56 per cent of the votes in waiting.

Ken Agyapong’s campaign spokesperson in a post on X shared,  “The idea of some 41 per cent votes ‘in waiting’ is not only flawed but illogical.

By this same reasoning, the NDC could also claim 56 per cent ‘in waiting’”.

His reaction comes after Dr Bawumia called on the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes cast for him and the NPP in the 2024 elections.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

Meanwhile, the NPP’s Presidential Elections Committee has confirmed that five aspirants have completed and submitted their nomination forms.

The five include,

  • Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong
  • Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong
  • Hon. Dr. Bryan Acheampong
  • H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
  • Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum

Also, the NPP will be holding their internal elections on Saturday, January 31, 2026, to select a flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.

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“A big red salute to His Excellency” – Kwesi Pratt salutes Mahama over his decision not to contest again

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“A big red salute to His Excellency” – Kwesi Pratt salutes Mahama over his decision not to contest again

Kwesi Pratt Jr, the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, has also praised President John Mahama with a red salute.

This follows President John Mahama’s decision not to contest the presidency for a third term.

In a post on X, Kwesi Pratt wrote, “I give a big red salute to His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) for his decision not to be on the ballot for the 2028 Presidential elections.

I did not expect less because, over the years, I have had the privilege to know him at close range. President Mahama has been a consummate believer in constitutionalism.

He has always held the view that leaders are not divine entities and must always make room for the democratic process to throw up opportunities for as many citizens as possible to serve.

By this decision, President Mahama has made me proud again as his friend and comrade.

May he succeed in resetting Ghana as he promised in his drive to become President of Ghana”, he concluded.

His comments come on the heels of President Mahama’s refusal to entertain notions of amending the constitution for a third term.

President John Dramani Mahama has boldly declared he will not be a candidate in Ghana’s next elections in 2028.

According to John Mahama, stepping aside in 2028 would give him the moral authority to hold the line when it comes to Ghana’s fiscal discipline in an election year.

President Mahama, during a bilateral discussion with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, criticised the practice of incumbent governments by-passing fiscal safeguards to curry favour with voters, a cycle he will end.

“I will not be a candidate in the next elections and therefore I can hold the line when it comes to fiscal discipline,” he said.

John Mahama’s declaration finally put an end to the growing speculation that he may seek another term in 2028.

Also, renowned businessman and Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, Sir Sam Jonah, has applauded President John Dramani Mahama over his commitment to Ghana’s democratic principles and constitutionalism.

Sir Sam Jonah described John Mahama’s bold declaration not to contest for a third term as a beacon of hope for the African continent.

According to him, President Mahama is a role model for future African leaders.

In a post on social media on Friday, August 2025, Sir Sam Jonah wrote, “John Mahama’s leadership embodies the values of democracy and integrity. Despite calls to amend the constitution for personal gain, he remains committed to upholding the rule of law and respecting the limits of his mandate. His humility, determination, and genuine commitment to leaving a lasting legacy are traits that set him apart as a leader,”

He further described Mahama as “a role model for future African leaders,” adding that the president’s “dedication to democratic principles and constitutionalism is a beacon of hope for our continent. Let’s celebrate his leadership and vision!”

However, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), had already shut down calls from some sections of Ghanaians calling on President John Dramani Mahama to run for a third term.

According to Asiedu Nketiah, the NDC has no plan to present President John Mahama again for the 2028 election.

He emphasised that they have never run the NDC in ways that conflict with the 1992 constitution.

 The NDC chairman boldly added that the party will stick by the tenets of the Constitution, which states that a president is only entitled to two terms.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26, Asiedu Nketia detailed, “We have never run our party in ways that conflict with the national constitution, and we don’t intend to do that,” he said. “We will stick by the tenets of the Constitution.”

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Bawumia promised us Zongo votes, but we lost in every Zongo except one – Dr Bryan Acheampong

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Bawumia promised us Zongo votes, but we lost in every Zongo except one – Dr Bryan Acheampong

Dr Bryan Acheampong, the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has launched yet another scathing attack on Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

In a viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong recounted that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised the NPP Zongo community votes, but the NPP in the 2024 election list included every Zongo except one.

He further detailed that Dr Bawumia, as the NPP presidential candidate, did not win a single constituency in the seven regions of this country.

He criticised Dr. Bawumia’s performance in the 2024 elections and urged delegates to consider choosing a new candidate if the party hopes to secure victory in the next election.

Speaking in the viral video, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “Look at the results: in seven regions of this country, our presidential candidate did not win a single constituency, not one. I am talking about the presidential.  

In the Western Region, he won one; the whole of Western Region, he won one with less than 500 votes. In the Central region, he won two constituencies.

Almighty Greater Accra, he won only two constituencies, and in all of the North, we lost. His promise of winning the Zongo vote for us, we lost every Zongo community except Effutu Zongo. Think about it”.

He further reminded Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that in every election, we start from zero and not the percentage secured in the past election.

Dr Bryan Acheampong added, “Every Zongo in this country we lost except Effutu Zongo, if we talk about it and educate the delegates, what do we do here, aka Nine p3”.

The NDC had 56 per cent. Do you think that they are not a political party? Every election, we start from zero. President Akufo-Addo got 49 per cent, he didn’t say aka 1 per cent.  

In the next election, we started from ground zero,  and we moved our seat to 169, and he won. The next election, we don’t start from 41 per cent; we need to bring a candidate that can feed into the NPP winning formula and win the election for us”, he detailed.

Also, the camp of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has fired shots at the former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his idea that 41 per cent of the votes he got in the 2024 elections is awaiting him in the 2028 elections.

According to Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, spokesperson for the Ken Agyapong campaign, those remarks by Dr Bawumia are warped logic.

He emphasised that the idea of some 41 per cent of votes in waiting is flawed and illogical.

Kwasi Kwarteng noted that with that logic, the National Democratic Congress will also claim they have 56 per cent of the votes in waiting.

Ken Agyapong’s campaign spokesperson in a post on X shared,  “The idea of some 41 per cent votes ‘in waiting’ is not only flawed but illogical.

By this same reasoning, the NDC could also claim 56 per cent ‘in waiting’”.

His reaction comes after Dr Bawumia called on the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes cast for him and the NPP in the 2024 elections.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

Meanwhile, the NPP’s Presidential Elections Committee has confirmed that five aspirants have completed and submitted their nomination forms.

The five include,

  • Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong
  • Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong
  • Hon. Dr. Bryan Acheampong
  • H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
  • Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum

Also, the NPP will be holding their internal elections on Saturday, January 31, 2026, to select a flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.

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Mahama is a role model for future African leaders – Sam Jonah

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Mahama is a role model for future African leaders – Sam Jonah

Renowned businessman and Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, Sir Sam Jonah, has applauded President John Dramani Mahama over his commitment to Ghana’s democratic principles and constitutionalism.

Sir Sam Jonah described John Mahama’s bold declaration not to contest for a third term as a beacon of hope for the African continent.

According to him, President Mahama is a role model for future African leaders.

In a post on social media on Friday, August 2025, Sir Sam Jonah wrote, “John Mahama’s leadership embodies the values of democracy and integrity. Despite calls to amend the constitution for personal gain, he remains committed to upholding the rule of law and respecting the limits of his mandate. His humility, determination, and genuine commitment to leaving a lasting legacy are traits that set him apart as a leader,”

He further described Mahama as “a role model for future African leaders,” adding that the president’s “dedication to democratic principles and constitutionalism is a beacon of hope for our continent. Let’s celebrate his leadership and vision!”

His comments come on the heels of President Mahama’s refusal to entertain notions of amending the constitution for a third term.

President John Dramani Mahama has boldly declared he will not be a candidate in Ghana’s next elections in 2028.

According to John Mahama, stepping aside in 2028 would give him the moral authority to hold the line when it comes to Ghana’s fiscal discipline in an election year.

President Mahama, during a bilateral discussion with Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, criticised the practice of incumbent governments by-passing fiscal safeguards to curry favour with voters, a cycle he will end.

“I will not be a candidate in the next elections and therefore I can hold the line when it comes to fiscal discipline,” he said.

John Mahama’s declaration finally put an end to the growing speculation that he may seek another term in 2028.

In addition, Kwesi Pratt Jr, the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, has also praised President John Mahama with a red salute.

In a post on X, Kwesi Pratt wrote, “I give a big red salute to His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) for his decision not to be on the ballot for the 2028 Presidential elections.

I did not expect less because, over the years, I have had the privilege to know him at close range. President Mahama has been a consummate believer in constitutionalism.

He has always held the view that leaders are not divine entities and must always make room for the democratic process to throw up opportunities for as many citizens as possible to serve.

By this decision, President Mahama has made me proud again as his friend and comrade.

May he succeed in resetting Ghana as he promised in his drive to become President of Ghana”, he concluded.

It must be noted that NPP’s Justin Frimpong Kodua started the third term talks when he accused the NDC and John Mahama of plotting to remove Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Torkornoo to enable President John Dramani Mahama to contest for a third presidential term.

He claimed that the argument revolves around Article 66(2) of the Constitution.

Justin Frimpong Kodua noted that some individuals are allegedly planning to interpret Article 66(2) of the Constitution in a way that implies the two-term limit applies only to two successive terms.

Also, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has shut down calls from some sections of Ghanaians calling on President John Dramani Mahama to run for a third term.

According to Asiedu Nketiah, the NDC has no plan to present President John Mahama again for the 2028 election.

He emphasised that they have never run the NDC in ways that conflict with the 1992 constitution.

 The NDC chairman boldly added that the party will stick by the tenets of the Constitution, which states that a president is only entitled to two terms.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26, Asiedu Nketia detailed, “We have never run our party in ways that conflict with the national constitution, and we don’t intend to do that,” he said. “We will stick by the tenets of the Constitution.”

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‘Where are the security agencies, Dormaahene, beating war drums’ – Lecturer

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‘Where are the security agencies, Dormaahene, beating war drums’ – Lecturer

Dr Eric Bempong, a lecturer at KAAF University, has said the President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs and Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, is beating war drums with his feud with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

The university lecturer noted that the Dormaahene’s remarks could spark a conflict similar to the Bawku conflict.

According to Dr Eric Bempong, the Bawku conflict between the Kusasi and Mamprusi ethnic groups in northern Ghana also started in a little faction like the Dormaahene feud with the Asantehene.

The lecturer called on security agencies and the Peace Council to act quickly before the situation degenerates into conflict.

Speaking in an interview on Oyerepa TV, Dr Eric Bempong stated, “Security agencies, where are they? The man is beating war drums. This is the same way the Bawku conflict started way back in 1957. It started small, small like this.

“So, where are the Security Council and Peace Council? If this degenerates into something bigger, are we going to have the peace we deserve? Peace is very expensive, and to get it, you need to be proactive,” he warned.

He further touched on the Dormaahene’s remarks on the Asante’s Golden Stool.

Dr Bempong stated, “Now he is attacking the Golden Stool. If care is not taken, this could be worse. Someone is issuing such provocative statements, and nobody is talking about it. We are being hypocritical”.

“So, those war drums that the Dormaahene is beating, he needs to be spoken to; otherwise, it could generate into something dangerous”, he added.

 The Dormaahene is a critic of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and historical narratives that he claims are distorted facts in the country’s history.

The Dormaahene, in his recent remarks, alleged that anyone who claims the Golden Stool was summoned to descend from the sky is a liar.

According to the Dormahene, the Golden Stool, when it was recently outdoored, looked welded when it was displayed in public.

Speaking during the launch of the Bonokyempem Council in the Bono Region on August 14, 2025, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, stated, “If anyone tells you they can summon something to descend from the sky, I, Agyeman Badu II, am saying it is a lie”.

“Didn’t you see when the Golden Stool was recently outdoored, it looked welded? Didn’t you see?” he quizzed.

Also, Otumfuo’s Nanahene, speaking in an interview on Adum TV on August 24, 2025, claimed the Dormaahene was being haunted by the ghost of his late mother after he had ignored investigating the cause of her death.

According to Otumfuo’s Nanahene, the Dormahene’s hatred against the Asantehene will not work.

Otumfuo’s Nanahene stated, “Did he see the Golden Stool that he is questioning whether it is from the sky? Everything the Dormaahene is saying about the Golden Stool does not make sense. He does not know what he is talking about”.

He further revealed that the Dormahene’s own uncle once served at the Manhyia Palace and also respected the Golden stool and quizzed why the Dormahene has changed since he became a chief and is now disrespecting the Golden stool.

Also, Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah, a controversial media personality, has slammed Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs and Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, over his recent comments on the Golden Stool.

Speaking on his For the Records show on August 19, 2025, Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah quizzed the Dormaahene whether the Golden Stool is from the sky or not, then so what?

According to him, the Dormaahene had the perfect opportunity to talk about development, but chose to attack the Asantehene.

Afrifa-Mensah stated, “Nana Dormaahene, respectfully, if the Golden Stool is from the sky or not, then so what? The conversations you were having, what beneficial interest will that bring to the Bono people? There are a lot of pressing issues you could have addressed instead of talking about the Golden Stool.

“You had the perfect opportunity to talk about development and how to support the region, but what you did instead was driven by personal interest. What have you done for the people of Dormaa to show off?”

He continued, “Whether the Golden Stool came from the skies or not, it belongs to the Asantes and nothing else.

“You started this attack four years ago, but still, John Mahama continues to engage with the Asantes. Aren’t you tired, Nana Dormaahene? You did this for the NDC, and now that the NDC is in power, you are still attacking the Asantes.”

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NDC victory in the Akwatia by-election would gladden the heart of Ernest Kumi – Twum Barimah

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NDC victory in the Akwatia by-election would gladden the heart of Ernest Kumi – Twum Barimah

Alexander Twum-Barimah, the Deputy Director General of NACOC, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) victory in the Akwatia by-election would gladden the heart of the late Ernest Kumi.

The NACOC deputy director confidently claimed that even in his grave, the late Akwatia member of parliament will be glad if the NDC wins his seat.

Alexander Twum-Barimah is quoted by UTV Ghana to have stated, “NDC victory in the Akwatia by-election would gladden the heart of Ernest Kumi, even in his grave!”.

In Akwatia, the NDC chairman, Asiedu Nketia, has led a delegation to the one-week observation of the late Ernest Kumi.

According to reports, it took the interventions of some chiefs and elders in Wenchi to calm nerves before the NDC was allowed entry.

Also, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State for Government Communications, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is confident of victory in the upcoming September 2 poll at Akwatia.

He revealed the party is determined to honour the late Defence Minister and NDC Elections Director, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah.

Felix Kwakye added that Dr Omane Boamah, before his passing, started laying down work for the NDC to win the Akwatia seat.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV, Felix Kwakye Ofosu stated, “We all miss Dr Omane Boamah. We all know that before he passed on, rather unceremoniously, so tragically, he had started laying down blockworks for a resounding victory in Akwatia.

“So, in his memory, we will carry out the plan that he laid out, and we will build on it and add more impetus to it and ensure that we fine-tune it to deliver victory for us in Akwatia”.

He added, “We will win the Akwatia seat so that the people of the constituency will enjoy all the benefits others properly represented in parliament are enjoying. So, we are confident of victory”.

Also, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has assured the Oseawuohene that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not disappoint them if they vote for them to win the Akwatia by-election.

Chief of Staff Julius Debrah led a high-powered delegation from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to storm the Akwatia ahead of the by-election.

The NDC bigwigs, led by Julius Debrah, visited the Oseawuo Division of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional State in the Eastern Region.

Also, the NDC Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, stormed Akwatia to campaign for the NDC candidate.

In related news on the Akwatia by-election, Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and SHS and tertiary voters.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo secured the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “ NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo my larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be the minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

Meanwhile, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, ““It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.

“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.

The NPP is seeking to retain the seat following the demise of their Member of Parliament, Ernest Kumi, leaving the seat vacant.

However, the NDC, on the other hand, is mounting a challenge with a better representation for Akwatia.

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Court ‘slaps’ Ablekuma North violence 8 with GH¢6,000 fine each

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Court ‘slaps’ Ablekuma North violence 8 with GH¢6,000 fine each

The Accra Circuit Court has convicted and sentenced perpetrators of the Ablekuma North re-run violent disturbances.

The Circuit Court ordered the eight men to pay a fine of 500 penalty units (GH¢6,000) or, in default, serve a 2-year prison term.

On Friday, August 29, 2025, the eight men all pleaded guilty to the charges levelled against them.

They include Mohammed Abubakari, Tijani Mahmudu, Prince Dzakpasu, Anas Mohammed, Mohammed Hamda, Darko Otibu Samuel, Musah Muntari, and Ali Saeed (alias Bomba).

The Prosecutors narrated to the court that the accused person launched an unprovoked attack on Hawa Mavis Koomson, former Minister of State and former MP for Awutu Senya East; Majeed Mohammed Saana, a trader, and Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei, Deputy Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while they were monitoring proceedings during the Ablekuma North re-run.

The case was presided over by his Honour Isaac Addo, began on Monday, August 26 and was fast-tracked after all the accused admitted their roles in the violence.

The eight people have been charged with conspiracy to commit assault and three counts of assault, with the trial concluding with their conviction and sentencing today.

Background

Chaos that erupted at the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on Friday, July 11.

A group of unidentified men stormed the Methodist church polling centre, disrupting the process and creating chaos.

The machomen stormed the polling station in a coordinated manner, causing panic among voters and electoral officials.

The former lawmaker, Hawa Koomson, was assaulted.

In a viral video of the chaotic scene, Hawa Koomson was kicked in the groin and fell to the ground with the thugs kicking her on the ground until the police intervened.

Despite the number of police officers at the scene, they were unable to prevent the chaos.

In a different place, NPP’s Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah was also assaulted.

Banahene Agyekum, a journalist with GH One Television, was also slapped during the re-run of the parliamentary elections in Ablekuma North.

Meanwhile, Ewurabena Aubynn was sworn in on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, despite the minority staging a walkout.

The Ablekuma MP secured a narrow victory with 34,090 votes, defeating the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Akua Afriyie, who acquired 33,881 votes.

Alban Bagbin, after the swearing-in of Ewurabena Aubynn, advised her to be diligent and humble, as four years is just a day.

He further urged her to be punctual, ever present in Parliament, calm, listen and learn from your colleagues.

Speaker Bagbin on the floor of parliament, urged Ewurabena Aubynn to be diligent and humble, as four years is just a day.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, July 22, Speaker Bagbin stated, “I will take this opportunity to congratulate you and also urge you to be punctual, ever present in Parliament, be calm, listen more, learn from your colleagues, but please read everything, and not only the Constitution and the Standing Orders”.

“You are now the hope of the people in the constituency. They are looking up to you to do something to improve their lives. It is a trust, and this I pray you don’t abuse,” he said.

He added,  “Four years is just a day. You will go back to them, and they will assess you this time based on your performance. So please don’t be misled by other people.”

However, Sammi Awuku, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akuapim North, has said the newly sworn-in Ablekuma North MP Ewurabena Aubynn is a product of a violent election.

According to Sammi Awuku, the Ablekuma North MP’s victory left people maimed, traumatised, and severely beaten.

Sammi Awuku stated, “We clearly believe that she is a product of a violent election that left people maimed, that left people traumatised, and also that left people severely beaten”.

“The noisy silence of the law enforcement agencies gives us the impression that these operatives and those who acted in that manner give us an impression that they had the tacit endorsement of the government. Why? Because it is very strange that not a single act of condemnation had come from the quarters of the presidency”, he added.

Ridge Hospital nurse may be arrested for public deceit – Awudu Mahama

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Ridge Hospital nurse may be arrested for public deceit – Awudu Mahama

Awudu Mahama, the Managing News Editor, the Custodian Newspaper, has said the Ridge Hospital nurse, Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei, could be arrested for public deceit.

In the wake of the committee set up by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, a shocking revelation was made that the Ridge Hospital nurse suffered no fracture or shoulder dislocation. 

According to the committee, there was no medical evidence to support the claims that nurse Rejoice Tsotso Bortei claims.

Dr. Lawrence Ofori-Boadu, the Chairman of the Committee, added that the alleged victim reported her injuries on August 18, but there were no signs of a fracture in her left wrist or a dislocation in her right shoulder joint.

The committee added that the nurse was treated and given pain relief medication.

Presenting its report to the Health Minister, Dr Lawrence Ofori-Boadu stated, “Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, who is a rotation nurse, reported her injury to the hospital a day after the incident on the 18th of August and was further treated. There was no evidence of fracture on her left wrist or dislocation of her right shoulder joint as documented by the medical records.

“She has, however, been treated and given pain relief, recommended for bed rest, and received psychological support care,” the committee stated.

The committee’s findings directly contradict claims by the nurse that she was assaulted and left with a dislocation.

Reacting to the committee findings, Awudu Mahama noted that if what the nurse at Ridge Hospital said about her shoulder being dislocated was false, she may be arrested for public deceit.

However, Jefferson Asare, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has insisted the Ridge Hospital nurse was diagnosed with polycontusion.

The GRNMA Accra Regional Chairman disputed aspects of the ministerial committee’s report on the Ridge Hospital assault.

According to Jefferson Asare, the committee failed to speak to the doctor who initially assessed the injured nurse.

Speaking on Channel One TV in reaction to the committee’s final report, Jefferson Asare stated, “I can say on record that the doctor who saw the lady was not even interviewed during the committee sitting. I know that for a fact because the names that were provided for people that were interviewed are here, and the medical report that was written and stamped—I have it. The doctor’s name is here. That doctor was not interviewed”.

“The dislocation was not said by any nurse or any other person than the medical director of Ridge Hospital when we met the medical director,” he explained. “It wasn’t the nurse who diagnosed the dislocation. It was a senior medical officer who saw the lady on Monday morning.”

He further questioned the committee’s rationale behind the committee’s choice of interviewees.

He added, “You go and interview the HOD of that department. What account will the HOD give you? You will need to interview the person who had first sight of the lady in question. Did they interview that doctor? No.”

“The diagnosis of the lady at the time was polycontusion. When we say polycontusion, what do we mean? It simply means that there is redness, there is swelling, and pain at the site of the hit. That is when you diagnose somebody with polycontusion,” he explained.

He further queried,  “So do they want to tell us that the doctor who did the diagnosis doesn’t know what he or she is doing? Is that what the committee wants to tell us?”.

Also, the Ministry of Health has dismissed allegations that the committee investigating the alleged assault failed to interview the doctor who assessed the injured nurse.

Meanwhile, Kofi Bekai, a private legal, has said Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei, the Ridge Hospital nurse who filed a lawsuit against Ralph Saint Williams over allegations of assault and defamation, can still pursue her case in court.

Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei filed a lawsuit against Ralph Saint Williams over allegations of assault and defamation.

Rejoice Tsotsoo Bortei, in her suit, also accused Ralph Saint Williams of publishing damaging remarks about her on social media.

In the nurse’s writ filed at the High Court, she is demanding GH₵7 million in damages — GH₵5 million for battery and GH₵2 million for defamation.

The private legal practitioner stated, “The only place where a matter can be adjudicated is a court of law”.

 “The investigative committee may have conducted a probe and reached a conclusion, but the court can set it aside. The nurse can still pursue her case in court, and the medical examiner who treated her will likely be called to testify”, he added.

The lawyer clarified the legal definition of assault under the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

According to him, assault under the Criminal Offences Act is defined as the intentional and unlawful act of forcibly touching another person without their consent, with the intent to cause harm or pain.

Adding that battery occurs when physical contact is made without consent, and the accused may be charged with both assault and battery, with the severity of punishment determined by the court if it results in injuries.

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Z9 helicopter crash victims’ children’s support fund amass GH¢3.5m

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Z9 helicopter crash victims’ children’s support fund amass GH¢3.5m

Dr Valerie Sawyerr, Senior Presidential Advisor on Governmental Affairs and Coordinator of the Fund, has revealed that GH¢3,576,600 and $20,000 have been collected so far in the support fund children of victims of the August 6 helicopter crash.

According to the update statement issued on Friday, August 29, 2025, the donation was received from August 19 and 28.

The donation came from both institutions and individuals.

Ghana Airport Company Limited, ARB Apex Bank PLC, STL Foundation, Olam Agric, Fidelity Bank, ADB Bank, GLICO General Insurance, and the National Insurance Commission are among the notable institutions.

The individuals include Kennedy Hedoe, Peter Adongo, Mensah Michael, Appaul Wiredu Lateef, Samuel Hodalor, and Dauda Iddi.

The Support Fund was launched by President John Mahama on August 15.

It aimed to guarantee long-term support for dependents of those who lost their lives in the tragic accident.

According to the Presidency statement, a GH¢500,000 seed donation was made by Stanbic Bank Ghana, with other contributions from several corporate entities.

In the presidency’s earlier statement, Procus GH Limited, GB Foods Ghana, Sunda FM Manufacturing Ltd, Sage Distribution Ltd, Quantum Oil Terminals, Quantum LPG Logistics Ltd, Newgas Cylinder Ltd, and Quantum Terminals PLC all contributed to the children’s in support fund.

Dr Omane Boamah and Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, two cabinet members passed away following a helicopter crash at Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6.

The helicopter was carrying eight individuals, including three crew members and five passengers, among them the ministers, a presidential staffer identified as Samuel Sarpong, and the ministers’ security detail.

Muniru Mohammed, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, and Samuel Aboagye, a former Parliamentary Candidate, and Samuel Sarpong, Vice Chairman of NDC, have all been confirmed dead.

The crew members are Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, Flying Officer Manin Twum-Ampadu, and Sergeant Ernest Addo Mensah.

The victims lost their lives en route to the launch of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP) in Obuasi on August 6, 2025.

John Mahama, during his tribute at the State Funeral, announced the creation of an Educational Children’s Support Fund to cater for the schooling of the victims’ children.

The victims children will be catered for from primary to the university level.

President Mahama also announced the posthumous promotion of three Ghana Armed Forces personnel who perished in the August 6 helicopter crash.

John Mahama described the fallen servicemen as true patriots who paid the ultimate price in the line of duty.

Speaking at the state funeral held in their honour on Friday, John Mahama stated, “Accordingly, I have approved the following. Squadron Leader Peter Bufami Anala is promoted to the rank of Wing Commander. Flying Officer Manaen Twum Ampadu is promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Sergeant Ernest Addo is promoted to the rank of Flight Sergeant.

In related news, President John Mahama rewarded 13 residents of Sikaman-Brofoyedu who helped in the recovery of the bodies of eight victims from the tragic military helicopter crash on August 6, 2025.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, representing President Mahama, thanked the community and delivered a package of support on behalf of the government.

Speaking to the resident, Asiedu Nketia stated, “The President has asked me to represent him and thank the residents who helped us recover the bodies of our eight men. We have a plaque for all of you in honour of what you did.

“The president is also giving you GHS100,000 for what you did for the country. For the rites left to be done, the president is also giving the chiefs GHS20,000. Whatever will be left behind let your DCEs and party chairmen know so we clear those.”

Asiedu Nketia also revealed, President Mahama is committed to improving infrastructure in the area.

He added, “President Mahama has also assured to fix your road”.

The NDC Chairman further revealed that the 13 individuals involved in the body recovery efforts would be offered jobs.

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“Warped logic” – Ken Camp blasts Dr Bawumia over the idea of 41% votes ‘in waiting’

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“Warped logic” – Ken Camp blasts Dr Bawumia over the idea of 41% votes ‘in waiting’

The camp of New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong has fired shots at the former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his idea that 41 per cent of the votes he got in the 2024 elections is awaiting him in the 2028 elections.

According to Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, spokesperson for the Ken Agyapong campaign, those remarks by Dr Bawumia are warped logic.

He emphasised that the idea of some 41 per cent of votes in waiting is flawed and illogical.

Kwasi Kwarteng noted that with that logic, the National Democratic Congress will also claim they have 56 per cent of the votes in waiting.

Ken Agyapong’s campaign spokesperson in a post on X shared,  “The idea of some 41 per cent votes ‘in waiting’ is not only flawed but illogical.

By this same reasoning, the NDC could also claim 56 per cent ‘in waiting’”.

His reaction comes after Dr Bawumia called on the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes cast for him and the NPP in the 2024 elections.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

“I’ve also had the privilege of serving as Vice President and supporting the President and government in our last administration with ideas that have significantly impacted the lives of millions of our people”, Dr Bawumia said.

“The NPP and Ghana are demanding a leader who embodies deep intellect, humility, respect for all persons, unity, courage, foresight, and resilience. As the NPP seeks a leader who represents the character of this party’s tradition and the values of our forebears, I, Mahamudu Bawumia, offer myself to lead the party into the 2028 elections,” he said.

Also, Kwasi Kwarteng launched a scathing attack on the former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

According to a statement issued by Kwasi Kwarteng Esq, spokesperson for the Ken Agyapong campaign on Thursday, August 28,  Dr Bawumia is being projected as an establishment choice in the NPP’s upcoming presidential primaries.

Ken Agyapong camp boldly stated that under Dr Bawumia’s watch, the NPP recorded its worst results in history in the 2024 elections.

They further added that the official social media account of NPP only streaming Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s filing of nomination was a betrayal.

Parts of Kwasi Kwarteng’s statement read, “The use of the official party’s social media handles to stream only DMB’s nomination filing is a betrayal of the very unity our national leadership claims to preach”.

“Under his watch, we recorded the worst results in our party’s history: a 31% drop in national votes, a 16% decline in northern votes, a 33% fall in southern votes, and virtually no support from the Zongo communities,” he stated.

Kwarteng added, “At such a time, the priority should be rebuilding a stronger, united party to restore hope and confidence. Instead, leadership continues to impose the very candidate under whom we suffered these losses, shamelessly projecting him as the ‘establishment choice’ by giving him undue advantages and platforms.”

“If this continues, leadership should not be surprised when other candidates begin to take their destiny into their own hands. The grassroots will not be forced into silence while the future of the party is mortgaged for one individual. Never!”

Meanwhile, the NPP’s Presidential Elections Committee has confirmed that five aspirants have completed and submitted their nomination forms.

The five include,

  • Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong
  • Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong
  • Hon. Dr. Bryan Acheampong
  • H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
  • Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum

Also, the NPP will be holding their internal elections on Saturday, January 31, 2026, to select a flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.

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“My vision is to expand the Ghanaian economy through rich ideas” – Dr Bawumia

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“My vision is to expand the Ghanaian economy through rich ideas” – Dr Bawumia

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President and NPP presidential candidate hopeful, has shared his vision for Ghana with the NPP delegates after he filed his nomination to contest in the NPP’s presidential primaries.

The former vice president revealed his vision is to expand the Ghanaian economy through his rich ideas.

According to Dr Bawumia, his vision includes a revamp of Ghana’s tax system to include a flat tax system for individuals, corporations, and imports.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “My vision is to expand the Ghanaian economy through rich ideas that provide incentives and measures, such as a flat tax system for individuals, corporations, and imports, and an enabling environment for businesses to thrive and accelerate the pace of job creation for the youth of this country.

My vision is to introduce measures that will reduce the cost of living for the average Ghanaian and provide support for the vulnerable. My vision is to adopt a constituency-based development and budgeting framework in which local people benefit”.

Dr Bawumia, delivering his speech, also urged his fellow aspirants in the party’s flagbearership to focus their guns on the John Mahama-led government, not him.

According to Dr Bawumia, the NPP’s true opponent is the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and not those within the NPP.

He added, “We need unity to win, and I promise you that, just as you have known me to be, I would not do anything to bring division or conflict within the party. If there were to be anyone to create problems in the NPP, it wouldn’t be Dr. Bawumia”.

The NPP flagbearer hopeful urged his fellow aspirant in the party’s flagbearership race to direct their energies towards holding the NDC government.

Dr Bawumia added, “What the NPP and Ghana need is a strong party that can hold the government accountable for its promises. Bawumia has always done that and will do that as flagbearer,”

“For the various candidates contesting for flagbearership, I ask: won’t Ghana and the NPP be better off if instead of focusing your guns on Bawumia, you focus on holding the Government accountable to show that you can lead the NPP in holding the NDC accountable? Won’t Ghana and the NPP be better off if instead of attacking each other, you focus on selling a vision for the Party and the Country?” he queried.

“Our true opponent is not within. Our true opponent is out there! We need unity to win. I promise you that just as you have known me to be, I would not do anything to bring division or conflict within the party. If there would be anyone to create problems in the NPP, it won’t be Dr Bawumia,” he assured.

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia further added that the NPP and Ghana are demanding a leader who embodies intellect, humility and respect.

He added, “I am offering myself to be elected as flagbearer because I believe I owe a duty to this party to give her a choice to put forward the most prepared candidate for the 2028 election and the most prepared person to be President in Jan 2029”.

“In the last 16 years, I have had the privilege of joining each and every constituency at least five times, to work hard on the ground, campaign and work for the NPP. Just like the thousands of you who may not have had all the money in the world to throw at the party, all my sweat, my reputation, my knowledge and my person have been dedicated to working with you for the success of this party. As a result of this, there is no village or hamlet, no city or town where Mahamudu Bawumia’s face and name are not known”.

Dr Bawumia further called on the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes in the 2024 elections.

He added, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

“I’ve also had the privilege of serving as Vice President and supporting the President and government in our last administration with ideas that have significantly impacted the lives of millions of our people”, Dr Bawumia said.

“The NPP and Ghana are demanding a leader who embodies deep intellect, humility, respect for all persons, unity, courage, foresight, and resilience. As the NPP seeks a leader who represents the character of this party’s tradition and the values of our forebears, I, Mahamudu Bawumia, offer myself to lead the party into the 2028 elections,” he said.

Also, Gideon Boako has said Dr Mahamudu Bawumia needs to be given another chance to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Speaking to Citi Eyewitness News, Gideon Boako, the Member of Parliament for Tano North stated, “The downfall of a man is never the end of his life. He is not the first to attempt the presidential seat and lose it. Others tried, they lost, they persevered with tenacity, and they were able to make it.

“He equally believes that, if Kufuor tried once, twice and made it, Akufo-Addo tried multiple times and made it, Mills tried multiple times and made it, John Mahama also tried multiple times and made it, why should he sit back?

“He also thinks God will be on his side. He will try again, and he can make it such that he can deliver to Ghana what he thinks God has given him,” he stated.

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CenPOA boss slams Asiedu Nketiah over his galamsey remark

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CenPOA boss slams Asiedu Nketiah over his galamsey remark

The Executive Director of the Centre for Public Opinion and Awareness (CenPOA), Michael Donyina Mensah, has slammed the NDC Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, following his recent comment on the declaration of a state of emergency on galamsey.

According to the CenPOA boss, he disagrees with Asiedu Nketiah, who said a state of emergency on galamsey was needless.

He asserted that the declaration of a state of emergency cannot be completely ruled out if it can help address the galamsey menace.

The CenPOA boss stated, “I disagree with Asiedu Nketiah, and I believe he was engaging in politics. In the run-up to the 2024 elections, some leading members of the NDC supported the call for a state of emergency, and the party never opposed it. Only rejecting it now that they are in power smacks of political expediency”.

“Galamsey is not only destroying our environment but also taking lives. You would be surprised at the number of lives lost through illegal mining”.

“We lost eight gallant and noble citizens through the helicopter crash due to galamsey. Are we going to allow greed for money to destroy our water bodies and forest reserves?” he questioned.

Also, Professor Eric Abavare, the President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has said he is shocked to the marrow about the remarks made by the Johnson Asiedu Nketiah.

According to the KNUST UTAG President, John Asiedu Nketiah, comments on the declaration of a state of emergency on galamsey are reckless.

In a Facebook post in reaction to Asiedu Nketia’s comment, the UTAG president wrote, “I am shocked to the marrow about the recent reckless statement by the  Chairman of NDC, Mr Asiedu Nketiah, aka General Mosquito, regarding the galamsey fight on Channel One TV face to face program.

I am shocked because he decrys calling a state of emergency as suspending the constitution in those galamsey-affected areas. My question to him, Mr Nketia, is, was he in Ghana when the state of emergency was called in Bawku?  Was the Constitution also not suspended then?”.

According to the UTAG President, the NDC has changed its stance on the declaration of a state of emergency on galamsey.

“Before the general election,  was calling the state of emergency not the position of the NDC? Not too long ago, we heard the President of Ghana, HE John Dramani Mahama, calling for the same thing. Since when did the calling of a state of emergency become a constitutional breach and the NDC Chairman change that position of his party and the President’s against galamsey fight?

So he knew this, and they were calling the erstwhile administration to do the same? What a 419 swindle of Ghanaians by the NDC Chairman”, he noted.

Prof Abavare further invoked the memory of Major Maxwell  Mahama and the eight Ghanaians who perished in the August 6 helicopter crash.

“I challenge the ghosts of Major Maxwell  Mahama and the perished eight officials that they sacrificed nothing with needless death for the cause of galamsey.

Mr Asiedu Nketia, I condemn your statement in the strongest terms possible and feel very sad too by it”, his post concluded.

Their comments comes after Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said he does not subscribe to calls from some sections of Ghanaians for the government to declare a state of emergency on galamsey.

Asiedu Nketia warn that the declaration of a state of emergency on galamsey will lead to the suspension of the constitution, which could lead to people shooting and killing at will.

According to Asiedu Nketia, illegal mining is a pressing issue, and the government is working to find solutions to it.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on Tuesday, August 26, Asiedu Nketia detailed, “Work is being done about the galamsey fight, and we hope to be able to find solutions to it. But I don’t subscribe to the declaration of the state of emergency as other people are suggesting. In your frustration, you can call for certain measures that, when we begin implementing, you may live to regret”.

“If you intend to deal with galamsey and you declare a state of emergency, it means you have suspended the constitution. People can shoot and kill at will. How will you be sure that those who are shooting and killing are the ones fighting galamsey? That is another matter,” he noted.

The NDC chairman further called on the public to propose constructive and sustainable solutions to the fight against illegal.

Asiedu Nketia emphasised that the fight against illegal mining must be deep-rooted in the rule of law rather than measures that will undermine Ghana’s democracy.

NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before Akwatia by-election – Mussa Dankwah

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NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before Akwatia by-election – Mussa Dankwah

Mussa Dankwah, the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, has revealed that the NDC parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia by-election has overtaken the NPP’s candidate three days to the election.

According to the new polls by the Global Info Analytics Bernard B. Baidoo, the NDC candidate’s lead has been propelled by voters who want development and SHS and tertiary voters.

In the poll, Bernard B. Baidoo the NDC candidate’s lead with 53% and Asumadu of the NPP with 47%.

Mussa Dankwah, in a post on X on Friday, August 29, wrote, “ NDC’s Baidoo overtakes NPP’s Asumadu 3 days before the crucial polls for the main opposition in Akwatia. Baidoo’s lead is propelled by voters who want development and SHS, and tertiary voters who preferred Baidoo my larger margin.

Using the committed model, which is likely to be minimum vote for Baidoo, the NDC candidates leads with 53% and Solomon K Asumadu of the NPP 47%”.

Also, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State for Government Communications, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is confident of victory in the upcoming September 2 poll at Akwatia.

He revealed the party is determined to honour the late Defence Minister and NDC Elections Director, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah.

Felix Kwakye added that Dr Omane Boamah, before his passing, started laying down work for the NDC to win the Akwatia seat.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV, Felix Kwakye Ofosu stated, “We all miss Dr Omane Boamah. We all know that before he passed on, rather unceremoniously, so tragically, he had started laying down blockworks for a resounding victory in Akwatia.

“So, in his memory, we will carry out the plan that he laid out, and we will build on it and add more impetus to it and ensure that we fine-tune it to deliver victory for us in Akwatia”.

He added, “We will win the Akwatia seat so that the people of the constituency will enjoy all the benefits others properly represented in parliament are enjoying. So, we are confident of victory”.

Also, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has assured the Oseawuohene that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not disappoint them if they vote for them to win the Akwatia by-election.

Chief of Staff Julius Debrah led a high-powered delegation from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to storm the Akwatia ahead of the by-election.

The NDC bigwigs, led by Julius Debrah, visited the Oseawuo Division of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional State in the Eastern Region.

Also, the NDC Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, stormed Akwatia to campaign for the NDC candidate.

Meanwhile, Kwame Owiredu, the NPP spokesperson for the party’s campaign team in the constituency, has expressed confidence in retaining the Akwatia parliamentary seat.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Akwatia on Thursday, August 28, Owiredu stated, ““It is vibrating for the NPP. The NPP is poised to retain the Akwatia seat. Even though we are mourning our late MP Hon Ernest Kumi, we are still poised and determined to keep the seat and the grounds bear witness to this assertion”.

“Almost everybody is saying we are retaining the seat in Akwatia, and it is very important because this particular vote is a vote to vindicate and honour the name of Ernest Yaw Kumi,” he stated.

The NPP is seeking to retain the seat following the demise of their Member of Parliament, Ernest Kumi, leaving the seat vacant.

However, the NDC, on the other hand, is mounting a challenge with a better representation for Akwatia.

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“Bryan Acheampong has to be arrested” – Peace Watch Ghana

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“Bryan Acheampong has to be arrested” – Peace Watch Ghana

Madam Nyonkopa Daniels, the Executive Director of Peace Watch Ghana, has said the Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, must be arrested and prosecuted.

According to the Peace Watch Ghana Executive Director, Bryan Acheampong must be disqualified from vying for the position of President of Ghana.

The Peace Watch director asserted that it is dangerous for delegates of the NPP to elect someone who influences delegates with money, which he has now turned around to describe as incompetent.

Madam Nyonkopa Daniels stated, “I don’t hate Bryan Acheampong. I am not a supporter of Bawumia, Kennedy Agyapong, or any other candidate. I am a Ghanaian and CEO of Peace Watch Ghana, and I am worried that someone who publicly admits to influencing voters is seeking to be elected as a candidate and later elected president.

“The NPP should be wise because Bryan Acheampong does not even deserve to be elected a leader of a political party,” she said in an interview.

“For someone who claims to have sponsored a candidate who he is today accusing of being incompetent, it shows he is not fit to lead his party and the country. If the NPP elects him as a candidate, doom will come upon the country.

“Bryan has to be arrested. Where did he get the money to pay to the delegates? He ought to be investigated because giving people money to influence their votes is a criminal offense.”

His comments come on the heels of Dr Bryan Aceampong’s shocking revelation that he personally financed the former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to become the NPP’s flagbearer.

According to Bryan Acheampong, Dr Bawumia did not contribute a penny during the 2024 presidential primaries in the Eastern Region.

He further stated that he funded Bawumia’s 2024 elections more than he even funded former president Akufo-Addo in the past.

Speaking to some members of the NPP, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “Dr Bawumia’s primaries in 2023, he did not contribute a penny to the Eastern Region. I paid every single penny for him to become the flagbearer of this party. He didn’t pay a penny, and it is a fact.

In the 2024 elections, I funded Dr. Bawumia more than I even funded Akufo-Addo. I am happy that two-thirds of the people here are from the Eastern Region”, he boldly added.

Meanwhile, Dr Bryan Acheampong has said he has come under a barrage of attacks.

In a statement dated Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Dr Bryan Aceampong revealed he is focused despite attacks and a misleading video linking him to the Mamprusi-Kusasi conflict.

He urged supporters to avoid personal attacks, emphasising unity and ideas over division.

According to Bryan Aceampong, there has been misinformation and personal attacks against him.

Part of his statement read, “Yes, I have come under a barrage of attacks. Falsehoods have been spread about me.

“Fake materials have been shared to question my character. But through it all, I remain focused, not on retaliation, but on restoration,” Acheampong said.

“We are building something far greater than a campaign. We are building a movement to unite and rebuild our beloved New Patriotic Party,” he noted.

Dr. Bryan Acheampong’s statement concluded by saying, “Together, we unite. Together, we rebuild”.

Also, Dr Bryan Acheampong has said the statement he made, widely regarded as a tribal statement against Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, was factual.

According to Dr Bryan Acheampong, the statements were facts he was sharing with some NPP party members.

Dr Bryan Acheampng is quoted by GHONE TV to have said, “The so-called tribal statements I made were facts I was sharing with party people”.

Dr Bryan Acheampong, in a separate video revealed he personally financed the NPP’s campaign in the Eastern Region during the 2024 election season.

According to Bryan Acheampong, he funded the party’s campaign activities by giving each NPP polling station executive in November, numbering about 26,000, GHS 2 million each.

Dr Bryan Acheampong further revealed that he also financed 33 parliamentary candidates in the Eastern region with GH¢100,000 every month from May to October.

In a viral video sighted Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “In 2020, we were in government, so nobody needed my money. But in 2024, the regional chairman and the regional secretary are here, in the Eastern Region, except for about six MPs who were financially independent. I gave each of the remaining parliamentary candidates GH¢100,000”.

“It was from May to October — May, June, July, August, September, October. In November, my regional chairman and regional secretary can bear witness, we have 26,000 polling station executives in the Eastern Region, and I gave each of them GH¢2,000,000 in November to work with at their polling stations,” he added.

“Did Adu Boahene give the NDC $500,000 before the elections or not?” – Captain Smart quizzes

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“Did Adu Boahene give the NDC $500,000 before the elections or not?” – Captain Smart quizzes

Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, the host of Onua Maakye, has quizzed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on whether they received $500,000 from Kwabena Adu Boahene before the 2024 elections.

According to Captain Smart, Kwabena Adu Boahene bought new cars during that period, questioning the whereabouts of those cars.

The outspoken broadcaster challenged the NDC to tell Ghanaians whether they took $500,000 and the whereabouts of the four cars.

Speaking on the Onua Maakye program on Onua TV, Captain Smart questioned, “ I’m about to throw a third bomb. JB, have you heard about the name of Kwabena Adu Boahene, who has been accused by the Attorney General of purchasing 27 houses?”

“Did he give the NDC $500,000 before the elections, or did he not give them? Did the NDC take $500,000 from Kwabena Adu Boahene or not?”, he added.

Captain Smart further added, “He [Adu Boahene] procured four cars, and who received those tier rubber cars? Who kept custody of those cars, and where are those cars now?”

“And who took delivery of the $500,000? Did he give four cars, and where are the cars? Did he pay $500,000, and who took delivery of that money? There’s a question, but I have internationally kept it this way”.

However, Dr Rashid Tanko-Computer, the Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), denied taking money from the National Signals Bureau.

Speaking on JOY News, Dr Rashid Tanko-Computer stated, “On authority, I am telling you the NDC has nothing to do with what came out from that story. You see, when they are talking about opposition, they know the opposition they were talking about.

He knows it and everybody knows it, even those people who are referring to help them in their recent demonstrations, you know, their partners, that is what he was referring to, and I am sure everybody would have seen that”.

He added, “No right-thinking person will believe my arch-opponent will give me resources to defeat him in an election, does it make sense?

Meanwhile, Captain Smart on his show also launched a scathing attack on President John Dramani Mahama’s ministers.

The outspoken broadcaster confidently emphasised that apart from President John Mahama, none of his ministers have achieved anything meaningful after eight months in office.

Speaking on his show, Onua Maakye Captain Smart stated, “Come and sit here and tell me you are doing something. Eight solid months. Yesterday, I told JB something, and he was just staring at my face.

In a communication, there is something we call silent communication, non-verbal communication, which is how people call it. The nonverbal communication you looking at the person’s face, focusing on their facial expressions”. 

Captain Smart boldly added, “I told them that now eight years is over and former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is sitting at home, and now, 8 months have passed.

All the ministries, apart from John Mahama himself, which one of them has brought something important for Ghanaians to discuss? Not even one,” he argued on his show”.

However, President John Dramani Mahama has told his ministerial appointees that Ghanaians expect the NDC government to deliver, and they must deliver without any excuses but with results.

According to John Mahama, he did not select them to occupy spaces but to solve problems.

He further asserted that the business-as-usual approach will not work, and indeed, it must be buried once and for all.

Speaking at the opening of a four-day Executive Leadership Programme for Ministerial Appointees on Thursday, April 24, 2025, President Mahama stated, “You were not appointed to occupy space. You were appointed to solve problems,” Mahama stated. “The Ghanaian people expect us to deliver. And we must – not with excuses, but with results.”

“We’re not here simply to orient ministers. We’re here to shape a collective mindset”, he added.

John Mahama further warned, “The business-as-usual approach will not work. Indeed, it is dead and we must bury it once and for all”.

“Our young people are tired of waiting interminably. Our farmers, our workers, our entrepreneurs… want to live in dignity and prosperity”

“Please remember, when any of us fall short, I will not hesitate to act,” Mahama added.

President Mahama further cautioned that accountability would not be compromised under his leadership.

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AG’s office has not lost any evidence in the Adu-Boahene trial – Deputy AG

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AG’s office has not lost any evidence in the Adu-Boahene trial – Deputy AG

Justice Srem Sai, the Deputy Attorney-General, has debunked rumours that the Attorney-General’s office has lost evidence in the ongoing criminal trial of the Republic v Adu-Boahene.

According to the Deputy Attorney-General, as of June 18, 2025, the Attorney-General’s office had filed all the documents which it intended to rely on to prove the charges against the four accused persons.

The deputy Attorney-General in a post on Facebook wrote, “As of June 18, we had filed all the documents which we intend to rely on to prove the charges against the 4 accused persons in the case.

The documents include contracts of sale, bank wire transfer records, bank account statements, company registration documents, property ownership records and purchase receipts, INTERPOL stolen vehicle records, investigative caution statements and charge statements of each accused person, records of asset non-declaration, a flow chat of money movements through a complex web of bank accounts, and testimonies of our 3 prosecution witnesses”.

Justice Srem Sai further added, “Further, court certified copies of each of these documents have been duly served on each of the accused persons. So, it is not even realistic that the documents could be lost so as to jeopardise the prosecution of the case”.

The Deputy AG further revealed the current state of the trial, “ Before the start of the legal vacation on July 31, the first of our 3 prosecution witnesses had completed testifying and had been cross-examined by the lawyers of 3 of the 4 Accused Persons”.

He added that the Republic v Adu-Boahene criminal trial will resume in earnest in mid-October when the courts return from the legal vacation.

Kwabena Adu Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and one other have been charged by the state for stealing, defrauding by false pretences, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit a crime.

According to the charge sheet, Kwabena Adu Boahene, his wife stole state funds to the tune of GHc 49 million.

The Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, filed 11 charges against Kwabena Adu-Boahene and three others at the High Court in Accra.

“The charges filed against the accused persons included: stealing, contrary to Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); conspiracy to steal, contrary to Sections 23(1) and 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960; and defrauding by false pretences, contrary to Section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

Some of the other charges against them are: wilfully causing financial loss to the state, contrary to Section 179A(3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); using public office for profit, contrary to Section 179C(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); and collaboration to commit a crime, to wit, using public office for profit, contrary to Section 179C(b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)”.

Kwabena Adu Boahene and three others reported to the Accra High Court as the trial of the alleged stealing of GH¢49 million on July 18, as their trial began.

This comes following the High Court in Accra throwing out the former National Signals Bureau Director General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and three others’ request seeking access to documents dating from 1992.

Adu-Boahene and the three others were asking, among other things, for a “further order that the Attorney-General should make full disclosure and produce for inspection and make copies of the various National Security Coordinators’ special operations accounts.”

The accounts consist of the governments of Presidents Rawlings (1992 to 2001), Kufuor (2001 to 2009), Atta Mills (2009 to 2012), Mahama (2012 to 2017), Akufo-Addo (2017 to 2025) and Mahama (2025 to date).

Meanwhile, the High Court in Accra has partially dismissed an application for further disclosures filed by counsel for the first and second accused persons.

Lawyer for the Kwabena Adu-Boahen, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, and the fourth accused filed a motion seeking disclosure of several documents, including the bill of lading for a BMW vehicle.

However, Dr Justice Srem-Sai opposed the motion, describing it as legally misinformed.

“This court orders the Ghana Police Service to directly provide all relevant information in their possession concerning the BMW 740D with chassis number J020CM11428 to the defence team,” the judge ruled.

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“Campaigns with decorum, unity, and mutual respect” – Afenyo-Markin urges NPP flagbearer aspirants 

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“Campaigns with decorum, unity, and mutual respect” – Afenyo-Markin urges NPP flagbearer aspirants 

Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader, has urged all five New Patriotic Party (NPP) aspirants to campaign with decorum, unity, and mutual respect.

The minority leader in a post on Facebook congratulated all five aspirants who have successfully filed their nominations to contest.

Afenyo Markin, in his post, wrote, “ I extend my warm congratulations to all five (5) Presidential Aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP: Development in Freedom)  who have successfully filed and submitted their nomination forms. This is an important step in deepening our internal democracy and strengthening the party’s traditions.

As we move into the next phase of the process, I urge all aspirants and their supporters to conduct their campaigns with decorum, unity, and mutual respect. Let us avoid divisive tendencies and remain focused on the bigger goal of building a stronger NPP and advancing our national development.

Indeed, the ELEPHANT is a winning symbol!”, he concluded.

Also, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President and NPP presidential candidate hopeful, has told his fellow aspirants in the party’s flagbearership to focus their guns on the John Mahama-led government, not him.

According to Dr Bawumia, the NPP’s true opponent is the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and not those within the NPP.

Speaking to thousands of NPP supporters after submitting his nomination forms for the NPP’s presidential primaries on August 28, 2025, Dr Bawumia stated, “We need unity to win, and I promise you that, just as you have known me to be, I would not do anything to bring division or conflict within the party. If there were to be anyone to create problems in the NPP, it wouldn’t be Dr. Bawumia”.

The NPP flagbearer hopeful urged his fellow aspirant in the party’s flagbearership race to direct their energies towards holding the NDC government.

Dr Bawumia added, “What the NPP and Ghana need is a strong party that can hold the government accountable for its promises. Bawumia has always done that and will do that as flagbearer,”

“For the various candidates contesting for flagbearership, I ask: won’t Ghana and the NPP be better off if instead of focusing your guns on Bawumia, you focus on holding the Government accountable to show that you can lead the NPP in holding the NDC accountable? Won’t Ghana and the NPP be better off if instead of attacking each other, you focus on selling a vision for the Party and the Country?” he queried.

“Our true opponent is not within. Our true opponent is out there! We need unity to win. I promise you that just as you have known me to be, I would not do anything to bring division or conflict within the party. If there would be anyone to create problems in the NPP, it won’t be Dr Bawumia,” he assured.

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia further added that the NPP and Ghana are demanding a leader who embodies intellect, humility and respect.

He added, “I am offering myself to be elected as flagbearer because I believe I owe a duty to this party to give her a choice to put forward the most prepared candidate for the 2028 election and the most prepared person to be President in Jan 2029”.

“In the last 16 years, I have had the privilege of joining each and every constituency at least five times, to work hard on the ground, campaign and work for the NPP. Just like the thousands of you who may not have had all the money in the world to throw at the party, all my sweat, my reputation, my knowledge and my person have been dedicated to working with you for the success of this party. As a result of this, there is no village or hamlet, no city or town where Mahamudu Bawumia’s face and name are not known”.

Dr Bawumia further called on the NPP delegates to vote for him to build on the 42% of valid votes in the 2024 elections.

He added, “I owe this party a duty, that if we are to win 2028, we ought not to start afresh from zero. Instead, we ought to build on the nearly 42% of valid votes and work to cross the 50% mark in the next election”.

“I’ve also had the privilege of serving as Vice President and supporting the President and government in our last administration with ideas that have significantly impacted the lives of millions of our people”, Dr Bawumia said.

“The NPP and Ghana are demanding a leader who embodies deep intellect, humility, respect for all persons, unity, courage, foresight, and resilience. As the NPP seeks a leader who represents the character of this party’s tradition and the values of our forebears, I, Mahamudu Bawumia, offer myself to lead the party into the 2028 elections,” he said.

Meanwhile, the NPP’s Presidential Elections Committee has confirmed that five aspirants have completed and submitted their nomination forms.

The five include,

  • Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong
  • Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong
  • Hon. Dr. Bryan Acheampong
  • H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
  • Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum

Also, the NPP will be holding their internal elections on Saturday, January 31, 2026, to select a flagbearer for the 2028 general elections.

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