Dates for Ghana Premier League Outstanding fixtures announced
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced dates for the six outstanding matches in the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League (GPL). Aduana Stars’ match-day one fixture against Accra Hearts of Oak is billed for Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2020 at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park in Dormaa. The fixture was delayed due to the mandatory Coronavirus test […]
EU commends Ghana for peaceful election but identifies procedural gaps
The European Union Election Observation Mission to Ghana, says the country’s general election was organized in an efficient and transparent manner and voters participated freely, but there were gaps, identifying the misuse of state resources as their main concern. A preliminary report by the EU identified some of the gaps as the constantly increasing costs […]
10th December, 2020
The Ghanaian Times commends the Electoral Commission and the political parties for a peaceful and successful general election. It gives credit to the EC for the fact that there were no long queues at most of the polling stations at 5p.m. The paper however condemn the two main political parties NPP and NDC for claiming […]
President Akufo-Addo promises to pursue government of national unity
President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo has extended an olive branch to the NDC and other political parties to work together with government following his election for a second four-year term in the December polls. He said the results of the parliamentary election is a clear indication that Ghanaians want both the NDC and NPP MPs to work […]
NCCE congratulates Akufo-Addo on his re-election
The National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE has congratulated President Akufo-Addo on his re-election for a second tenure. In a statement, the Commission however calls on victors of the 2020 polls to be decorous and measured in their celebration, so as not to provoke their opponents. NCCE also commended Election Stakeholders including the EC, the […]
NDC rejects presidential election results
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the declaration of President Akufo-Addo as winner of the presidential polls by the Electoral Commission. At a news conference in Accra, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, described the declaration by the EC as flawed, and one that would not be accepted by the NDC. He announced that the […]