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Source: classfmonline.com
PPP's victory shows our laws are working – Ayariga
The court victory by the Progressive People's Party (PPP) against the Electoral Commission on Friday, 28 October, shows "ours laws are working", flag bearer of the All People's Congress (APC)Hassan Ayariga has said.
" … We congratulate the lawyers of the PPP and the court for doing the right thing. We want to promote multiparty democracy and not to destroy it. The EC must act properly because their credibility is in question now," Mr Ayariga told Naa Dedei Tettey on 12Live minutes after the court quashed the EC's disqualification of Dr Nduom from the 2016 presidential race.
"Clearly this is all that we have all been asking for. There's a period of opening of nominations and it has to be gazetted. ... The EC didn't do that … and in the CI 94, there are clauses that state that you must give the candidates the opportunity to make corrections…"
Meanwhile, Dr Nduom himself has welcomed the ruling by the Accra High Court which nullified his disqualification from the 2016 presidential race.
According to the court, the Electoral Commission should have given Dr Nduom an opportunity to correct anomalies on his nomination form before disqualifying him.
Speaking exclusively to Class News' Kwesi Parker-Wilson shortly after the court ruling, Dr Nduom said: "It's not a great moment for me, but it's a great moment for democracy and for our human rights".
Dr Nduom was part of 13 aspirants disqualified from contesting in the elections over alleged illegalities on their nomination forms.
Dr Nduom, according to the EC, was disqualified because "the number of subscribers to his forms did not meet the requirements of Regulation 7 (2) (b) of CI 94. The details are as follows:
- One subscriber Richard Aseda ('Asida' on the Voters' Register), with Voter ID no 7812003957) endorsed the forms in two different districts (pages 21 and 39).
The subscriber was found to be on the Voter's Register in one district thereby disqualifying his second subscription and reducing the total number of subscribers to below the minimum required by the Law.
The same subscriber (Richard Aseda ('Asida') endorsed the form with different signatures in both portions of the nomination form. This raises questions as to the legitimacy of one or both signatures.
We will refer the matter of the possible forgery of the signature(s) to the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney
General for investigation and prosecution in line with the following sections of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29):
Section 211: Perjury
Section 248: making false declaration etc. for office or voting;
Section 251: Deceiving a public officer
Section 256: Corruption, Intimidation and impersonation in respect of election."
The PPP took the case to court seeking "an order directed against the 1st respondent in her capacity as returning officer for presidential elections to grant the applicant the opportunity to amend and alter the one anomaly found in his nomination papers as well as accept his nomination papers as amended or altered to enable him contest as a presidential candidate for the 7th December 2016 elections."
The court said the EC did not give the PPP a fair opportunity to amend mistakes on their nomination forms.
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PPP Flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom
An Accra High Court has moved a case filed by the Progressive People's Party (PPP) that sought to among other things,restrain the EC from proceeding with balloting for position of presidential candidates for the December 7 elections to October, 25.
The party sued the EC at the High Court over the decision to disqualify it's presidential aspirant, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the December 7 presidential election.
[contextly_sidebar id="yTWaTDWeodCmJoeRstoxck7gMDqNSuQ6″]The PPP was seeking "an order of prohibition to restrain the EC from proceeding with balloting for position of presidential candidates for the 7th December elections.
The plaintiff was also seeking"…a further order directed against the 1st Respondent in her capacity as Returning Officer for Presidential elections to grant the Applicant the opportunity to amend and alter the one anomaly found in his nomination papers as well as accept his nomination papers as amended or altered to enable him contest as a Presidential Candidate for the 7th December 2016 elections."
"And for such order or further as to this Honourable Court may deem fit."
The suit has Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom as the exparte applicant, with Madam Charlotte Osei the EC Chairperson as the 1st Respondent, and the Electoral Commission as the 2nd Respondent.
The writ said "Hon. J. Ayikoi Otoo, Counsel for and on behalf of the applicant, will move this Honourable Court praying for an order for Judicial Review by way of Certiorari to bring to this Court the decision of the Respondents dated 10th October, 2016, which disqualified the Applicant as a Presidential Candidate for the 2016 General Elections, for purposes of having same quashed upon the grounds of… (1) Breach of the rules of natural justice (2) Error apparent on the face of the record and (3) Failing to live the requirement as imposed by law."
Dr. Nduom was disqualified together with 12 other presidential aspirants for failing to fill their forms correctly.
Prior to this court action, Dr. Nduom had met with the EC boss to get her to rescind her decision, but the meeting ended with no hope for the renowned entrepreneur who was making a third and last attempt at the presidency.
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Politics November 30, 2020 Stephen
The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice El-Freda Denkyi has dismissed an application filed by Marricke Kofi Gane to quash his disqualification from the December 2020 election as an Independent Presidential candidate.
The court in its judgment said the applicant has no equitable or legal rights that the court must protect by way of granting his application.
The court argued that from October 29 when the applicant filed his case, it was 10 days after his disqualification and 14 days to the election when the case came up for hearing on November 23.
The court said granting the application will breach a constitutional mandate and the public would be denied their rights to chose their leader.
The court said the applicant does not deserve any of the reliefs he sought and also the fact that all provisions have been made by the EC ahead of the elections, hence dismissed the application.
The applicant who was one of the candidates disqualified from the race by the Electoral Commission (EC) on grounds of alleged forgery was seeking an order through Certiorari.
Not satisfied with the decision, he filed an application for Certiorari in the nature of a judicial review, asking the High Court to invoke its supervisory jurisdiction against the EC's decision to disqualify him from the 2020 polls.
The applicant through his lawyer Nurideen Saeed was seeking an order of Certiorari to quash the EC's decision to disqualify him.
He was asking the court to order the EC to allow him time to correct all the infractions he was said to have committed.
The applicant was also seeking an order compelling the EC to include his name on the presidential ballots and also stop the EC from going ahead to print the ballots until his name is included.
Moving his application through his Lawyer Nurudeen Saeed, he argued that, his was not given the opportunity to be heard on the alleged case of forgery and improprieties against him.
He contended that, even though the EC said they have referred the matter to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police service, neither he nor his supporters have been invited for questioning.
He argued that such a move is in breach of natural justice and prayed the court to order the EC to put his client's name on the presidential ballot of the 2020 ballot paper.
Rebutting to claims by the EC lawyers that, the court cannot make any declaration in the nature of what the applicant was asking because the court doesn't have the nomination form to make proper judgment, he said, respondent has tied the hands of the applicant by keeping his nomination form from him and want to profit from same.
EC response
The EC led by lawyer Justice Amenuvor while arguing their case on the point of law contended that, a Certiorari application does not act as an automatic grant, but a discretionary in nature.
According to the EC, the court cannot make the said orders or declarations that the applicant is asking the court to because the court does not have the said nomination forms to understand what actually happened.
It cited various authorities including the Papa Kwesi Ndoum case against the EC in the run-up to the 2016 polls.
He, therefore, prayed the court to dismiss the application in its entirety.
Marricke Kofi Gane invoked the High Court's supervisory jurisdiction in an application for review of the EC's decision to disqualify him from the 2020 polls.
Mr. Gane was disqualified in October together with four others and further accused of associating with forgery.
The EC's technical team found that a number of the signatures endorsing his form had a similar pattern.
According to the commission, police subsequently came to the conclusion that a number of the signatures endorsing his forms were fake.
He also wants the Court to restrain the Commission from printing the ballot papers for the Presidential poll without his name on it.
Source: Kasapafmonline.com
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Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng
Mr Marricke Kofi Gane. Image credit - Koaci
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Instead of complaining about politicians, he has decided to be one and try to make a difference.
Last week, there was quite a stir on social media over an announcement by Mr Marricke Gane, a chartered accountant, that he intended to run in the 2020 presidential election as an independent candidate.
Whilst it generated some excitement among some people who welcomed the 'fresh air' away from what they called the 'duopoly' of the NPP and NDC, others rolled their eyes and kissed their teeth, simply amused.
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Independents, neutrals and duopoly
I remember two independent presidential candidates from the 1979 presidential election.
I think Mr Diamond Addy's symbol was a fish.
The other independent, Mr Kwame Nyanteh, had a half-peeled cob of corn as his symbol, and it did look quite tantalisingly appealing.
Of course, they both campaigned.
And of course, they both trailed quite badly, scraping the bottom of the barrel. In contemporary times, my schoolmate Jacob Osei Yeboah (JOY) stood in both the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections, and in both instances, came nowhere near making an impact.
The independents clearly do not have a proud electoral record in Ghanaian presidential elections.
Our political landscape is dominated by the two major parties, the NDC and NPP.
It does not appear these parties are about to lose their grip anytime soon.
I have read from a number of self-acclaimed neutrals who say they are disenchanted with both parties, but it appears to me that this does not seem to trickle down to the voting public in sufficient numbers so as to cause a groundswell of sentiments that will translate into voting an independent candidate as President.
Yes, Dr Nkrumah's rise to power was rather unconventional, but then he rode on the back of a solid and well-oiled political machine, the Convention People's Party (CPP).
What I find most intriguing, however, is that the neutrals, who have been tearing apart the policies, ideas and practices of the NDC and NPP, and who snorted derisively that these parties' supporters who defended same were on autopilot mode, suddenly seem to be swooning over Mr Gane's mere declaration of intent in a broad statement.
Those asking questions were tagged as being nervous of an impending political tsunami.
Political parties, part of Ghanaian DNA?
I suspect political parties are built into the Ghanaian political DNA.
They were the vehicle of mobilisation for political activism during the 1950s in the run-up to independence and beyond.
And of course, when the Acheampong government proposed doing away with political parties and rather suggested Union Government as the model of governance, the people rose in anger.
I think crucially, people are careful not to 'waste' their votes for people or parties they believe have no chance of winning or even coming close to winning, unless they wish to make a statement by voting for an outsider.
So far, however, people who seek to make a political statement at elections tend not to vote at all, and both the NDC and NPP have suffered from this nonchalance in their strongholds.
We need to do better
We have many governance challenges and weak institutions.
The political class must do better to inspire public confidence on several fronts, ranging from constitutional reform, corruption, law enforcement to party funding, among others.
And I accept that in all of this, leadership is essential.
Whilst they have had their challenges, civil society groups and the media have played huge roles in whatever modest gains we have had in the 4th Republic.
Other countries effectively have a two-party system and are making progress.
The problem is not a duopoly. It is far deeper than that.
Welcome, Mr Gane
Our politics is not only multi-party, but multi-candidate. Of course, Mr Gane has every right to stand for President.
I welcome him into the bear pit of the Ghanaian politics, where there are no sacred cows, where every word and action of any serious presidential candidate are subjected to the most intense scrutiny under a microscope.
I honestly believe he will not win and will make no significant impact beyond his predecessor independent presidential candidates.
But his decision is a courageous one.
I am sure he has the requisite thick skin, and I wish him well.
Writer's E-mail: rodboat@yahoo.com
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Kofi Gane's application against EC's disqualification thrown out
Electoral Commission (EC)
An Accra High Court has dismissed an application filed by Marricke Kofi Gane, an independent presidential candidate who challenged his disqualification by the Electoral Commission
The presidential aspirant asked the court to compel the commission to add his name to the presidential ballot as a candidate.
The court presided over by Mrs. Justice Elfreda Denkyi in a ruling said Gane delayed in filing his application before it.
The court further said in scale of balance of convenience, the general public would be denied their right to candidates of their choice should the application be granted in view the situation at hand, adding that Gane had no right to be protected.
According to the court, Gane was also not entitled to any of the reliefs sought hence the dismissal the application.
Gane was disqualified from the presidential race by Electoral (EC) on grounds of alleged forgery.
Dissatisfied with the EC's decision, he filed an application for Certiorari in the form of a judicial review, asking the High Court to invoke its supervisory jurisdiction against the EC's decision to disqualify him from the 2020 polls.
Gane through his lawyer had argued that, he was not given the opportunity to be heard on the allegation of forgery and improprieties against him.
The applicant contended that, even though the EC said they have referred the matter to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, neither he nor his supporters have been invited for questioning.
Counsel for the applicant argued that the move is in breach of natural justice, and prayed the court to order the EC to put his client's name on the presidential ballot for the 2020 polls.
The Electoral Commission in its response held that the court could not make any declaration in the nature of what the applicant was asking because the court do not have the nomination forms to make a proper judgment.
Counsel for the EC said, respondent has tied the hands of the applicant by keeping his nomination form from him and he cannot profit from same.
The commission contended that, a Certiorari application did not act as an automatic grant, but a discretionary one.
According to the EC, the court cannot make the said orders or declarations that the applicant is asking the court to because the court does not have the said nomination forms to understand what actually happened.
The commission therefore invited the court to dismiss the application in its entirety.
The independent presidential candidate had invoked the High Court's supervisory jurisdiction in an application for review of the EC's decision to disqualify him from the 2020 polls.
Gane was disqualified in October together with four others and was further accused of forgery.
The EC's technical team found that a number of the signatures endorsing his form had a similar pattern.
According to the commission, police subsequently came to the conclusion that a number of the signatures endorsing his forms were fake.
The applicant wanted the Court to restrain the Commission from printing the ballot papers for the Presidential poll without his name on it.
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Private legal practitioner, John Ndebugre has lauded the Electoral Commission for cracking the whip to disqualify "charlatans" from contesting the December 7 elections.
The former PNC Member of Parliament for Zibilla constituency in the Upper East region maintains the general election is a competition and its rules must be complied with. "This is a contest and in every human endeavor there are rules and regulations you must comply with. Therefore if you fail to comply, you will be excluded. The Electoral Commission took time to assign reasons for each of the disqualified candidates so I don't see why they cannot accept that, unless you look at the law and say what the EC chair said is false."
Opportunity to correct errors
Speaking to the defense put up by the affected parties that they were not given the opportunity to correct their errors before disqualification, John Ndebugre maintains the law is clear; adding the EC Chair only applied the rules. He questions why violations that border on criminalities should be dealt with by mere explanations. Some of the reasons for disqualification border on criminality, he posited, "are you telling me when you commit a criminal offense you should be called to explain? A number of them were criminal acts.
The law clearly states that you can't endorse more than one candidate. Should you be called to explain your violation? "What the law contemplates by regulation in the Constitutional Instrument (CI) 94 is minor errors like wrongly spelt names, not criminal offense as outlined by the Electoral Commission."
Lawyer Ndebugri further argues that the omissions and violations are clear indications of careless attitude that must not be entertained for the high office of the president.
He is of the view that the disqualified aspirants did not show seriousness and must face the consequence of their actions. "I think that if you want to be president of this republic, you must convince us that you are diligent and serious.
So if you ask someone to endorse you, you'll have to take responsibility to scrutinize them. "The problem is that people sit in Accra and send the forms to the regions for people to complete them anyhow and bring them for filing. Do you expect the EC to do that job of checking for you? "These electoral laws are strict liability laws, it makes you responsible. The burden shifts to the aspirant so if you just pick any body's signature then you have yourself to blame".
CI 94 regulation 4 stipulates nomination period
On the argument that regulation 9.2 of the CI 94 provides a window of opportunity to correct errors but the EC disregarded that, Lawyer Ndebugre insists the electoral body could not have done anything within the circumstances.
(2) The returning officer shall inform a candidate that the candidate's nomination is invalid where
(a) the particulars of the candidate or the persons subscribing to the nomination paper are not as required by law; or
(b) the nomination paper is not subscribed to as required by law, and shall give the candidate an opportunity to make amendments or any alteration necessary, within the stipulated nomination period."
But Ndebugre insists the window of opportunity has elapsed.
"The stipulated period of 29th and 30th September is over. Anything outside the period will be illegal even the EC does not have any jurisdiction or power to change anything.
This is because the Progressive People's Party (PPP) needlessly took the EC to court and so the EC had to put on hold the acceptance of the banker's draft and you can't use that to extend the nomination period."
He also disagreed with US-based Ghanaian Law Professor, Kweku Asare's view that the EC erred in not allowing for some corrections. "I don't think so. Prof Asare knows that the law is always interpreted in accordance with the prevailing circumstances," he states.
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Selasi KuwornuApril 15, 2019 5:56 am 2
The supreme court has stressed that nothing prevents a court from electing to hear and decide on its merit a motion that has not been moved.
In The Republic v Court of Appeal, Ex Parte: Eastern Alloys Company Limited[1], the applicant invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court seeking both certiorari and mandamus to issue against the Court of Appeal. The applicant's complaint was that (a) the Court of Appeal dismissed his application for stay of execution on the merits without hearing him (i.e. in his absence); and (b) the dismissal of the suit by the Court of Appeal amounted to a breach of the rules of natural justice.
The key issue before the Supreme Court was whether indeed there was a breach of natural justice.
The Apex Court, speaking through Atuguba JSC, unanimously dismissed the application. In the view of the Supreme Court, the Applicant's act of absenting himself without any representation by counsel even though he was aware of the hearing date of the motion amounted to a waiver of the right to a hearing. It must be noted that the respondents were represented by counsel at the hearing and called upon the court to dismiss the motion by making submissions.
The Supreme Court further pointed out that although it is the usual practice for courts to strike out applications for want of prosecution in situations where applicants fail to appear in court to move their motions, nothing prevents a judge from hearing and deciding a motion on its merits. The reason given by the apex court was that Judges, subject to particular rules, have the right to control the proceedings in their courts, including how a motion should be dealt with.
This decision is a timely reminder on the powers of the court over matters before it. It is also a timely reminder to lawyers who simply file processes just to hold the court hostage with no real intention of moving same that the court has wide and discretionary case management powers to deal with such "filibuster" applications.
[1][2007-2008]1 SCGLR 371
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By Frank Osei Nyarko On Jul 21, 2020
Founder and two-time presidential candidate of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, will not be leading the party into the December general polls.
This announcement was conveyed in a statement signed by the party's General-Secretary, Paa Kow Ackon.
The statement, however, did not disclose why the experienced politician has decided to hand his boots from rigorous party politics but encouraged all interested individuals to pick forms and contest.
"We urge all card-bearing members in good standing to take advantage of this opportunity to test the waters, determine their competitive standing, and check the general public's reactions to their potential candidature," part of the statement read.
It added an expedited and virtual selection process has been adopted for the exercise ahead of the 2020 elections.
The party further indicated its determination to improve upon past performances with the hope of being represented in Parliament.
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Posted October 31, 2016 admin
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, HELD AT ACCRA, COMMERCIAL DIVISION ON FRIDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP, ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR, ESQ., JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT SUIT NO. GT/1401/2016 THE REPUBLIC VRS 1. MRS CHARLOTTE OSEI 2. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION EX PARTE DR. PAPA KWESI NDUO RULING
I have before me an application in the nature of judicial review seeking the following reliefs: One, certiorari to bring to the court the decision of the Respondents dated the 10th of October, 2016 which disqualified the Applicant as a presidential candidate for the 2016 general elections for the purpose of having same quashed.
Two, an order of prohibition to be directed at the Respondents from proceeding with balloting for positions in the presidential elections.
And three for further orders directed against the 1st Respondent in her capacity as Returning Officer for Presidential election to grant the Applicant the opportunity to amend and alter the one anomaly found in his nomination papers as well as accept his nomination papers as amended or altered to enable him contest as a presidential candidate for the 7th of December, 2016 elections.
The ground upon which the Applicant mounts this application has been stated by him to be anchored on:
Breach of the rules of natural justice (audi alteram partem)
Error apparent on the face of the record.
As an application of this nature launched under Order 55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules C. I. 47 must of necessity be supported by an affidavit deposed to by or on behalf of the Applicant, the factual basis upon which this application has been made has fully been set out in the Applicant's affidavit of 14th October, 2016.
I find it necessary to state the essential matters relied on by the Applicant in his thirty-three (33) paragraph affidavit in support. Applicant states that he was elected at the convention of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) as its Presidential candidate to contest for the upcoming elections for 2016. That the Respondents, who are mandated by law with the responsibility for the conduct of the elections opened nominations for which he duly picked nomination forms to contest for the office of the President of the Republic.
Applicant notes that the Respondents announced that it would receive the completed nomination papers on the 29th and 30th of September, 2016 and included the specific hours that persons who had evinced intentions of contesting for the office of President were to submit the nominations papers. Applicant further claim that he dutifully followed the instructions of the Respondents and submitted his forms on the 30th of September, 2016 only to hear ten clear days later on the 10th of October, 2016 at a press conference organized by the Respondents, that he has been disqualified as a presidential candidate on the basis that his nomination papers had one subscriber endorsing Applicant's forms in two different districts; making the Respondents to conclude that Applicant did not have the requisite number of subscribers required by law to support the nomination.
To Applicant the action of the Respondent to receive the forms only within the last two days of the nomination period meant that the Respondents have denied him the right afforded him by the law to have been given a hearing before a decision was taken regarding the competence of his nomination papers and hence the prayer for the invocation of the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court.
The Respondents have ardently resisted the application of the Applicant on the ground that it is baseless and undeserving of the reliefs he seeks from the court. In her affidavit in opposition deposed to by the 1st Respondent, she claims that by law she was to provide an opportunity for amendment to forms within the nomination period and that she concedes that the Commission indicated that it would receive the nomination forms on the 29th and 30th of September, 2016; nonetheless the rules regulating the conduct of the elections states that the processes of nomination is concluded by close of day for nomination. And that the Applicant, if it was desirous of taking advantage of the rules, by having the errors on his forms pointed out to him to amend, should have disregarded the notice the Commission gave for the submission of the forms on the 29th and 30th of September and instead submit his forms earlier enough for his errors to have been pointed to him.
And besides, even if the Applicant purported to have relied on the notice issued regarding the two specific dates of 29th and 30th for the submission of his forms, then the Applicant voluntarily assumed the risk associated with the late submission of forms.
1st Respondent, again, claim that Applicant by his own showing has admitted that one subscriber subscribed in more than one district and the nomination forms of the Applicant accordingly did not comply with the law and the decision to declare as invalid the forms of the Applicant was proper and in accordance with the rules. To Respondents, the Applicant had duly been given a proper hearing which came after his disqualification wherein the Applicant admitted knowledge of the criminal subscription to his nomination form and concludes, therefore, that the Applicant had not acted fairly to deserve the exercise of the discretionary power of the court in his favour.
PRELIMINARY LEGAL OBJECTIONS
The 1st Respondent in paragraph 6 of her affidavit in opposition gave indication that the application was incompetent and had preliminary legal objections to raise. Learned counsel, in his statement of case and in his vova voce submission before the court, has raised what I deem to be a hydra headed preliminary legal objections to the propriety of the application before the court. The court can proceed to the merits of this application only after it has determined the preliminary legal objections.
The first preliminary objection raised is to the effect that the Applicant has invoked the jurisdiction of the court by the wrong process, as to counsel for Respondents, the correct process for the Applicant to have approached the court was a petition and not an application for judicial review. Counsel support his submission by Regulation 9(3) and (4) of the Public Elections Regulations, 2016 (C.I.94) which states that:
"Where candidate fails to comply with sub regulation (2), the Returning Officer shall consider the nomination paper of the candidate as invalid and shall (a) Endorse and sign on the nomination paper the reasons for that decision; and (b) Inform the Commission".
And it is after that the Commission shall take a decision on the matter within seven days. Counsel for Respondent argues that the option available to a candidate who is aggrieved by the decision of the Commission is to be found in Regulation 9(5) which states that:
"This regulation shall not prevent the validity of a nomination to be questioned on an election petition".
One needs a careful reading of the basis for the Applicant being in court in order to appreciate whether the Applicant falls within Regulation 9(5) of C. I 94 as to compel him to commence his action by petition. Respondent claim that Applicant has only invoked the jurisdiction of the court because 2nd Respondent invalidated his nomination paper, thereby disqualifying him. To appreciate the nature of this application in this manner, with respect, is to habour a limited appreciation of the entire reasons why the Applicant has ran to the court. Applicant claim or question, as far as I understand his application, that Respondent is enjoined to have given him a fair hearing before the close of nomination period, if there was one, to make any amendment or alteration necessary, to his nomination forms before any decision to disqualify him was made. If the Applicant was not alleging any procedural impropriety but only that the decision for his disqualification on the merits was wrong, then, I think, the correct procedure would have been by the mode spelt out under Regulation 9(5) of C. I. 94, that is through a petition.
It is, therefore, my view that commencing an action by way of petition spelt out in regulation 9(5) of C.I 94 is when an applicant challenges the grounds of his disqualification on the merits and not when a disqualified candidate seeks to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction because of a procedural impropriety. See the following cases: REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT (CRIMINAL DIVISION); EX PARTE FRANCIS ARTHUR (Unreported) judgment of the Supreme Court dated 28th July, 2016; J5/29/16; AWUNI v WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL [2003-2004] SCGLR 471.
Whiles writing this ruling, my attention was drawn to the case of REPUBLIC v NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION & REBECCA ADOTEY; EX PARTE GEORGE AMOO [13/7/2000] where the Court Appeal per Twumasi JA noted at page 5 of the judgment that where the legislature has provided a special procedure one cannot by pass it to litigate election results by prerogative writs. That case dealt with a party who had commenced an action by petition from the High Court all the way to the Supreme Court and whiles the final appeal was pending at the Supreme Court he decided to take the alternative route of invoking the prerogative writs of the High Court. The learned Judge correctly appreciated the issue in that case, when he stated as follows, that it was not opened to a Judge to assume fresh jurisdiction under the cloak of an application for prerogative orders in a disputed election results for which an election petition had previously been filed. That in itself amounted to an abuse of the judicial process. Ex Parte Amoo, is therefore, not an omnibus authority, to argue that this court is restrained from proceeding to examine this application as not being the right procedure for approaching the court.
The second preliminary legal objection, I glean, is that even if the Applicant had come by way of petition, his cause of action would still not have accrued, and that having recourse to the court by way of petition is available only after the conduct of the elections. Counsel supports his submission with the cases of REPUBLIC HIGH COURT, SUNYANI, EX PARTE COLLINS DAUDA (BOAKYE-BOATENG INTERESTED PARTY) [2009] SCGLR 447; REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT, KOFORIDUA, EX PARTE ASARE (BABA JAMAL, INTERESTED PARTY) [2009] SCGLR 460.
I think, again with deep respect, counsel's submission is gravely misconceived. The cases cited deals with the challenge to the validity of an election to Parliament under section 16 of the Representation of the Peoples Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284) which can only be questioned by a petition. The time for the presentation of a petition has been stated under section 18 of the said Law to be within 21 days after the publication in the Gazette of the results of the election. Counsel cannot stretch the time period given by the law under PNDCL 284 to mount a challenge questioning the validity of the election of a candidate as a member of Parliament to encompass an allegation of a challenge of a person regarding a breach of a procedural rule under C.I 94. In any case, I have found that approaching the court, as in this case as the Applicant did, is not by way of petition and the subsequent argument of needing to wait until after the elections is a non sequitor.
The third in the trilogy of the preliminary legal objections launched by counsel for the Respondents is founded on an alleged non-compliance with the formal requirements for judicial review. Counsel for respondent relies on what the Rules say an application for judicial review should comply with under Rule 4 of Order 55 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, C.I. 47 which states as follows:
"Mode of Application (1) An application for judicial review shall be made to the High Court by motion
(2) The motion shall be supported by an affidavit by or on behalf of the applicant which shall contain the following particulars:
(a) The full name, description and address for service of the applicant (b) The facts upon which the applicant relies;
(c) The relief or remedy sought by the applicant and the grounds on which he seeks the relief or remedy; and
(d) The full name, description and address for service of the person directly affected by the application".
Counsel's submission is that the above detailed information were found in the motion paper of the applicant but not in the affidavit, and this to him is fatal as the rules mandate that the information should rather be contained in the affidavit and not the motion paper as the Applicant had done.
I concede that the rules mandate an applicant to state the particulars required under Rule 4 of order 55 of C. I. 47 in the affidavit. Having put those particulars not in the affidavit but in the motion paper; what then is the net effect. Counsel for Respondent argues that this slip should lead to the dismissal of Applicant's application before the court. I am unable to accede to this invitation by counsel for Respondent for the dismissal of the application and the reasons of the court are as follows:
It is trite that where a step taken by a party to proceedings is fundamentally defective such a defect or error is beyond the curative and redemptive powers of the court. See REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT, KUMASI; EX PARTE ATUMFUWA [2000] SCGLR Beyond that the failure to strictly comply with a procedural rule will not lead to an automatic dismissal of a suit due to the saving grace of Order 81(1) of C. I. 47 which notes that the failure to comply with the requirements of the Rules, whether in respect of time, place, manner, form or content shall not nullify the proceedings. I understand the authoritative pronouncement of Dr. Date-Bah JSC in the case of REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT; EX PARTE ALLGATE CO LTD (AMALGAMATED BANK LTD) INTERESTED PARTY [2007-2008] SCGLR 1041 to mean this: that all breaches of the Rules of court are curable and may be waived by the court in the exercise of its discretion except three main irregularities that cannot be waived. These are:
A breach or a violation that borders on want of jurisdiction of the court.
A breach of a statutory provision or an enactment other than a breach of the rules of court
iii. A breach of any of the constitutional provisions. See page 1050 of the Ex Parte Allgate case supra.
The question I ask myself is does the violation that counsel for the Respondent raise falls within any of the three categories of exceptions that are beyond the curative powers of the court? The answer is a big no. Following Ex Parte Allgate the decision in Ex Parte Dr. Kofi Asare, supra followed the same jurisprudential thought. And even before the advent of the C.I 47 the Supreme Court had exercised similar functions in the case of NIKOI OLAI AMONTIA IV (SUBSTITUTED BY TAFO AMON II v AKOTIA OWORSIKA III (SUBSTITUTED BY LARYEA AYIKU III [2005-2006] SCGLR 637 where the court cited with admiration the dictum of Apaloo J.A (as he then was) in the case of ABDILMASIN v AMARFI [1972] 2 GLR 414 at 422 as follows:
"Nobody has a vested right in procedure and modern notions of justice require that a court should do substantial justice between parties unhampered by technical procedural rules".
I cannot rest this point without making reference to the case of HALLE & SONS v BANK OF GHANA & ANOR[2011] 1 SCGLR 378I wherein their Lordships noted in emphatic terms that:
"Although I agree that a Court cannot conduct its business without a code of procedure, I think that the relation of rules of practice to the work of justice is intended to be that of a handmaid rather than a mistress, and the court ought not be so far bound and tied by rules, which are after all only intended as a general rules of procedure, as to be compelled to do what would cause injustice in the particular case".
See also cases of OPOKU & ANOR (NO 2) v AXES CO LTD. [2012] 2 SCGLR 1214; BOAKYE v TUTUYEHENE[2007-2008] SCGLR; REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE GHANA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (ARCMANN-AKUMMEY INTERESTED PARTY) [2012] SCGLR 768.
I will hold and conclude on this point that the contention of counsel for the Respondents is an anaemic technical legal point bereft of any merit or substance and same is accordingly dismissed.
THE SCOPE OF THE SUPERVISORY JURISDICTION OF THE HIGH COURT
It is necessary for the purposes of clarifying the perimeters for the invocation of certiorari and prohibition that I set out the law on applications of this nature before dealing with whether the Applicant has made a good case for the reliefs he seeks from the court.
The Supreme Court in defining the ambit and scope of certiorari application in the case of REPUBLIC V HIGH COURT, SEKONDI, EX-PARTE AMPONG AKA AKRUFA KRUKOKO I (KYEREFO III AND OTHERS – INTERESTED PARTIES) [2011] 2 SCGLR, 716 AT 722 noted as follows on the remit of certiorari applications:
"An order of certiorari, it is trite learning, is a discretionary remedy granted on grounds of excess or want of jurisdiction and or some breach of a rule of natural justice".
In the case of REPUBLIC v CAPE COAST DISTRICT MAGISTRATE GRADE II; EX PARTE AMOO [1979] GLR 150 CA Apaloo CJ noted as follows on certiorari applications:
"As is well known, the remedy of certiorari is a useful tool in aid of justice and ought to be used to correct defects of justice whether they arise from illegality, fraud, breach of the rules of natural justice, error on the face of the record and the like. I am not even prepared to say that the category of cases in which this useful remedy can or should be used is closed. There is no reason why I should stifle the development of the law by any such assertion"
Another better rendition of the scope of certiorari was spelt out by the Supreme Court in its recent decision of REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRS, BULGARIAN EMBASSY; (Unreported) Suit No J5/34/2015 dated the 24th Feb., 2016; wherein the court noted as follows:
"It is well-settled that certiorari will be granted to quash a decision of a court that has been made without jurisdiction or in excess of jurisdiction or where there is an error of law apparent on the record that makes the decision a nullity. Certiorari will also be granted to quash a decision given in breach of a rule of natural justice".
In the case of TEMA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION & MUSAH v. ATTA BAFFOUR [2005-2006] SCGLR 121, the Supreme Court held, per Wood JSC (as she then was) quoting from the judgment of Lord Diplock at page 949 of the report in the case of COUNCIL OF CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS AND OTHERS v. MINISTER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE [1984] 3 All. ER 935 of the ambit of judicial review noted as follows that:
"To qualify as a subject for judicial review the decision must have consequences which affect some person (or body of persons) other than the decision-maker, although it may affect him too. It must affect such other person either (a) by altering rights or obligations of that person which are enforceable by or against him in private law or (b) by depriving him of some benefit or advantage which either (i) he has in the past been permitted by the decision-maker to enjoy and which he can legitimately expect to be permitted to continue to do until there has been communicated to him some rational ground for withdrawing it on which he has been given an opportunity to comment or (ii) he has received assurance from the decision-maker will not be withdrawn without giving him first an opportunity of advancing reasons for contending that they should not be withdrawn….
For a decision to be susceptible to judicial review the decision-maker must be empowered by public law … to make decisions that, if validly made, will lead to administrative action or abstention from action by an authority endowed by law with executive powers, which have one or other of the consequences mentioned in the preceding paragraph'.
In the English case referred to by the Supreme Court in the TDC case, Lord Diplock identified three broad categories of acts amenable to judicial review. The first is illegality. That is the person who takes a decision in the performance of his public function must understand correctly the law that regulates his decision making power and be careful to give effect to the law.
The second is irrationality otherwise now referred to as the Wednesbury unreasonableness. This is in respect of a decision taken of a public nature and is so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no reasonable person would have arrived at the decision.
The third comes under the rubric of procedural impropriety or failure to act with procedural fairness towards a person who is affected by the decision taken. These principles can also clearly be found in page 15 of the work "Judicial Review of Administrative Actions" (5th Ed) S & M London. See also the unreported ruling of my brother Asiedu J. sitting at the Fast Track Division of the High Court in ALBERT ANTHONY AMPONG v ATTORNEY – GENERAL AP 95/2009 dated 2nd December, 2009.
The Applicant no doubt has triggered the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court under article 141 of the Constitution, where the Constitution grants power to the High Court over all lower courts and lower adjudicatory bodies in the exercise of that jurisdiction to issue orders and directions for the purpose of enforcing or securing the enforcement of its supervisory powers. Section 16 of the Courts Act, 1993, Act 459 echoes these powers granted to the High Court under article 141 of the Constitution. The powers of the court is given a comprehensive boost under article 23 of the Constitution which states as follows:
"Administrative bodies and administrative officials shall act fairly and reasonably and comply with the requirements imposed on them by law and persons aggrieved by the exercise of such acts and decisions shall have the right to seek redress before a court or other Tribunal"
That the actions of the Respondents in the performance of their official functions is amenable and within the scope and remit of the exercise of the supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court if the acts violate any of the known principles I have distilled supra. See ENEKWA & ANOR v KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (KNUST) [2009] SCGLR 242.
Having set down the perimeters of the law, does the grounds of complaint of the Applicant meet the standard set by law? The reliefs Applicant seeks is based on the grounds of breach of natural justice (audi alteram partem rule) and two, error apparent on the face of the record. Has the Applicant demonstrated any of these grounds to the court to be entitled to the issuance of certiorari and prohibition? I will prefer to deal with the ground of error apparent on the face of the record first before turning to the audi alteram partem rule of natural justice.
ERROR APPARENT ON THE FACE OF THE RECORD What precisely is an error apparent on the face of the record? There seems not to be an authoritative pronouncement yet from our courts, at least, my research did not yield one. But it does appear that the phrase does not lend itself to easy definition and error apparent on the face of the record cannot be established with a degree of certainty and mathematical precision. There is some degree of latitude to be determined on case by case basis on what will constitute an error apparent on the face of the record. What is clear, however, is that an error cannot be deemed to be apparent on the face of the record, if one needs to journey beyond the scope of the record to determine whether the decision impugned is correct or not. The record, upon examination at first glance, must strike one and need no long arguments and submissions to establish it. The error must be blatant and visible. I am persuaded by the position given in the Indian case of BATUK VYAS v SURAT MUNICIPALITY AIR [1953] BAM 133 where Chagla CJ noted as follows:
"No error can be said to be apparent on the face of the record if it is not manifest or self-evident and require an examination or argument to establish it".
The second case I find that determined what an error apparent on the face of the record mean is from a decision of the House of Lords in the case of BALDWIN & FRANCIS LTD V PATENTS APPEAL TRIBUNAL [1959] A.C. 663, which dealt with patent action under section 9 of the Patent Act of UK, 1949 stripping the right of appeal against the decision of the Patent Appeals Tribunal except in the invocation of certiorari. The owner of a prior invention brought an application to quash the decision of the Patent Appeal Tribunal which had reversed the call of a superintendent examiner, that an application of a new invention would involve the reference to a prior invention. The owner of the prior invention invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of the House of Lords, that there was an error apparent on the face of the record and invited their Lordships to compare the two specifications. The court in rejecting this invitation noted at page 674 that:
"Here error cannot be detected simply by comparing two phrases in the judgment of the tribunal. Before error could be found the House of Lords would have to construe the relevant specification, a document addressed to technical experts, which cannot be construed without explanations from technical experts. If in order to detect the error the House of Lords would require the help of technical experts, it is a contradiction in terms to say that an error of law appears on the face of the judgment…. In considering what is the record the matter must be looked at quite strictly …"
It further noted that:
"The court should take care that on an application for certiorari it does not go behind the face of the record and decide a point of mixed fact and law. The error on the face of the record must be palpable and apparent. The record, according to Blackstone's definition, is what the inferior tribunal keeps "for a perpetual memorial and testimony" of its proceedings"
The final case on this point is the case of ACIT v SAURASHTRA KUTCH STOCK EXCHANGE LTD C/A NO. 1171 OF 2004 dated September, 15, 2008 the same Indian Court described an error apparent on the face of the record in the following terms:
"A patent, manifest and self-evident error which does not require elaborate discussion of evidence or argument to establish it can be said to be an error apparent on the face of the record…"
The record that Applicant complains about and seek to be quashed is Ex DPKN3, dated the 10th of October, 2016 and perhaps that part of page 11 of Ex DPKN2 that relates to the disqualification of the Applicant. Exhibit DPKN3 is a letter written to the Applicant by 1st Respondent in her capacity as the Returning Officer for the 2016 presidential elections. She informs the applicant of the regret of 2nd Respondent's inability to accept the nomination paper of Applicant because one subscriber, Richard Aseda endorsed Applicant's form in two different districts.
Taking Ex DPKN3, it would be difficult to conclude, without admitting further evidence and arguments that there is something palpably wrong with Ex DPKN2. And as there is the need for admission of further evidence and arguments to determine error, if any, I find and I am persuaded that the second leg of Applicant's challenge to the decision of the Respondents that there was an error apparent on the face of the record has not been made out.
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM RULE OF NATURAL JUSTICE
I now turn to the first and main ground that Applicant anchors his application to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of the court. That is the denial by the Respondents to the Applicant of a fair hearing before the announcement that he has been disqualified as a presidential candidate on the ticket of the PPP. Applicant's arguments oscillate from non-provision by Respondents of a nomination period through one where he argues that even if a nomination period was provided the time allotted the Applicant was unreasonable and breached Regulation 9(3) of C. I. 94 to one that the failure by Respondents to grant him a hearing before disqualification before the closure of the nomination period was bad in law and sinned against the audi alteram partem rule.
I think Regulation 9(1)(2)(3) and (4) of C. I. 94 would be very relevant and I find it useful to reproduce same here. It states as follows:
"9. (1) Whenever the nomination paper and the statutory declaration of a candidate are delivered and the deposit is paid in accordance with these Regulations, the candidate shall be considered to stand nominated, unless proof is given to the satisfaction of the Returning Officer of the candidate's death, withdrawal or disqualification.
(3) The returning officer shall inform a candidate that the candidate's nomination is invalid where
(a) The particulars of the candidate or the persons subscribing to the nomination paper are not as required by law; or
(b) The nomination paper is not subscribed to as required by law, and
shall give the candidate the opportunity to make amendments or any alteration necessary, within the stipulated nomination period".[emphasis mine]
The 9(3) deals with the steps that the Respondents would have to take after scaling 9(1) and (2).
The Regulation 9 must be read in tandem with the prior provision founded under Regulation 7 of the same C.I 94 that spell out the details that should be contained in the nomination paper of a candidate vying for the highest office of the land. It states that:
"7. (1) A candidate for election as President shall be nominated on a separate nomination form in a manner determined by the Commission.
(2) The nomination form for each candidate in an election for President shall
a) be signed by the candidate;
b) be signed by not less than two persons who are registered voters in the area of authority of each district assembly;
c) designate a person to serve as Vice President; and
d) be delivered to the Commission on or before the day appointed as nomination day in relation to the election
(4) A person shall not nominate more than one candidate in a presidential election.
(3) The nomination form shall be in quadruplicate and shall be delivered personally by
(a) the presidential candidate or
(b) any of the persons specified under sub regulation (2) (b) between the hours of nine in the morning and twelve noon and the hours of two and five in the afternoon on or before the nomination day
It is worthy of note in Regulation 7(2)(d) and & 7(3)(b) of the use of the phrase " nomination day" and in Regulation 9(2)(b) the use of the phrase "nomination period" within whose span a candidate is provided the chance to make amendments to his form. I cannot make a definitive determination of whether there was a breach of the audi alteram partem rule of natural justice without embarking upon an interpretation of the relevant provisions of C.I. 94 in relation to this dispute. And in doing so I am mindful of the basic rule that when a text is plain it needs no interpretation but effect must be given to it and it is only when there is ambiguity that a court needs to interpret. That statement itself is not free from controversy as Aharon Barak, the former President of the Israeli Supreme Court states that even plain text needs interpretation as it is through interpretation that the court can conclude that the meaning of a text or word is plain. He states that:
"Even plain text requires interpretation, and only interpretation allows us to conclude that its meaning is plain. That does not, however, mean that no text is plain".
The better way of constructing statutes is to interpret it as whole in a journey of discovering the intent of Parliament. Such that in the interpretative work of the Judge he ought to view the statute as a whole and it is out of this holistic appreciation that the necessary connections and inferences could be drawn from the various parts, provisions, clauses, words, phrases etc in an attempt to discover the intent and purpose of Parliament. This has been echoed time and again and in the words of Viscount Simmonds that:
"the elementary rule must be observed that no one should profess to understand any part of … any document before he had read it as a whole".
See also OSEI v AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS LTD. [2003-2004] SCGLR 69.
The Applicant argues that where the 1st Respondent upon presentation of nomination papers, on the day appointed by the Respondents, as nomination day, Respondents find that the persons that subscribed to the nomination paper are not as required by law or the nomination paper does not meet the standard required by law, a candidate still stood nominated after the nomination day until the 1st Respondent had afforded an opportunity for amendment within the nomination period. And it was only when the opportunity had been offered within the nomination period for the amendment and the candidate was still unable to effect the amendment that the 1st Respondent shall consider the nomination paper as invalid and inform the 2nd Respondent with a decision being taken on it within seven days.
The principle of natural justice that Applicant relies on has been stated by the learned authors of Halbury's Laws of England (4th Ed Vol 1 @ 78) that no man shall be condemned unless he has been given prior notice of the allegation made against him and offered the opportunity to be heard. The Supreme Court touched on what it meant an opportunity to be heard in the case of AWUNI v WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL [2003-2004] SCGLR 471; where the court speaking through Sophia Akuffo JSC noted as follows:
"I will not venture to give a comprehensive definition of what is fair and reasonable, since these qualities are dictated by the circumstances in which the administrative function is performed. At the very least, however, it includes probity, transparency, objectivity, opportunity to he heard, legal competence and absence of bias, caprice or ill-will".
The question for my determination is was the Applicant afforded the opportunity required by the provisions of the Rules under Regulation 9 of C. I 94, as dictated by the 'audi alteram partem' rule of natural justice, to be heard and to effect whatever anomaly that the 1st Respondent discovered within the nomination period before a decision was taken to invalidate his nomination paper?
What is nomination period and what is nomination day have not defined by the C.I 94. However, what is nomination day has been defined for the purposes of the Representation of the Peoples Law, PNDCL 284 and in relation to elections as "the day appointed for the nomination of candidates". It would then mean that nomination period under C.I 94 will be the period appointed for the nomination of candidates who have manifested an intention of contesting as candidates for both the presidential and parliamentary elections. And it would further mean, that nomination period would be longer than the nomination day or days considering the import of Regulations 7 and 9 of C. I. 94.
What then was the time appointed by the 2nd Respondent as the day and period for the nomination of candidates in compliance with Regulations 7 and 9 respectively? The only guide I have is Ex "DPKN1" captioned "Immediate Release [Thursday September, 08, 2016] Update on Preparations For December 7 Elections". The relevant portion for now is the following:
"The Electoral Commission has briefed the political parties on its preparation so far towards conducting the 2016 elections. At the Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting held on Thursday September 8, 2016, the Commission advised as follows:
1. The Commission will be accepting nominations from Presidential and Parliamentary candidates on 29th and 30th September, 2016…"
It is therefore clear to me that the day(s) that the Commission was to receive the nomination papers from candidates was set to be the 29th and 30th of September and that to my mind will satisfy what is nomination day(s) within the contemplation of Regulation 7 (2)(d) of C. I 94. But the nomination period as contemplated by Regulations 9(3) of C. I. 94 was conspicuously not set by the Commission. Though the Rules clearly affords a candidate to present his nomination papers on or before the nomination day but it seems that per Ex 'DPKN1' the EC signaled its preparedness to receive nomination papers only on the 29th and 30thof September, 2016. The Applicant dutifully in compliance with the directions provided by 2nd Respondent appears to have presented his forms on the 30th of September, the last of the two nomination days set by the Commission for receipt of the nomination papers.
It is after the receipt of the nomination papers on the nomination day, and within the nomination period; that Respondents were under duty by law to inform the Applicant of any anomaly detected on his form. The Respondents purporting and proceeding under the erroneous assumption that the two days set for the presentation of the nomination papers coincided with the end of the nomination period, failed to afford any opportunity to the Applicant to amend his form. Granted that even the nomination period ended on the 30th of September, 2016 the denial of an opportunity to the Applicant to amend his form will be wrong. And if the nomination period did not end on 30th September, as I seek to posit supra that EC did not set any nomination period, the denial of an opportunity to the Applicant is even more fatal and incurably bad.
I am fortified in my view that "nomination day" as it appears in Regulation 7(2)(d) of C. I. 94 is different from "nomination period" appearing in Regulation 9(2)(b) of C.I 94 due to one of the presumptions of interpretation. That is presumption of consistent expression or meaning. This presumption is to the effect that different words or phrases used in an Act or Rule are presumed to have different meanings placed on them by Parliament. After all Parliament in an Act does not use words and phrases in vain. I have not found anything from C.I 94 that displaces this presumption.
On the contrary it would be absurd from a clear reading of Regulations 7 and 9 of C.I 94 that the framers of the Rules will vest in the hands of the 1st Respondent to provide an opportunity to candidates to amend within the nomination period and expect that the day the acceptance of the nomination papers ends is the day the nomination period closes. If one were to interpret the Rules that the end of the day(s) of acceptance of nomination papers ended the nomination period, it would be tantamount to the rules providing a right to a party in one breath and taking the same right away when there seems to be no claw back clause.
I think, in my respectful opinion, that it is contemplated within Regulations 9(2) of C. I 94 that a right is provided a candidate to amend or alter his forms after acceptance of same by the Returning Officer. And that the time for the end of the nomination period is set to last longer than the nomination date so that the nomination period span a time after the acceptance of the nomination forms. For that is the only way to make the enjoyment of the right afforded a candidate meaningful under regulation 9(2) of C. I 94. And to interpret it otherwise will mean the Returning Officer arrogating to itself the power to snatch from candidates what the Rules have given them. And the Returning Officer and the EC have no such power.
Assuming that even the court is wrong on this above point made, does it sit well with the Respondents to contend in this court that even though it told Applicant that he had the liberty to present his forms either on the 29th or the 30th of September, 2016; nonetheless, if Applicant has followed that instructions by bringing his form on 30th and not 29th September, Applicant has done so to his own peril because the days of acceptance of the nomination papers was the same as the end of the nomination period. This appears to me that Respondents intended to take from the Applicant what the Rules have afforded him. Applicant acted within the scope of the instructions of the Commission and cannot be made to suffer any penalty of denial of a hearing that the Rules under C. I. 94 give him before a decision was taken as to whether he had fully satisfied all the requirements necessary to contest as a candidate to the office of President of the Republic.
If the right to put oneself up as a candidate to contest an election is needlessly denied by the Respondents without due regard to well-trodden paths of fairness and propriety, it renders meaningless the exercise of the right to vote guaranteed by the Constitution in a participatory democracy. As the choice of a voter may have been denied him not through the fair means and processes prescribed by law. The conduct of the Returning Officer and the Commission in its denial of the right afforded the Applicant by law to make alteration or amendment to his form has been taken in a petulant fashion and their decision in respect of Applicant has been extremely perverse. The Applicant, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has made a clear case on the basis of the 'audi alteram partem' rule of natural justice for the grant of the reliefs of certiorari and prohibition.
Before I deal with the contention of counsel for Respondent that this court is impotent to make any further consequential orders to give directions regarding the opportunity to amend that Applicant seeks; I find it necessary and useful to respond to two pertinent riposte made by 1st Respondent in her affidavit in opposition to the Applicant's affidavit in support of his application.
First is the claim that the conduct of the Applicant in admitting that Richard Aseda signed in two different districts bothers on criminality and does not deserve the relief he seeks. I will not spend much ink on this submission save to say that counsel seems to misapprehend the import and the scope for the invocation of the supervisory jurisdiction of the court. Consistently eminent jurists have emphasized that certiorari application does not deal with the merits of one's substantive case but more with whether or not there had been a decision that is irrational, deprives a party of fair hearing, procedural impropriety etc.
This point was drummed home in the case of REPUBLIC v COURT OF APPEAL, EX-PARTE GHANA CABLE CO. LTD. (BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD – INTERESTED PARTY) [2005-2006] SCGLR 107 where at 118 of the decision, Dr. Twum JSC, noted as follows:
"Certiorari is not concerned with the merits of the decision. It is a complaint about jurisdiction or some procedural irregularity like the breach of natural justice".
Again on the case 16th of March, 2011 in the case of REPUBLIC v HIGH COURT, ACCRA; EX PARTE SALLOUM & OTHERS (COKER INTERSTED PARTY) Suit No J5/4/2011 the majority per Anin Yeboah JSC stated that:
"The courts in Ghana and elsewhere seriously frown upon breaches of the audi alteram partem rule to the extent that no matter the merits of the case, its denial is seen as a basic fundamental error which should nullify proceedings made pursuant to the denial".
These are enough to foreclose that argument. The second troubling claim of the 1st Respondent is that if it was just a fair hearing that Applicant complains of then he was amply afforded the opportunity to meet with 1st Respondent when he was disqualified. To reduce the denial of fair hearing that the law afford the Applicant before a decision is made to disqualify him to the meeting that took place after the disqualification of the Applicant is to trivialize the weightier and substantial mandate placed on the shoulders of the Returning Officer to afford an opportunity to the Applicant to amend his nomination paper within the nomination period before a pronouncement was made to disqualify him.
What was the usefulness of the meeting if it would not result in Applicant have the opportunity to effect the amendment or ensuring the compliance of the 1st Respondents with the law? The meeting of 13th October, 2016 cannot be advanced, in any way, as meeting the very intendment of the fair hearing that Regulation 9(2) of C.I 94 anticipate. The fair opportunity to amend the forms must precede any action to disqualify and not the other way round. I find that submission, again with profound respect to Sory, Esq. to be gravely pedestrian and peripheral.
The decision disqualifying the Applicant and as contained in Ex DPKN3 is ordered to be brought for the purposes of having same quashed and is hereby quashed by the court in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction.
Does this court have the power to order the Commission to afford opportunity to Applicant to amend the forms and receive same? Sory, Esq has made copious submissions on this issue and I understand them as follows: That article 46 of the Constitution insulate the Commission from any external control and that the case of ABU RAMADAN & ANOR v ELECTORAL COMMISSION & ANOR J1/14/16 and dated the 5th of May, 2016 reinforces this constitutional provision of insulation of the Commission from any control. In the Abu Ramadan case counsel relies on the dictum, of Gbadegbe JSC wherein he noted that:
"It is observed that in the exercise of the court's original jurisdiction, it is not permissible for the court to substitute its own decision for that of the body or persons exercising a discretion conferred on it by the Constitution. This is necessary to keep the court itself within its proper limits in order to give effect to the supremacy of the law …"
Counsel for Respondent will recall that Gbadegbe JSC proceeded to emphasis that when it had to do with the exercise of the discretion of the Commission, then it was not proper for the court to substitute its own discretion for the Commission. The finding that I have made of a breach of a right afforded the law to the Applicant regarding the opportunity to alter or amend his nomination paper, is not an exercise of a discretion of the Returning Officer and Commission but a mandatory obligation imposed on them by the law. And where Commission's actions disclosed any vitiating circumstances such as illegality, irregularity, unfairness or failure to satisfy an essential pre-requisite to the making of a decision that may justify the intervention of the court to set any exercise of discretion Commission aside.
I take umbrage under the glowing words of wisdom delivered at page 29 of the judgment by the learned Judge, Gbadegbe JSC as follows:
"The correct position is that the courts as constituted under the 1992 constitution may intervene in acts of the first defendant to ensure that it keeps itself within the boundaries of the law and also to give effect to provisions of the constitution. This is a jurisdiction that our courts have always exercised in relation to the first defendant of which the recent decision in the Abu Ramadan case (supra) is an example".
I adopt the above words as mine and as counsel for Respondents is fully aware that just yesterday the Supreme Court in the case of KWESI NYAME- TEASE ESHUN v ELECTORAL COMMISSION has ordered the Commission to furnish agents of political parties with collation sheets of signed declared results and for Commission to give agents of political parties a signed and completed copy of Form One EL 23A and One EL 23 B for parliamentary and presidential elections respectively, it should be clear to him that Commission cannot claim immunity from the directions of the court intended to give full meaning to the exercise of the court's supervisory jurisdiction.
I will proceed after quashing the decision of the Respondents disqualifying the Applicant as a candidate and order that the Respondents afford opportunity to the Applicant to make the necessary alteration or amendment to its nomination paper for it to receive same and then proceed to determine whether the Applicant had met all the criteria laid down by the laws of the Republic, in line with its duty laid down by C.I. 94. EC has no basis to complain that nomination period has closed when they did not set one. They only set nomination day under regulation 7 but not nomination period under regulation 9(2) as I have already found. The time frame to afford the Applicant is entirely within the discretion of the Respondents being mindful of the limited time available for the elections on December 7, 2016
In conclusion, I trust and hope, that this ruling dissolves doubts and illuminate our perception of the C.I 94 especially Regulations 7 and 9, an area that has been tormented by controversy and ambiguity. I will exercise my discretion not to award cost. Each party shall bear its own cost.
Eric K. Baffour, Esq.
Justice of the High Court
Representation:
Applicant – Present
1st Respondent – Nii Ayikoi Otoo, Esq. with Gary M. Nimako, Esq., Felix Ograh, Esq., Dennis Ofosu Appiah, Esq., Barbara Brown, Ms, Cecil Adasi, Esq and Naa G. Ayiko Otoo, Ms for Applicant – Present. Thaddeus Sory, Esq., with Sean Poku, Esq., and Theodora Tawiah Armah, Ms for Respondents – Present.
Source: Accra High Court, Commercial Division
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Supreme Court will today rule on the Electoral Commission's suit challenging the High court ruling asking it to allow the PPP's presidential candidate to correct the errors in his presidential nomination forms.
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The Supreme Court will today rule on the Electoral Commission's suit challenging the High court ruling asking it to allow the PPP's presidential candidate to correct the errors in his presidential nomination forms.
The EC disqualified Dr, Papa Kwesi Nduom and 12 other people from the December polls for various errors detected in their nominations.
But the High Court presided by Justice Kyei Baffuor ruled that the EC was unfair in the decision. The court said the commission failed to set a nomination period for the submission of the forms. It said a nomination period would have determined the final day for the submission of the forms and given the EC legitimate basis to reject forms not properly filled.
The Commission has however appealed the decision, asking the apex court to bring clarification to the matter.
The Chairperson of the Commission Charlotte Osei has revealed the decision of the court will affect the other similar cases involved.
"The decision was taken by the Commission not to accept the 13 nomination forms that were presented by the other candidates. The court has not said that those failings were not there. The dispute has been as to what is the nomination period." Thus she said, "we have felt that because we have five candidates challenging; it is better for us to go and challenge this at the Supreme Court so that there is one definitive ruling that covers everyone." "The Supreme Court has heard both sides. It is going to give a ruling on Monday. When the ruling is given, we would respect it," Mrs. Osei said at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in the United Kingdom.
She added: "Even when it has been very difficult for us, we have made sure that we were following the law very strictly."
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The Electoral Commission has asked the Progressive People's Party (PPP), to bring before it, one Mr. Richard Aseda, who subscribed to the party's flagbearer's forms in two different districts.
The EC's letter to the PPP and others, comes barely hours after the Supreme Court ordered it to allow all the aspirants to correct the errors on their forms.
The EC, which had gone to the Supreme Court to quash a High Court ruling that favoured Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, also wanted the Court to make a determination to affect all the other pending suits.
[contextly_sidebar id="M2iksbHKYUpSNBK8VnWgsDZ5pDAX6u0r"]Portions of the EC's letter copied to the PPP and cited by citifmonline.com reads; "Kindly take the requisite steps to procure the attendance of Mr. Richard Aseda (who is listed as a subscriber on pages 21 and 39 of your nomination) at the head office of the Commission, prior to the close of nomination, to confirm that he actually subscribed to your forms and the district in which he is subscribed."
It also said " Please find attached a list of other concerns and discrepancies found on your nomination form within the extended nomination period. These include signatures which do not tally across copies of your form."
The Commission disqualified the PPP's flagbearer, Dr. Nduom, and 11 others because there were errors on their nomination forms.
With respect to the PPP, the EC accused Mr. Aseda of subscribing to Nduom's forms at two different districts.
But the PPP and other parties sued the commision for taking such action against them but the EC went to the Supreme Court after it was ordered by an Accra High Court to allow the PPP to rectify the errors on Nduom's form.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Monday [November 7, 2016] ordered an extension of the nomination period to November 8, 2016.
EC writes letter to other disqualified nominees
The Electoral Commission has also written letters to the other 11 disqualified parties, pointing out the various errors in their nomination forms, reminding them of the guidelines for the filing of the nomination forms.
Below is the full letter from the EC to the PPP
Re-Presidential Election Nomination
We refer to the Supreme Court ruling on Monday 7, 2016 in the case of the R vs High Court (Commercial Division) Accra Ex Parte Electoral Commission (Applicant) and Papa Kwesi Nduom (Applicant).
The Court in the said case, ordered that the Electoral Commission extend the nomination period of Monday 7 November 2016 to 17.00 hours GMT on Tuesday 8 November 2016. The court further ordered that you be given a hearing within the extended period and that we afford you the opportunity to comply with regulation 9 (2) (b) of CI 94, in appropriate cases.
You would recall that by our letter to you on October 10, 2016, we informed you of two subscriptions that were not as required by law on pages 21 and 39 of your form. Following the ruling of the Supreme Court, which effectively extended the nomination period to November 8, 2016, and following the hearing provided you today, we should be grateful if you would do the following.
Kindly take the requisite steps to procure the attendance of Mr. Richar Aseda (who is listed as a subscriber on pages 21 and 39 of your form) at the head office of the Commission, prior to the close of nomination, to confirm that he actually subscribed to your forms and the district in which he subscribed.
Further, please find attached a list of other concerns and discrepancies found on your nomination form within the extended nomination period. These include signatures which do not tally across copies of your form.
Please be advised that in line with the requirements of law;
i. You must have a minimum of two subscribers in every district of Ghana and that your subscribers are all validly registered voters;
ii. That your subscribers have duly endorsed your nomination papers as required by law.
iii. A subscriber cannot nominate more than one presidential candidate
By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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Nii Ayikoi Otoo, lawyer for the Progressive People's Party (PPP) has expressed optimism in the High Court hearing the case of the disqualification of the party's flagbearer, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, from the December 2016 elections.
Nonetheless, he said the party would resort to the Supreme Court should Friday's ruling go against their wishes.
Speaking to journalists after Tuesday's hearing, Nii Ayikoi Otoo said, per CI 94, it was clear that the Electoral Commission (EC) erred in disqualifying Dr Nduom and has so far failed to offer any good explanation for his disqualification.
He explained that it was not for nothing that the law states that aspirants should be given ample time to amend and alter mistakes on their nomination forms if any.
"The law provides that when I present my forms look through and if you find anything wrong, give me an opportunity to correct and if I fail to correct then you do the endorsement, give it to the EC and within seven days let the EC make a decision.
"I bring my forms to you on the 30th. You accept the forms. You told me nothing, go, you'll hear from me. Then on the 10th the only hearing is that I have been disqualified. Have you acted according to the law? Did you give me the opportunity to do the corrections?" he quipped.
Nii Ayikoi Otoo added that, "If parliament wanted everybody who commits an error to be disqualified, (it) would have said so. It wouldn't say that give the person opportunity to go and amend; not only amend but alter. What do you understand by those two powerful words? I can change anything on the forms. So they failed clearly and they have not offered any good explanation.
"So having misbehaved, she cannot benefit from her wrong doing… Did she act in a rational manner? Was she fair? These are the issues. She breached all the laws which also amount to illegality. The errors are all there, apparent on the face of CI 94…Everybody has understood this position and I don't expect the judge to go any other way," he observed.
Dr Nduom was disqualified from contesting in the December elections because he failed to provide the required number of subscribers for nomination.
According to the EC, one Richard Aseda who subscribed to Dr Nduom's nomination did double endorsement, first in the Central Region and then in the Volta Region.
Following his disqualification, Dr Nduom filed an application for judicial review at the High Court, praying the court to quash the EC's decision to disqualify him and a further order directed at the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs Charlotte Osei, to grant him "the opportunity to amend and alter the one anomaly" found in his nomination papers, as well as accept his nomination forms as amended and or altered to enable him to contest the elections.
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Lead Counsel for the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Nii Ayikoi Otoo, has expressed fears that the new deadline for the submission of nomination forms, tomorrow [Tuesday] 5:00pm, may not be enough for the affected political parties and their aspirants.
This follows a Supreme Court order to the Electoral Commission (EC) to extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November 8, 2016, for all disqualified presidential aspirants to make the necessary corrections on their nomination forms.
Speaking to the media after the judgement, Mr. Ayikoi Otoo, a former Attorney General, said a two-day window would have been preferable to afford the parties more time to correct their errors.
"Today is Monday; and the close of day tomorrow [Tuesday], at 5:00pm, may not suit everybody; so I thought perhaps Wednesday would have been better so that they have two days to do the corrections and close of day Wednesday, they can present them.
But unfortunately, the Supreme Court is saying that once the election is fixed for the 7th of December, it is better we work had to ensure that we work within the period," he explained. Mr. Ayikoi Otoo however said the period for the correction would be enough for the PPP as he noted that "we have only one anomaly which we will deal with."
The Commission disqulified Dr. Nduom because the number of subscribers to his nomination forms did not meet the requirements of the EC's regulation, and one subscriber endorsed his forms in two different districts. Background But the EC went to Court because it disgareed with the High Court ruling. Among other things, it prayed the court to quash the decision of the High Court, and also make a ruling that will settle all other suits on the disqualification.
The Supreme Court justices in their ruling on Tuesday, also ordered a suspension of all lawsuits challenging the EC's disqualifications of flagbearers, for all those affected to amend the errors on their forms. In explaining the judgment of the seven-member panel of Justices, the presiding Justice, Sophia Adinyira, said their decision was to enable the EC give hearing to all parties involved in the legal tussle over the qualification, due to limited time left for the election to be held.
Source: citifmonline.com
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It is time to start prosecuting EC officials for alleged wrong doing – Ayikoi Otoo
The time has come for officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) who are found to have engaged in electoral fraud to be put before the courts to answer questions, Nii Ayikoi Otoo, Ghana's High Commissioner to Canada, has said. The former Attorney General under the Kufuor administration made the comments while speaking on TV3's Key Points programme on Saturday January 2. The discussion was on the election petition filed at the Supreme Court by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama. The NDC and Mr Mahama on Wednesday December 30 filed the petition at the apex court which seeks, among other things, a rerun of the presidential elections, asking the Court for an order to restrain Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Second Respondent, from holding himself out as President-elect. Mr Ayikoi told host of the programme Abena Tabi that "You find out that in the law, it is not only people who come to commit offences who are held liable but even officials of the EC could be also be held liable for having done wrong things. "It is about time we started putting some of them before court. "There was one on social media where some body was alleged to have opened a private polling station for children, he was arrested and was begging." Regarding the election petition, he said that the NDC has a bigger responsibility to prove their case in court after filing an election petition challenging the results of the December 7 elections. He said that they will need to present an evidence to prove that no presidential candidate in the election crossed the 50+1 to win. "They are saying nobody crossed the 50+1. So they have a bigger responsibility in my view, to [prove]. He added "The idea that was fed out to the public was that somebody has done something wrong and that we have won the presidential and parliamentary but if you read the petition there is a clear request for a rerun which is based upon the fact that constitutionally nobody crossed the 50+1 . "That is a different ball game altogether compared with what we were hearing before the petition was filed. "You should be bold to say that 'I won the election, this person did not win the election but their style is different." For his part, a private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu proposed that the electoral laws should be amended to allow respondents in an election petition to be served electronically. Mr Kpebu said "If the parties and the court intend to insist on the time that have been allocated it will mean in practical terms we will go beyond 42 days . As we sit now since the president has not been served they can't start. "So it means that if it takes one week or seven days to serve the president, it means you have 42 + 7. If the judges want to give us 42 days then they may have to give up part of their time. "Moving forward the next time we are going to have an election, there should be a column where we will say that the candidates should provide their email address for service in the event of an election petition so that electronically you can be served. I can't imagine trying to get security clearance to go and serve him. It is ridiculous." By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana ]]>
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BY: Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson
The Supreme Court has dismissed an objection seeking the recusal of one of the Justices of the court hearing a case that might affect the Hohoe parliamentary election.
Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, lawyer for five individuals challenging the legality of Mr John Peter Amewu as the Member of Parliament (MP)-elect of Hohoe, raised an objection asking for the recusal of Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, one of the five Justices of the Supreme Court hearing the case
According to Mr Tsikata, Justice Honyenuga was a close friend of Mr Amewu and therefore would be bias if he continued to be part of the five-member panel that will decide the case.
However, in a unanimous ruling Monday, January 4, the five-member panel of the apex court held that there was no merit in the objection raised by Mr Tsikata.
The court held that an allegation of bias against a judge was a serious case which must be backed with "irresistible evidence."
"There is no merit in the objection, and same is overruled," the court held.
The panel was presided over by Justice Yaw Appau, with Justices Samuel K Marful-Sau, Honyenuga , Gertrude Torkornoo and Amadu Tanko as members.
Case at the Supreme Court
The case is at the Supreme Court after the Attorney-General invoked the supervisory jurisdiction of the apex court to challenge a decision by the Ho High Court to put an injunction on the gazetting of Mr Amewu as MP-elect and ultimately his swearing-in as MP.
The A-G is seeking an order of certiorari to quash the decision of the Ho High Court, and also an order of prohibition to stop the High Court from hearing the matter challenging the legality of the election of Mr Amewu.
Making a case for the recusal today, Mr Tsikata argued that he was ready to present witnesses who would testify to the effect that Justice Honyenuga had a "long standing personal and close relationship with Mr Amewu."
Allowing Justice Honyenuga to be part of the panel, he argued, would defeat the principle of the rules of natural justice because Justice Honyenuga would be a judge in his own cause.
Counsel even wanted the court not to allow Justice Honyenuga to be part of the panel that would decide his application for him (Justice Honyenuga) to recuse himself as a member of the panel.
The presiding judge, Justice Appau, however, reminded counsel that Justice Honyenuga had denied any personal relationship with Mr Amewu.
He also told counsel if such an allegation was made, it was the presiding judge, in this case, which includes Justice Honyenuga, who must decide the case.
A-G's response
In his response, a Deputy A-G, Mr Godfred Yeboah-Dame contended that Mr Tsikata's application was unmeritorious and had no basis in law.
The Deputy-AG argued that Mr Tsikata had failed to substantiate his claims that Justice Honyenuga was a close friend of Mr Amewu.
"Counsel owes a duty to allude to certain circumstances suggestive of bias or real likelihood of bias," he said.
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Home Politics John Mahama: Supreme Court's ruling on new voters register highly disappointing
John Mahama: Supreme Court's ruling on new voters register highly disappointing
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Mr Mahama, expressing his dissatisfaction, said the Supreme Court's ruling is disappointing to the NDC and Ghanaians at large.
According to John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), he is dissatisfied with the ruling of the Supreme Court allowing the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile the new voters register ahead of the general elections in 2020.
In a televised broadcast on Thursday, June 25, he said "The supreme court of the Republic of Ghana gave its ruling in a case brought by the NDC against the Electoral Commission of Ghana over its decision to compile a new voters register … the apex court of our land has given a leeway for the EC to go ahead with the exclusion of the existing voter identification card from the list of identification requirements for the registration for the register. We are deeply disappointed and we strongly disagree with the court over this outcome which has confounded many legal experts and indeed has thrown the whole country into a state of confusion."
Mr Mahama also added that the Supreme Court made the decided deliberately to give reasons for their judgement on July 15, 2020; two weeks into the registration exercise just to favour the EC.
Lamenting over the issue, he said "Our legal team is examining this decision even as we await the full reasons for this judgement. It is also worrying that the court deferred the reasons for its decision to 15th of July, a date by which time the EC would have been two weeks into the said registration exercise."
However, Mr Mahama stressed that the NDC strongly believe and will continue to promote democracy within Ghana as it is the fundamentals on which the party was built and formed .
"Throughout its history, the NDC has stood strongly for an inclusive democracy, that is because our party is built on the principle that no one should be left out in the governance process of Ghana," he said.
On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a case filed by the NDC to stop the EC from compiling a new voters register for the December 2020 general elections.
In their writ, the opposition NDC stated that the EC's decision to start a new voters register was unnecessary and costly. It will also disenfranchise a lot of Ghanaians since most of them do not have the Ghana Card or passport which is also one of the primary requirements for the registration.
The NDC party was praying the court directs the EC to add the existing voters ID card as well as birth certificates as part of the requirement. However, the Supreme Court did not find merit in the NDC's case, therefore, ruling in favour of the EC.
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EC hit with a third lawsuit over voters register
The Electoral Commission has been sued again over its decision to compile an electoral roll – the third of such a legal challenge over the controversial matter.
The latest lawsuit has been filed by the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Nogbey, and is praying the Accra Court to give an order that the Electoral Commission does not have the mandate to compile a new register.
Two suits have already been filed against the Commission over the matter.
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and one Mr Mark Takyi-Banson, a private citizen, have both gone to court seeking to stop the EC from going ahead with an ongoing process to compile a new electoral roll for the December 2020 general elections.
While the NDC and Mr Takyi-Banson have gone to the Supreme Court, the latest lawsuit has been filed at the Accra High Court.
The NDC and Mr Takyi-Banson are praying the Supreme Court to exercise its power of interpretation and enforcement to compel the Electoral Commission not to compile a new register.
They also want the apex court to cause the EC to allow the use of voters ID card and birth certificate, if the court allows the EC to do so, as proof of identification.
The latest case filed by Mr Norgbey is seeking a judicial review and is asking the High Court to restrain the EC from undertaking the exercise.
The legislator also wants the High Court to rule that the current voters register until revoked by a law passed by Parliament, is the only register that can be used for the conduct of the 2020 election.
The two previous lawsuits have been slated for hearing on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, and the new case filed by Mr Norgbey is due at the High Court on Monday, June 29.
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Did The NPP Create A Generic Loophole With The Voters Register Whiles In Office
Posted on July 29, 2015 by theheraldteam in Feature
Isn't it strange that, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), started making noise about the voters register and calling for it to be cleaned of ghost names and minors, when the party lost the 2008 elections.
It is now becoming annoying the number of calls from members of the party on the Electoral Commission (EC) to clean the register, with the ridiculous demand coming from the offshore presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he is calling for the scrap of the current register for a new one.
What do they know that, the rest of us don't know, for which reason they kept hounding us, since they lost the 2008 election about the lack of credibility of the voters register?
Prior to the 2012 elections, Gabby Asare Ochere Darko, a cousin of Nana Addo and an NPP surrogate the Danquah Institute (DI), waged a relentless war on the introduction of the biometric voter register, upon further interaction with the stakeholders, the proposal was accepted and new registration commenced, immediately that was done, the D.I and members of the NPP, pushed for No Verification No Vote.
The no verification no vote idea was a laudable one, as many people saw it as a process of deepening our democracy and having a credible election; the 2012 election came and went, with the Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Dramani Mahama, trouncing the old man.
The political party that pushed for all the reforms prior to the election, cried foul and proceeded to the Supreme Court to invalidate the election, the petition which dragged on for nine months, was eventually thrown out by a majority decision.
The Chairman of the EC, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Djan, was shredded into pieces, called names and accused of rigging the election for the NDC.
His exit from office, should have been celebrated by all Ghanaians, because his tenure as the EC boss, brought to power candidates of the two major political parties, i.e. the NDC and the NPP, but that was not to be, he exited the office like a criminal, who has been pardoned.
I pity Mrs. Charlotte Osei, the new EC boss, if she was my sister, aunty or mother, I would have told her not to take the job, as she will not receive her due, when it is time for her to bow out.
She had barely settled into the chair, before the NPP started their usual demands again for a new register.
Elections are won or lost at the polling stations, that is the place anybody with sinister motives can execute their agenda, not the strong room of the EC, so political parties, must guard jealously at the polling stations, making noise on in the media and going to bed won't prevent others from manipulating figures.
In every election, Ghanaians get the leader they want, I am, therefore surprise at the NPP; they do not do their homework before making some demands on the EC and by extension Ghanaians.
Nobody needed a soothsayer or a pollster, to tell Ghanaians that in 2000, Ghanaians wanted a change. It did not matter who was leading the NPP then. The NDC lost the election; it was not the NPP that won.
The call for change resonated with Ghanaians, to the extent that you even had members of the NDC, calling for that change, just to water down the influence of President Jerry John Rawlings in the party and the country, he had become a towering figure that people felt his presence, was preventing them from achieving their aim.
President John Agyekum Kufuor, came to power on the back of that change. In 2004, when he won, Ghanaians still felt he had not completed what he started, so they was the need for continuity.
In 2008, the NPP as it is now, went into the polls with a divided front, it was rumoured that, President Kufuor, did not support the candidature of Nana Addo, it was the reason both leaders failed to show up at Tein.
The NPP, started going slowly on the path of destruction and it has persisted until today.
President John Evans Atta Mills was destined to win the 2008 election, because God and Ghanaians said so, whether the voters register was bloated or not.
Two different results in 2008 came from the Ashanti Region, yet that did not alter the outcome of the 2008 polls.
In 2012, upon the demise of President Mills, President Mahama, attracted a following comparable only to what President Rawlings had in the 80's. Both young and old rallied around him, people who hitherto, were not known politically came out to campaign for him. We had the formation of many groups, all in the bid to get him
elected.
A little history, will tell Nana Addo and his NPP that, the voters register whether bloated or not, does not determine who leads the country. It is the will of God and the wish of the people he wants to govern.
The call for a new register is targeted at a section of Ghanaians, who do not vote for the NPP, this unabated calls of new register is because of the Volta Region, where the NDC get the junk of their votes.
In 2008, the General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Adjei Agyepong, had the audacity to ask, whether they were human beings in Hohoe.
If a frog comes out of the water to tell you that, the crocodile is sick, who are you to doubt it. Members of the NPP, are exposing themselves with these calls that are deafening our ears, it is becoming too much.
What is it that they know that, we do not know, perhaps if they are generous and frank enough to tell us, we can all understand their plight, as things stand now, I strongly feel that, they are hiding their true intentions from us.
The only group of people, who see everything wrong with our voters register and electoral process is the NPP, even other countries, come here to learn what we are doing, if the process is flawed, I do not think anybody will come.
We have achieved a milestone, but we can only get better.
If after every four years, we will need to do a new voters register, what money will be left to develop the country. For politicians, we understand that, even if they is no money, they will steal the little that is left, so for them, they will always be comfortable.
The NPP is not the only political party contesting the 2016 election. We have witnessed astronomical figures coming from their stronghold, are we also to take it that, they know what they do there, that they are afraid it is perpetuated elsewhere?
Nana Addo, is in the United Kingdom (UK), calling for a new register, he has abandoned his job of campaigning in Ghana, where he wants to be president.
Sir, the election will not be held in UK, come home and campaign, and leave the rest to Ghanaians and God, the voters register, won't help you. This is the same road you took in 2012, when you lost, you turn round to accuse the EC and NDC of rigging the election.
Our democracy has come of age, we need to trust the institution mandated to organize elections that, it will do what is necessary, fair and lawful, at every point, the place will be run by Ghanaians, and human beings, who will make mistakes, we only need to support and encourage them.
But running the whole institution down, because Nana Addo, has not become President, is not helping.
Ghana is not for Nana Addo.
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Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo [Photo: Africa Feeds]
Jan 7th, 2021 – Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn in for a second term, as Ghana's president in Parliament House, in the capital city Accra. This is a change of venue from the usual Independence Square where he was sworn-in four years prior.
It comes a day after scuffles between rival politicians broke out in parliament as Members of Parliament were voting on a new speaker.
The situation escalated after one MP snatched a ballot paper and tried to run out of the building with it.
"There was total breakdown of law and order," said MP-elect Kwame Twumasi Ampofo of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The scuffles between Members of Parliament from the NDC and Mr Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party (NPP), were eventually broken up by soldiers who briefly intervened.
Akufo-Addo, won over his main rival former President John Mahama, in the December 2020 elections with 51.6% of the vote compared with 47.4% won by Mr. Mahama
However the opposition party, National Democratic Congress rejected results of the December 7th polls.
It then filed a petition at the country's top court, seeking for a rerun of polls between the main opposition party leader Mr. Mahama and the incumbent president.
In his re-election victory speech, Akufo-Addo told the opposition, "Now is the time, irrespective of political affiliations, to unite, join hands and stand shoulder to shoulder." |
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Opinion: Akufo-Addo Should Avoid the Santa Claus Blunder of 2008 – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., PhD
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo/Photo: Presidency
The Asante Regional Chairman of the National Peace Council, Prof. Seth Opuni Asiamah, may be reacting disingenuously and gratuitously to the public claim by the Independent Special Public Prosecutor, Mr. Martin ABK Amidu, that the latter is not getting the requisite assistance that he direly needs to effectively execute his official mandate. You see, before he stakes out the rather presumptuous claim that Mr. Amidu has been availed with all the necessary basic incentives for effectively performing his duties, and that the Special Prosecutor is simply not up to snuff or par with the job, as it were, Prof. Asiamah ought to be able to tell us precisely what such incentives or basic tools are before proceeding to conclude that the Special Prosecutor has become or is already an epic failure. Prof. Asiamah cannot facilely assert that it is Mr. Amidu who needs to put in place the necessary implements or processes to enable him to work successfully and desirably.
For starters, the former Atta-Mills-appointed Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has categorically and publicly stated that evidentiary documents that he direly needs to successfully prosecute established cases of official corruption are being stiffly denied him by some cabinet or ministerial appointees of the Akufo-Addo Administration. Now, what Prof. Asiamah needs to do is to personally find out precisely who these apparently ardent Akufo-Addo detractors are, and the fact of whether, indeed, any such willful and vicious detractors exist at all. And then matters could be taken up from this point. Self-righteously and gratuitously contradicting the Special Prosecutor without presenting any substantive evidence to the foregoing effect, makes the Peace Council capo complicit in the apparent shenanigans by the internal detractors of the Akufo-Addo Administration. But, of course, even more significant if for the Special Prosecutor to promptly take up this most crucial and critical matter with President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Attorney-General Gloria Akuffo.
Merely complaining bitterly and publicly, largely out of a quite understandable frustration, may briefly let the public in on some of the teething problems he has had to face on his most significant and sensitive job and even score him some cheap political points in the short term, but it does not paint a delectable portrait of the hitherto very popular "Citizen Vigilante." To be certain, such very public plaint actually impugns the professional integrity and administrative competence of the man. Nevertheless, it is equally disingenuous for Prof. Asiamah to assert that Mr. Amidu is a career politician and an experienced insider who knows the inner workings of the country's criminal justice and judicial system. That may perfectly be an accurate assessment to make, but it does not negate the fact that the one-time Vice-Presidential Candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is decidedly not an insider of the Akufo-Addo-led government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
This problem must have reared its proverbial ugly head primarily because Nana Akufo-Addo may have blundered by playing the sort of counterproductive all-welcoming Santa Clause that he played in the wake of the NPP's 2007 presidential primary, when he facilely and indiscriminately brought most of his political rivals and ardent internal political opponents and detractors into his 2008 presidential campaign. This woefully uncritical conciliatory decision would haunt Candidate Akufo-Addo for the next two electoral seasons or cycles, as most of these miscalculated and mistaken ideological loyalists and associates came to envisage the former Justice and Foreign Minister as a veritable stumbling block to their several and collective presidential ambitions.
What Nana Akufo-Addo clearly needs to do right now is to have Mr. Amidu promptly and categorically name all those cabinet and non-cabinet executive appointees who have allegedly been giving the Special Prosecutor the run around and forcefully crack the whip; which means that either these administrative bottlenecks and veritable political nuisances promptly shape up or have President Akufo-Addo promptly ship them out and progressively move the country ahead.
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You don't appreciate the temperature of the country – Bagbin tells MPs as he decides to order their arrest
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has scolded Members of Parliament (MPs) for misbehaving in the House.
He has decided to order the arrest of lawmakers who continue to misbehave in the House and be thrown out.
"What is happening in this parliament is completely unacceptable. I am not sure you have an appreciation of the temperature of this country, neither am I sure you know the arduous nature of the responsibilities that have been placed on your shoulders.
"You are all mature adults, what I am talking about is still happening. The Marshals department, get ready, I will be compelled to get the Marshalls to get people arrested and be sent out. Parliament is not a place for joking, it is a place for business, serious national business. The parliament we are in has not been in Ghana, even the Gold Coast. This is a different type of parliament and we must be prepared to change," the Speaker said on Wednesday February 23 in Parliament.
He further told his First Deputy, Joseph Osei Owusu (Joewise) that the attitude of dismissing a decision he Mr Bagbin has taken, is illegal and offensive.
Mr Bagbin said the action is also unconstitutional.
This comes after Joewise overruled an earlier decision taken by Mr Bagbin on the motion filed by the Minority that was seeking a probe into the Covid-19 spending. Mr Alban Bagbin had early admitted the motion.
A livid Bagbin who noted that this is the second time Joewise is rubbishing his decisions said in Parliament on Wednesday February 23 "The penchant of the 1st Deputy Speaker to overrule my ruling is to say the least, unconstitutional, illegal and offensive. Be that as it may I shall not be taking any steps to overrule the decision of the 1st Deputy Speaker to dismiss the motion as moved by the Honorable ranking member of the Finance Committee."
Mr Bagbin further assured that the two of them will meet and find a way out in order to prevent this development for recurring.
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The Effutu lawmaker said every Covid-19 expenditure is a matter of public records therefore, the government has nothing to hide.
His comments come after the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu questioned the decision by the First Deputy Speaker to dismiss the motion.
Joewise in his ruling on Tuesday February 22 said "All the committees of the house including the Public Accounts Committee are bipartisan, and the Public Accounts Committee is designed by nature to be chaired by members of the Minority.
"In all its form, the Public Accounts Committee, if it is minded to investigate anything related to the Covid-19 expenditure, fully sees to the authority and power to investigate that, particularly because all the accounting of it has been provided for in the budget which budget has been provided by the House and is before the committee.
"My view is that this motion ought not to have been admitted, and it's improperly before the House."
Reacting to the Speaker's ruling, the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said "The precedent that is being set is a worrying for the future of our parliament and I worry for the future of any parliamentary committee tomorrow, that will be under Article 133(3) of the 1992 Constitution to enquire into any matter of public interest."
The motion was moved by ranking member on the Finance Committee Casiel Ato Forson.
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"Democracy is respect for rule of law and process, that is the only way democratic principles can be sustained. We can't do it haphazardly, we can't do it as and when it pleases us and as and when it suits us.
"Everything about public expenditure is a matter of public records. This house approves certain facilities, this house mandates government to spend certain money. There is no way, in this day and age with the Government Integrated Financial and Management Information System (GIFMIS) system, government can spend and hide, it is not possible. I repeat, there is no way government of Ghana can take public funds, spend and hide those expenditure, it is not possible.
"It is constitutional bonfide of the Auditor General. When the Auditor General is done with his work he will bring a report to Parliament, that is why the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is there.
"When the PAC does its work, the PAC has the mandate, after perusing the report to set up further committee to investigate and to look into other matters flowing from the issues that they have identified. So, I think that we should move one step at a time. We think they (Minority) want to usurp the powers of the Auditor General, we think that they want to bulldoze their way and then create a certain impression that there is some questionable expenditure which we think is unfair."
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Global automobile giants, Nissan, has concretised its resolve to support Ghana's automotive development agenda with the formal launch of a partnership with Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd. (JMTC), to assemble Nissan vehicles in Ghana.
According to the Managing Director of Nissan South Africa, Mr Shinkichi Izumi, assembling is expected to begin in the first half of next year, and Nissan's sales and services agreement with its second local partner, Auto Parts Limited remains unchanged.
The first model to be assembled at the new facility, which is situated on the Cocoa Processing Road, Tema, will be the all-new Nissan Navara pick-up, unveiled by Nissan earlier this month.
The Nissan top official explained that the partnership with Japan Motors, which was launched in Accra on Wednesday, November 18, will, among other things, help to accelerate Ghana's industrialisation drive.
In an interview with the Daily Heritage, the Managing Director said the appointment of Nissan's long-time partner, Japan Motors Trading Co. as its local partner in the vehicle assembly facility is in recognition of the latter's proven track record in efficient service delivery and dependability.
Shinkichi Izumi, MD, Nissan South Africa
The appointment is a result of the 2018 memorandum of understanding between Nissan and the government of Ghana to lay the foundation for a sustainable automotive manufacturing industry in the country.
The operations will begin with the assembling of semi knocked down vehicles and progress over the years to the assembling of completely knocked down kits.
Nissan, Mr Izumi said, has a long heritage within the pick-up segment and the new model will be produced to specifications good for the African /Ghanaian market.
"Ghana government's policy on automotive development is a critical path to industrialisation, so we decided to get involved. The policy, we believe, will accelerate industrialisation, value chain creation and market liberation," Mr Izumi noted.
He said currently, Ghana imports between 90,000 and 100,000 vehicles; 10, 000 of which are brand new, and Nissan hopes to leverage on the protocols of the government's automotive policy to remain the market leader.
"Nissan has a strong legacy in pick-ups, which is our strongest asset in our line-up and assembling in Ghana will improve affordability and access," he pointed out.
The focus now, he said, is on pick-ups and as the manufacturing journey progresses the company will concentrate on quality assurance and see how the market evolves and then explore further opportunities in Ghana.
The continued development of Nissan's African manufacturing base is a key part of the company's regional midterm strategy under the Nissan NEXT global transformation plan. Once operational, the Ghana facility will add to Nissan's existing African production capacity at plants in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria.
The Managing Director stated that the announcement of the partnership demonstrates Nissan's ongoing commitment to investing in Ghana, as well as the expansion of the country's automotive sector through the Ghana Automotive Development Policy.
"Ghana presents a great opportunity for investment, partnership and growth for Nissan," said Mr. Izumi. "Establishing a long-term automotive industrial development policy will provide investors with further confidence, boost the local economy and create jobs. We look forward to the continued partnership as Japan Motors officially begins assembling Nissan vehicles in Ghana."
Construction of the new facility is already underway, as are the recruitment and appointment of new employees, skills development and technical training to share and apply Nissan's global quality production standards.
"Japan Motors sees great potential in Ghana," said Salem Kalmoni, Managing Director of Japan Motors. "We're thrilled to make this significant investment and to be in a partnership that will unlock job opportunities and contribute to the economic development of Ghana. With world-class training, the local assembly plant will deliver an excellent product to meet our customers' needs."
Salem Kalmoni, MD, Japan Motors Trading Company, Ghana, interacting with the press
According to Mr. Kalmoni, Ghana had some automobile manufacturing companies in the 1960s and 70s but for various reasons, they all folded up. "I hope the new partnership we have with Nissan will last much longer because the longer it lasts, the more component manufacturing comes in and the more we will get the full benefits of the industry," he added.
He said when it comes to the local automobile industry, Japan Motors is "on the ground" and the company is set to begin operations with the provision of the physical location for the assembling works, investment in equipment and personnel, pointing out that expatriate staff will come in periodically to offer training to the local staff.
"We aim to cut cost, keep our operations clean environmentally, and create jobs," he said, and stressed that there are many benefits down the line as the plant will serve as a catalyst for component manufacturing, such as the production of tyres, windscreens etc., "and that will never reduce jobs as some people fear".
In November, 2018, Nissan added to its track record of investing in Africa, by entering into an agreement with the government of Ghana to establish an automotive manufacturing industry in the country. The company also sought to make Ghana its hub for sales and marketing in West Africa.
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Mahama ordered court for live broadcast of election petition
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Lawyers of NDC's Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama are requesting a live broadcast of the hearing of the petition contesting the results of the 2020 general elections in the Supreme Court.
This according to the petitioners is in the interest of fairness as was done during the 2012 election petition.
Per Rule 69C (4) of C.I. 99, provision is made for the proceedings of the court to be transmitted live if the court so determines, and 4(a)(b) and (b) provides for the dismissal of a petition where the petitioner fails to file the processes regarding the petition within the time specified by law or to hear and determine the petition where the respondents fail to file their answers or fail to file their processes regarding their answer within the specified time
Earlier, Mr. Mahama through his lawyers filed an application asking permission from the Supreme Court to correct mistakes in his petition
Mr. Mahama is in the Apex court seeking to set aside the election results in which the NPP's Nana Akufo-Addo was declared President.
He alleges that Mr. Akufo-Addo and all other candidates who contested in the polls did not obtain more than 50% of the votes cast.
But shortly after filing the petition, legal analysts spotted mistakes in it to the effect that the petitioner, Mr Mahama asked the Apex Court to order a re-run of the elections between himself and the Electoral Commission instead of Mr. Akufo-Addo.
Mr. Mahama's lawyer Tony Lithur has subsequently filed a motion serving notice to amend the petition to make this correction.
This Apex court will be informed of this request on Thursday, January 14, 2020 when the court holds the first hearing of the case
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Supreme Court Judge attempted to bribe NDC MP to vote for Mike Oquaye – MP
A Supreme Court judge led the charge in attempting to bribe some Members of Parliament on the National Democratic Congress side to vote for Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye.
The judge made the bribery attempt on the night members of the 8th parliament were preparing to vote to elect a speaker, Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency and Chief Whip for the National Democratic Congress Caucus in parliament, Muntaka Mubarak, has alleged.
Mr Mubarak said the said judge attempted to bribe a female member of his caucus, promising her a number of goodies should she vote against the party's choice, Mr Alban Bagbin.
"There was one that was led by, I mean so shamefully, a Supreme Court judge [who] called a colleague lady, telling her what they will give her, she has children [and] they will take care of her children; she can take fuel from the filling station for the four years…," Mr Muntaka said.
The Asawase MP who was speaking on The Probe on the Joy News channel said they have the 'time' at which the calls were made, indicating that they [NDC] were looking into the issue even though he failed to name the judge in question.
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The former Youth and Sports Minister said the member who was called by the justice is alive hence, the evidence will be made available if it becomes necessary to do so.
During the keenly contested elections in the chamber, the eventual winner, Mr Alban Bagbin polled 138 votes whereas former Speaker Professor Mike Oquaye polled 136.
There was 1 spoilt ballot.
He told Joy News Sunday, January 10 while discussing issues regarding the election of a speaker for the 8th Parliament that "There was one that was led by, I mean so shamefully, a Supreme Court judge [who] called a colleague lady, telling her what they will give her, she has children [and] they will take care of her children; she can take fuel from the filling station for the four years."
He reiterated his allegation on Citi TV Monday, January 11.
He said "The former Majority Leader, the Leader of Government business over the weekend was accusing the NDC's side that we were bribing Members on their side.
"I said no, if you are talking about bribing then find out who and who were calling members from my side. And then, I went forward to say that I can tell you if he cares to know, even some members of the Supreme Court were calling members of my side.
"One of the people that they called, they were promising her all manner of things, that she should mention her price. I don't take what I say lightly, I have heard people saying all manner of things, we know what we are doing and we know what we are holding."
When asked whether he will be able to adduce evidence to that effect, he said "Definitely we will provide all those things, the call that he made, the time that the call was made and everything is there, so it is not in doubt.
" If it comes to the probe of all the things that happened on that day I am sure if it becomes necessary and it comes up,. Obviously it will be made known, the Member on my side who was approached is alive, she is not dead."
Meanwhile, a United States-based Ghanaian professor and lawyer, Kwesi Asare, has said the allegations must be investigated thoroughly.
Reacting to this development, Prof Asare said in a Facebook post on Monday, January 11 that "Hon. Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak bribery allegation involving judges, if true, is extremely serious and merits an immediate, professional and thorough investigation.
"For the avoidance of doubt, an investigation is a truth-seeking device. It does not presume the allegations to be true or false.
" It merely seeks to uncover the truth, protect the innocent, expose the guilty or falsehood peddling and protect the integrity of the affected institution.
"There is no reason to be against an investigation or to condition it on names being provided, as such names could tend out have no basis.
"At this point, only statements made under oath and subject to examination by experts will suffice and determine the scope of the inquiry."
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Has Muntaka scandalised the Supreme Court or Supreme Court scandalised the Judiciary?
Member of Parliament for Asawase, Muhammed-Mubarak Muntaka
I was totally flabbergasted when I read on Ghanaweb yesterday that Muhammed-Mubarak Muntaka, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) member of parliament for Asawase and Minority Chie Whip has alleged that a Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC) telephoned a female MP-elect from the NDC to persuade her to vote against the NDC's nominee for Speaker of the 8th Parliament (see, "Election of Speaker: A Supreme Court Judge attempted to bribe a female NDC MP - Muntaka", Ghanaweb, January 11, 2021).
My reaction after reading the report was one of utter disbelief. On further reading of headlines, I realised that other stories on the election of Speaker were attributed to Muntaka. I asked myself if he was possessed by gbeshi as Ayikoi Otoo would say so that in the case of charges and trial, he could plead forgiveness since his actions were under the control of gbeshi.
I struggled to come to terms with such damaging allegation against a member of the highest court of the land and asked myself a number of pertinent questions as follows:
What would be the motivation for the JSC to act as being alleged by Muntaka, especially when s/he is at the pinnacle of her/his career? S/he will retire on her/his salary so what does s/he want in life? Unless of course, s/he is younger than the Chief Justice so when the Chief Justice retires in 2023, s/he will be made the Chief Justice, etc. In fact, the allegation did not make sense to me.
What motivated this unnamed JSC to put her/his career and reputation as well as the image of the Supreme Court and the entire judiciary at such a risk? On whose behalf was s/he acting, Prof Mike Oquaye, NPP or the presidency? Is this JSC aware that her/his alleged action amounted to interference with Legislature and therefore unconstitutional since it breaches the separation of powers between the judiciary, legislature and the executive arms of government? I still did not believe the allegation.
If true, this JSC is either very naïve, grossly careless or simply stupid to the highest order. But what the evidence has Muntaka got to prove his allegation? Was the conversation with the NDC female MP-elect recorded, has the phone number used been confirmed as the number of the alleged JSC and if so, was s/he actually the person who made the call and spoke to the female MP-elect? Is the voice confirmed by voice recognition technology? There were too many questions going through my mind.
Is Muntaka aware that these days anyone can pretend to be someone on phone? For example, in the wake of the confusion surrounding the Agyapa Anti-Corruption Assessment by Martin Amidu and his subsequent resignation as Special Prosecutor, someone allegedly texted to threaten him using a phone alleged to be that of the NPP Director of Communication, which turned out to be false? Is it possible that the phone number of the JSC was hijacked or cloned by someone to undertake this fool hardy act of criminal behaviour?
Does the allegation scandalise the Supreme Court and bring the judiciary into disrepute, whether proven or unproven? Could Muntaka be charged with the offence of scandalising the Supreme Court and bringing the judiciary into disrepute? If he is charged, has he got the evidence to prove his innocence beyond reasonable doubt?
Due to the seriousness of the allegation, if Muntake were to be charged, he must not only provide the recording of the conversation but also prove that the voice is that of the alleged JSC. Unless the voice is incontrovertibly clear, then Voice Recognition Technology will be required to confirm whose voice is on the audio.
Finally, I concluded that perhaps, Muntak would not make such damaging allegation public if he had no strong evidence in his possession to support his claims. But even if he had indisputable evidence, is that how he should handle an important matter at a critical time that the political temperature is high due to election-related matters? In my view, I beg to differ.
We may disagree with decisions of the judiciary or even particular judges or justices but the Judiciary is the only arm of government that we should all respect and ensures that it serves the constitution and the interest of Ghana. I am not suggesting that they are above the law or they are angels but subjecting judges and justices to public ridicule even if the allegations are true, is in my opinion, not the right approach.
It would have been better if the NDC had submitted a complaint to CHRAJ with a copy to the Chief Justice together with their evidence, instead of what appears to be an attempt to sow doubts in the minds of the public about the impartiality of the Supreme Court just before the presidential petition hearing. This is dangerous and should be avoided. It also politicises the judiciary.
In view of the seriousness of the allegation, the Chief Justice must immediately set in motion a fast-track process to investigate the allegation and urgent action taken against the JSC, if the allegation is proven, including dismissal and prosecution.
I sometimes disagree with some decisions of the Supreme Court but I will object to the Supreme Court being scandalised or the judiciary being brought into disrepute in a manner that is unjustified. Of course, we have had the judges scandal exposed by Anas, yet that exposure also showed that not all judges are corrupt.
Chief Justice, the ball is in your court.
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According to him, the norm in the house has always been consensus building in order to avoid any heated disagreements, but their opponents didn't bother because they felt they had executive power and can use it against them.
"I believe that we need a lot of talking, you saw that in the midst of the confusion and the fight, when we withdrew as leaders and spoke to each other we were able to define the Do's and the Don'ts and that helped the process to go.
You remember for two weeks, I kept saying that they were not talking to us, I can bet you if we had spoken, sat around the table to talk I don't think the hell all of us went through we would have gone through it.
But there was this arrogance, thinking that they could crash us," he disclosed during a live interview on GHOneTV and monitored by Capitalnewsonline.com.
The dissolution and election of a new Speaker were characterized by some disagreements during the night of the elections, which brought in the presence of the Police and Military personnel into the parliamentary chamber.
The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Election Programming in Ghana have expressed worry with the developments that characterised the dissolution of the 7th Parliament for the commencement of the 8th Parliament.
According to the CSOs, Ghanaians wake up to video recordings and media reportage of the appalling scenes in Parliament for a supposed sacred and solemn process of electing a Speaker of Parliament and swearing of Members of Parliament (MPs).
"The presence of the Military in the Chamber of Parliament was an extremely low point in the proceedings of Parliament," the statement endorsed by the 14 CSOs and copied to Capitalnewsonline.com read.
They condemned the arts that were witnessed last night and this dawn at the Chamber of Parliament and called on all political parties and stakeholders to work in preserving the democratic gains of the nation.
However, the Asewase Member of Parliament (MP), said though the situation was unfortunate, "but I hope that this has taught all of them a lesson, even ourselves we have also learnt a lot of lessons from today.
It is clear that for this Parliament, the best for all of us is to work for the best national interest and to reach out to each other. Definitely, in reaching out there would be take away and give away. When all of us understand, I believe it will help the course of this country.
But if it is going to be the usual oo, we will pull a fast one on them, we are in our corner I am sure you will see many of these.
If you bring any critical thing, then we may have to vote in secret and then you would want to maneuver then there will be fights and all of that. But I hope all of us might have learned some useful lessons today."
He stated emphatically that the nation currently has a hung parliament, "people can choose to call it whatever they want to, it is a hung parliament, hang in the sense if you see the brochure because they are conversant with the rules, it is 137, 137 and one independent, this is how it is.
So those who were tickling themselves and thinking that the one will join us I believe that they will reverse their notes.
The Minority Chief-Whip further stated that in 2009 when NDC was in government and they had a slim parliament with a different of 6, as Majority Chief-Whip he has to constantly close to the other and talk.
Muntaka Bubarak said if the NPP side of the house doesn't reason with them, they will get the shock of their lives and what happened in the election of the Speaker was the first in a series of what will happen to them.
He added that NPP side should never try outsmarting the NDC side since they will not be successful under no circumstance and they will suffer in the end.
Explaining the reason for their boycott of the swearing-in of President Akufo Addo, he said the NDC which they are partly being in court and it will make sense they don't show up at all in order to convene their displeasure of the results.
"They have the military, they brought in the Military and we show them that we are in Parliament and walk out shamelessly.
It is important that our colleagues understand that democracy has strived very effectively even where you have a huge majority it is building consensus. And I want to believe that if they had reached out, maybe it could be different, but for now, until this morning we have made our mind. We are not participating in the swearing-in," he added.
By: Isaac Dzidzoamenu/capitalnewsonline.com
Tags: 8th Parliament, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Minority Chief-whip, Muntaka Mubarak, New Patriotic Party, NPP
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Greetings great Ghanaians
I write to say a big thanks to God almighty and to us all for a successful election. God has being and will always be our wall of PEACE. When it comes to the peace of Ghana there has always been divine INTERVENTION.
To the Unique President of Ghana : " God always prepared us for the unseen . God indeed used the hard time the country went through during the peck of CORONA VIRUS to prepare you for this day. Congratulations for being RE-ELECTED. To God be praised.
H.E. PRESIDENT NANA ADDO AKUFFO-ADDO the fact that you have a few PARLIAMENTARIANS and an NDC SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT will not change anything believe me. God had already prepared you for this day. Remain strong do not be dismay. The good Lord who has fought the battle for you to be re-elected will continue to up-hold you . This second term of your regime will be the BEST EVER. . "THIS TOO SHALL PASS". I humbly appeal to you to be happy for the change in parliament. God will do wonders. You will live long and continue to experience DIVINE HEALTH and CURE for it is your HERITAGE . . Ghana will move forward and remain an ENVY to the WORLD at large. I humbly SALUTE YOU. JESUS IS YOUR STRENGTH. Akpe kakakaa .
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The Electoral Commission of Ghana has has told the nation's apex court to dismiss John Mahama's election petition.
In a legal response to Mahama's petition, the EC believes that the nation's former president has no case and is only wasting time in court.
Both the president's legal team and Jean Mensa's team have responsed to John Dramani Mahama's election petition case which led to the pre-trial on Thursday, 14 January.
Meanwhile, the President has also disclosed that the NDC has no proof its presidential candidate won the 2020 polls.
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The Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban Bagbin has met the leaders of both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament over the confusion that rocked the inauguration of the 8th Parliament.
Sources close to the meeting also indicated that the leaders of the two sides could not agree on which side of the caucus becomes the majority or minority in the legislature.
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As a result of this stalemate, the leaders from both sides were tasked to go and discuss the issues and come back with extra recommendations on how they can resolve the issues.
Additionally, it emerged from the meeting that Mr. Andrew Amoako Asiamah, the Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Fomena and Second Deputy Speaker has been asked to write officially to the Speaker, which side he intended to align with.
The Fomena MP is expected to do the formal communication to the Speaker Alban Bagbin between now and Friday 15, January 2021.
It would be recalled that there was a chaotic disruption of proceedings for the election Speaker and the eventual inauguration of the 8th Parliament.
The confusion witnessed in the Parliament was as a result of a stand-off between the NDC MPs and the NPP MPs over the voting processes for the election of a new Speaker.
The NDC insisted on a secret ballot per law in the belief that there were some NPP MPs planning to vote for its candidate.
For hours, scuffles broke out, led by the NDC Caucus' Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, who tried to make sure his opposing Whip was not cross-checking the ballots of NPP MPs.
At a point, when the NDC MPs were unhappy with the process, they ransacked the voting areas leading to a stop of the process.
Later, armed military and police personnel then stormed Ghana's Parliament to confront the MPs. When tensions calmed, Mr. Bagbin was eventually elected Speaker.
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Story By Gloria KAFUI Ahiable / g.ahiable@theghanareport.com On Jan 14, 2021
A former National Chairman of the NPP has urged the public not to give much importance to the petition filed by the NDC Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, challenging the validity of the results of the 2020 elections.
It is the case of Peter MacManu that the petition filed on December 30, 2020, should be ignored as it was frivolous and without substance.
"They say we have committed mathematical errors when they have committed legal errors here. But the judges are saying we should be kind since we all make errors.
"But why should we be concerned about errors. Errors that cannot overturn the outcome should be ignored," Mr MacManu told journalists.
Mr MacManu, who was President Akufo-Addo's campaign coordinator in the 2020 elections, said the NDC had no case.
His stance came after a seven-member panel of the apex court, presided over by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, granted the request for the NDC flagbearer to correct the errors made in his petition.
But the Supreme Court had a different view.
It was the case of the Supreme Court that the said mistakes would not change anything and therefore the opposing parties (Electoral Commission and President Nana Akufo-Addo) should be kind as mistakes were bound to happen.
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On January 8, 2021, the former President John Dramani Mahama filed a motion for the Supreme Court to allow him correct errors in the December 30-election petition he filed challenging the presidential results declared in President Akufo-Addo's favour.
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The motion for amendment sought the permission of the apex court to correct a mistake in relief (f) of the election petition.
In the election petition filed on December 30, 2020, the first respondent (1st) was the Electoral Commission (EC), with the second respondent (2nd) being President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
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Relief (f) is seeking "an order of mandatory injunction directing the first respondent to proceed to conduct a second election with petitioner and first respondent as the candidates as required under Articles 63(4) and (5) of the 1992 Constitution."
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Gabby Assumeng Bemoans How NPP Destroy Institutions Due To Their Self-Interest
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One of the most memorable statements President Barack Obama of the United States of America made during a state visit to Ghana in 2009 was that, �Ghana needs strong institutions and not strong men�.
It is for this matter that a Communications Member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has bemoaned the way and manner in which the biggest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is always quick to destroy people and institutions due to their self-interest.
Speaking to Peacefmonline.com, Gabby Assumeng backed his claim with a number of events that occurred in the past, starting with what he described as incessant attack on the Electoral Commission (EC) after the 2012 general elections.
He also recounted the salvoes that were fired at some of the Supreme Court Judges during and after the landmark Supreme Court ruling, in which President Mahama was confirmed as the validly elected president.
Again, Gabby Assumeng sited the condemnation of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for approving the sale of Merchant Bank to Fortiz Private Equity Fund.
Typical of the NPP, he said, �they (the NPP) took the Bank of Ghana to the cleaners. They almost wanted to say that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) was more or less controlled by the NDC members, and that cannot be true because Bank of Ghana is a state institution. It is not a political party and it is not a political institution�.
However, what has prompted his reaction, to what he describes as the biggest opposition party�s hypocritical rebuke of everyone and every institution except themselves, is a well calculated attempt to discredit the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Doe Adjaho and by extension, bring the august House of Parliament into disrepute.
��they (the NPP) has now jumped onto the legislature after Ninety (90) of their members signed onto a petition to the Speaker that they want the House to be called from recess in order to look into the Fortiz and Merchant Bank deal. And when the Hon. Speaker ruled that because the case was in court, he was unable to allow a debate on the floor of the House, they (NPP) took him to the cleaners stating that he is not competent to be speaker of the House�.
��NPP made this claim forgetting the fact that Rt. Hon. Doe Adjaho had served as a Member of Parliament for more than 20 years. Why is it that the NPP does not want to respect any institution in the country? If it does not go for them, every institution is bad,� he asserted.
The NDC Communicator further called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from such acts which, in his view, would only lead to disunity and a complete erosion of the public confidence Ghanaians have in state institutions because �democracy is build on institutions like the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Parliament�.
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Minority describes Speaker's action as whimsical
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has described the ruling by the Speaker of Parliament in dismissing its motion for a probe into the Ford Expedition gift to President John Dramani Mahama as the "most cabalistic display of power witnessed in Parliament since the beginning of the Fourth Republic".
According to the Minority, while not contesting the discretionary powers given to the Speaker to admit or not to admit questions, motions and proposals submitted to him, he ought to, in the exercise of such powers, be regulated within the confines of the Constitution.
Addressing a press conference after the Speaker had ruled against the Minority's motion for a special parliamentary committee to probe the gift to the President, the Minority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, said the Speaker's application of those powers should not be a "whimsical display of power and, indeed, arrogance".
Parliament cannot be subordinated to CHRAJ
"In this ruling, the Speaker tells us and tells Parliament, the country and, indeed, the entire world, that Parliament, in exercising our oversight responsibilities, should stall all activities and subordinate ourselves to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), an administrative body," he fumed.
He said it was unthinkable for the Speaker to ask an arm of government to subordinate itself to CHRAJ because the matter involved an issue of corruption and based it on a ruling of the Supreme Court.
"If you are to follow the ruling of the Speaker, then a recent case against some judges which also involved corruption ought to have gone to CHRAJ and not the courts," he opined, and questioned the "strange" ruling by the Speaker.
He said the Speaker had the discretionary power to accept a proposal, make amendments or reject motions or proposals, "except that conventions and practice and even common sense dictate that in applying yourself to any of these pacts, you should have some engagement with the person submitting the proposal to you. I think that is common-sensical and that is the practice of any established Parliament".
Good reasons for the probe
Explaining the intent of the Minority in calling for the probe, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said Parliament was the body vested with oversight authority over the Executive in such matters, since it was composed of persons who represented the people of the country.
The case of the Burkinabe contractor, he said, was the subject of a report that had been presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament and that if the argument of allowing CHRAJ to investigate the case should hold sway, it would be dangerous, since the report of CHRAJ would be submitted to the Attorney-General, an appointee of the President.
"Indeed, Article 218 (e) of the Constitution provides for the report of CHRAJ in the matter to be submitted to the Attorney-General, the appointee of the President, to deal with the conclusions of CHRAJ. The matter would be dead at birth and that is why Parliament must assume its legitimate role," he posited.
The motion, therefore, he said, sought to invite the House to invoke its powers of oversight to constitute a bi-partisan committee to delve into the matters raised to establish, at the end of its inquiry, whether or not the conduct of the President was above board.
"If the President's conduct is found to be above board, the President shall stand vindicated eternally. If, on the other hand, the President's conduct is found to be inappropriate, Parliament, in its wisdom and within the ambit of the Constitution, could proffer the relevant recommendations in order that such conduct shall not have further procreations," he explained.
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has expressed shock and disgust at the decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, to rule out a motion asking for a probe into the Ford Expedition gift to President John Dramani Mahama by a Burkinabe contractor. |
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NDC youth petitions Akufo-Addo, parliament over 'insecurity'
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The protesting youth of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, submitted a petition to the presidency after their 'March for Justice' demonstration.
The National Youth Organizer of the party, George Opare Addo, led some members of the party to present the petition at the seat of government.
After reading out the content of the petition, he presented it to the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of operations, Emmanuel Bossman, who gave assurances that the document will be given to President Akufo-Addo.
The group also presented a copy of the petition to parliament. A deputy National Youth Organizer, Ruth Dela Seddoh presented the document to Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
There have been growing concerns about the use of the military for civil events that ordinarily should be handled by the police.
The incidents that have angered many include the killing of some Ghanaians during the 2020 election, the invasion of Parliament by soldiers, the latest killing of two persons, and the injuring of four others who were protesting at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.
The brutalization of some residents of the Upper West Region in Wa by some soldiers over a supposed stolen phone has also been widely condemned.
Armed robbery and murder cases have also been on the rise in parts of the country.
Thousands of members and sympathizers of the opposition Democratic Congress, NDC, participated in the protest march that saw them walk from the Accra Mall through Opeibea, the Lands Commission office, Christ the King Church and the Flagstaff House, before proceeding to parliament.
The supporters, most of whom are clad in red and black, sang and chanted with various placards communicating their grievances. Their placards read various inscriptions including, "Ahmed Suale deserved to live, No justice for the dead, no peace, #WeAreAllKaaka, We feel your silence Akufo-Addo and Bawumia, Ghanaian lives matter" among others.
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EU To Remove Ghana From Money Laundering List
Fri 21st May, 2021 20:19
The European Union (EU) is expected to remove Ghana from its money laundering list.
Ghana was placed on the list of countries deficient in anti-money laundering months ago.
But following President Nana Akufo-Addo's visit to Belgium from 19th to 20th May, 2021, the European Commission, Government said, has announced the decision to remove Ghana from the list.
According to a statement from the Jubilee House, signed by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at the Presidency, at a meeting between President Akufo-Addo and the President of the European Union Council, Charles Michel, as well as at the European Union Commission, the European Union acknowledged the efforts Ghana has made in implementing the action plan of the International Country Risk Guide in record time.
It said the Commission thus congratulated Ghana for the reforms embarked on, as well as the sustainable, robust systems deployed towards being taken of the list.
Below is the full statement
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President János Áder is starting an eight-day visit to Ghana and Kenya on Wednesday, the first visit by a Hungarian head of state to those countries since the fall of communism, the president's office said.
In Ghana, the president will meet Nana Akufo-Addo, his Ghanaian counterpart, visit a school reconstructed with contributions from the Hungary Helps aid programme, and a water purifying facility built with Hungarian expertise, the statement said. During his visit to Kenya, Áder is scheduled to meet Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and House Speaker Justin Muturi. Afterwards, he will visit development projects implemented using Hungarian support, the statement said.
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Home » News » Index – Domestic – János Áder gives a special role to Ghana
The Hungarian head of state arrived in Africa on Wednesday morning for a multi-day official visit. He met with the Ghanaian president in Accra on Thursday.
Hungary's Africa policy gives Ghana a prominent role in a region with strong economic growth and promising economic growth.
– MTI quotes János Áder.
The President of the Republic said that during their meeting, the areas of co-operation aimed at further expanding the foreign economic relations of the two countries and benefiting both parties were discussed.
The two countries have similar goals. We are in a community of values, both countries have turned their backs on the authoritarian past and established a democratic government that respects the rule of law and human rights.
Akufo-Addo emphasized.
The politician stated that they had confirmed their intention to cooperate with János Áder in the fields of trade, pharmaceutical industry, infocommunication, water management and environmental protection. They also agreed to set up a joint economic joint committee to assist bilateral projects.
The President of Ghana thanked Hungary for its support in making the African country a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
They addressed the security policy challenges in the Sahel, that the presence of jihadist forces is a serious problem that poses a serious threat to African states. Akufo-Addo stressed that Ghana said the presence of UN peacekeepers in the region could not be reduced or even increased.
In Ghana, the largest wastewater treatment plant in the country, built with state-of-the-art technology, was handed over in 2021, with Hungarian participation in Kumasi, and two more such investments are now underway, also with Hungarian participation. This is a significant help, as it can reduce the number of diseases transmitted by polluted water.
– emphasized János Áder at the press conference after the trial.
The parties pointed out that two agricultural sample farms have already been established in Ghana with Hungarian help, which can be followed by others. János Áder emphasized that Hungary can be of great help in seed breeding processes and in the cultivation of plants that are well adapted to the climates of different countries, so this area could be a new field of cooperation between the two countries in the future.
The President of the Republic added that Hungary has serious technologies not only in the treatment of wastewater, but also in the treatment of drinking water. With Hungarian container technology, it is possible to purify drinking water in areas isolated from the world where there is not much infrastructure. By desalination of seawater, it is also possible to supply smaller settlements with drinking water of adequate quality with this Hungarian development.
We agreed that the XXI. century will be a century of water, without good quality and quantity of water, neither the supply of the population, nor the development of industry, nor the expansion of the economy is conceivable
He added.
The negotiating partners also discussed the expansion of educational relations between the two countries, and agreed on the importance of expanding the scholarship system. This is proved by the fact that the number of students coming to Hungary from Ghana has increased three and a half times in the last 5 years.
János Áder is the first President of the Republic of Hungary to visit Ghana since the change of regime. The Hungarian politician visits the NewillAcademy school in Koforidia, for the renovation of which Hungary Helps has also contributed. In Kumasi, he visits the wastewater treatment plant built by the Pureco company with Hungarian expertise.
(Cover image: Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo receives President János Áder on his official visit to the Presidential Palace in Accra, Jubilee House, January 13, 2022. Photo: Noémi Bruzák / MTI) |
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Ghana Off EU Money Laundering Grey List – Prez Akufo Addo Delighted
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana is delighted to have been removed from the grey list of high-risk third countries in money laundering activities.
"We are delighted that, on 7 January 2022, we received a notification from the European Commission, through the intermediary of the Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union, Mairead McGuinness, that Ghana, after the pursuit of some rigorous reforms, has now, formally, been removed from the Grey List of high-risk third countries in money laundering activities," he said.
The president was addressing a joint press conference on Thursday (13 January) at Jubilee House with the visiting president of Hungary, János Áder, who is on a state visit to Ghana.
It will be recalled that, in 2016, Ghana was subjected to a second round of mutual evaluation by the Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in West Africa (GIABA).
Although this round of mutual evaluation showed some progress over an earlier exercise in 2009, there were still significant gaps that needed to be addressed. This led to Ghana being placed under observation by the International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG).
As a direct result of Ghana being on the FATF list, the European Union added Ghana to its list of high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies in their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime in October 2020.
Over the past three years, an Inter-Ministerial Committee led by the Ministry of Finance had been hard at work co-ordinating important reforms to make good for strategic AML/CFT deficiencies.
Welcoming President János Áder to Ghana, President Akufo-Addo described the visit as a landmark one, "as it is the first time since the fall of communism that a President from Hungary is paying a State Visit to Ghana. We are honoured by your presence, Mr President."
As President Akufo-Addo told guests, "President Áder and I first had the opportunity of meeting on the sidelines of the R20 Austria World Summit, held in Vienna in May 2019, where we both pledged our commitment to exploring further areas of interest for the mutual benefit of our two countries.
"This visit reinforces our commitment to engage each other further to this end."
The discussions between the two leaders and their delegations centred on the expansion of relations in the sectors of trade, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, ICT, financial services, water management and environmental protection. An agreement was put in place for the commencement of meetings under the auspices of a Permanent Joint Commission for Co-operation (PJCC), which will serve as the platform for accelerating mutually beneficial co-operation between Ghana and Hungary.
President Akufo-Addo announced that soon, a number of key agreements will be signed between Ghana and Hungary, including the continuation of the education exchange programme, the mutual visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and service passports between the Republic of Ghana and Hungary, a memorandum of understanding on sports co-operation between the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ghana, another MoU with Hungary on co-operation in the field of water management in Kumasi, and a third MoU in the field of environmental protection and nature conservation.
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Ms Ursula Owusu, Vice President of FIDA International and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has slammed the pro NDC youth group, the Media Analyst Group, dismissing allegations that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo is a drug addict and a drunkard.
She has urged the group to withdraw the unsavory remarks against her and other members of the NPP or face the full rigours of the law.
The Media Analysts Group on Tuesday, October 5, launched a barrage of criticisms against the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo describing him as a person of low morale standards and a drug addict.
The Group said that the flagbearer of the NPP is unfit to govern the country.
In a Press Statement signed by its spokesperson, Alfred Kojo Triddles, the group named a number of NPP functionaries such as Ursula Owusu, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko among others as alcoholics and also strong drug addicts.
According to the group, issues of drug addiction as well as Nana Addo's daughter's drunk driving that occurred two months ago are enough reasons for his inability to govern the nation.
Responding to the allegations on Citi Eyewitness News on Wednesday, October 6, Ms Ursula Owusu warned that the NPP is arm ready to meet such "faceless" NDC youth groups boot for boot.
According to her, the Presidential candidate of the NPP is not a drug addict and has not taken alcohol for over fifteen years adding that such unfounded allegations are a deliberate attempt to smite Nana Addo's reputation.
Ms Ursula Owusu said the NPP has accommodated enough of the vituperations and the unwarranted attacks on its members. She charged the leadership of the Media Analyst Group to come out and withdraw their unsubstantiated comments or she will be left with no choice than to take them to court.
"In 2008 during the electioneering campaign, we saw politicking descend to its lowest stage in this country with all manner of false allegations against the NPP. We chose not to respond at that time because we thought that by descending into the gutters with the NDC we would be defacing politicking in this country…several years along the line we see the NDC adopting the same stance of the same politicking of personal insults and personalization and attacks on individuals. But this time around we are telling them that if they want to take us on that same line we will respond in kind…we will meet them boot for boot".
"Nana Akufo-Addo has not drunk alcohol for over fifteen years and that is a fact. Nana Akufo-Addo does not do drugs and that is a fact too. He has never done drugs in his life. Now these people have based all these allegations on text messages and we are going to put them to strict prove. Unfortunately for them they dared mention my name, everybody may choose to turn a blind eye to it but I won't…if they cannot substantiate those allegation that I am related to drugs, they better withdraw that within the shortest possible time or they will face the full rigors of the law…I will go to court and let them go there and defend that".
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Bentil advises Akando to Sue Ursula for assault
Miguel Dodzie January 08, 2021
Lawyer Kofi Bentil, taking notice of the dramatic encounter between the Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akando and the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has suggested that the male MP can sue his female colleague for assault and win a substantive amount of money.
For all the chaos and skirmishes that characterized the election of a Speaker for Ghana's 8th Parliament, there was also a spice of drama as well.
One of the dramatic moments on the night was an encounter between the two MPs.
In the midst of the melee that took place on the floor of the house, the two were captured on camera in a position that at first glance one would take as two lovebirds having a moment of their lives.
However, a careful look at the grim on the faces of the two would tell one that all was not well between the Ablekuma West MP who had decided to take a seat on the laps of the Juaboso MP.
The two were ostensibly engaged in a tussle of who had the right to occupy a seat in the area allocated for Members of the majority side of the house. |
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Say It Loud
Opinions Sun, 2 Jun 2013
The Arrogance Of The All-Knowing NPP
Again Shows Up In Court
Many Ghanaians who have been following the Supreme Court petition challenging the legitimacy of the 2012 Election results which was soundly won by President John Mahama, are saying that perhaps if the elite NPP leadership has taken the pains to shed their all-knowing attitude and learnt the basics of the electoral laws, they will not be in the mess they find themselves today.
You do not need to be a sage to determine that Dr Mahamadu Bawumia who not long ago became part of the "all-knowing and all-encompassing" NPP gang, hugely exposed himself by becoming perhaps the first person in recent memory to rush to court as a star witness and gave his own interpretation of the electoral laws of the country when in fact he does not even know of the existence of the Guide to Candidates and Agents published and distributed to political parties by the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the 2012 polls.
Even when several portions of the EC laws have been read thoroughly in court, Bawumia and his NPP gang still did not back away from their insular interpretation of the EC laws, thus making a big mockery of themselves.
It was therefore gratifying when Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, the Electoral Commissioner who has been severely vilified by the NPP decided to mount the witness box to give his evidence-in-chief at the Supreme Court.
But his decision to mount the witness box was without drama as the NPP lead counsel, Philip Addison sought relentlessly to prevent him from giving his evidence. It, therefore, has to take a majority decision by the justices sitting on the case to rule that Dr Afari Gyan who is the Returning Officer and representing the EC as a party to the case has to be given the chance to present his evidence to the court.
Observers believe that Addison's intension of trying to prevent Dr Afari Gyan from testifying has more to do with his fear of Dr Afari Gyan tearing into shreds the so-called evidence of the NPP, and also provide the icing on the respondent's cake.
And true to the fears exhibited by the NPP, Dr Afari Gyan did not disappoint Ghanaians and those in the International Community monitoring the on-going petition case.
Dr Afari Gyan, in his cool and collected posture held the whole court awestruck when he thoroughly explained the training of electoral officers, how printing of ballot papers were done, the important components of the pink sheets, the determination of polling stations and codes, overall guidelines of the 2012 elections and the number of ballot papers printed among others.
Everybody who was in court was highly educated by the scintillating evidence poured by Dr Afari Gyan which left the NPP members in court in trance. Philip Addison who could not contain the disgrace occasionally fought back with his all too familiar objections to demonstrate that it was his case.
In one of those objections raised by Addison he told the court to stop Dr Afari Gyan from turning his evidence giving into a lecture. But by a majority decision of 6-3 the objection raised by Philip Addison was overruled by the justices.
Perhaps if the NPP folks have taken the pains in learning the electoral laws and how they operate during elections, they would have saved themselves from the disgrace that was unleashed at them by Dr Afari Gyan.
The over pompous all-knowing NPP folks believe they know it all, therefore, they never even took the pains to learn just the basic laws by the EC, which is why they went to court to learn those laws for the very first time from the respondents. In this world you don't rush to court with loads of accusations when you don't have the solid evidence to back those accusations. If you happen to go that route you will always end up attempting to tender your subjective analysis into evidence.
Dr Bawumia who sat in court saw most of his so-called allegations thrown into the NPP dustbin whilst Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the NDC stood tall since most of the things Dr Afari Gyan told the court tied with the very things Asiedu Nketia had said during his evidence-in-chief.
It is the wish of everyone that when the dust is finally settled with the determination of the case by the SC, the NPP leadership will take the humble pie and resolve to use humility as their watchword. They have exposed themselves as a party which profess to know the law but in actual fact do not know the law. The disgrace and shame which they have brought to themselves should be enough for them to tone down on their all-knowing posture. Ghanaians are now better informed.
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Speaker Alban Bagbin says he is as impartial as possible
Bagbin believes detractors are accusing him of untrue bias
Bagbin wants Parliament to take on a new direction
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has again reacted to allegations that he is biased in the line of duty as leader of the lawmaking chamber.
The year-old Speaker insists that he remained committed to being as impartial as possible when presiding adding that he puts his best foot forward despite his limitations as a human being.
"This Parliament I have made clear that I will do all I can to be as impartial as possible. I am human, I don't know it all, I can make mistakes," he said in an interview that aired on state broadcaster GBC on December 30, 2021 on the Momeen Tonight show.
"But to be categorized as being biased or obstructing government business or being partial is just a figment of the imagination of people who are stuck to the old order where they are used to power.
"The power of the majority, this is what we want and we must get it. That is the position. If not, my rulings have shown that I have disagreed with both majority and minority at different times and so it is only a surprise that because some of my colleagues don't understand that the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic is completely different from the other Parliaments," he continued.
He further stressed that the House he leads needs a radical change because there is a clear change from this house to all previous chambers since 1993.
"There is a change. A change of composition, a change of focus and direction and that needs a different type of leadership. We cannot continue to use those old rules, we have to develop new rules. The rules that will push forward the decision of the good people of Ghana," he stressed.
Bagbin rose to become speaker in January this year after winning a contest that involved the then sitting Speaker Aaron Mike Oquaye.
Retired Bagbin's rise to Speakership
On January 7, 2021, as the current Parliament convened to elect a speaker, his name popped up as the preferred candidate by the main opposition National Democratic Congress as against the candidature of the then outgoing speaker, Aaron Mike Oquaye, of the governing New Patriotic Party.
After a rancorous voting process which involved shouting and hurling of invectives by Members of Parliament-elect, kicking of voting booths and snatching of ballot papers, not to talk of a military invasion of the chamber, Alban Bagbin was elected speaker.
Whiles the NDC insists he won the vote outright, the NPP said he was a consensus candidate between the two sides of the house. The NPP agreed to play ball because they had a presidential inauguration to attend, which event the Minority had said they will boycott.
Watch Bagbins full interview below:
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The President of the Ghana Bar Association, Nene Abayateye Amegatcher is contemplating seeking interpretation from the Supreme Court on the legality of the bans that are imposed form time to time by traditional rulers in the country, in respect of festive occasions.
Mr. Amegatcher told The Ghanaian Times that he was interested in getting the Supreme Court to pronounce on the matter because he believed the action of the traditional rulers was affecting the country�s economy.
Speaking in an interview in Accra Nene Amegatcher said he �believes that if we are to continue this way, our economy will continue to be affected and we will not be making any progress.
�When a ban is imposed on noise-making, the beer bar operator who plays music to attract customers, the night clubs, and all those who have to use loud speakers to play music to attract buyers, would be put out of business for the period of the ban and this would affect their income,� he explained.
Mr. Amegatcher, who had been asked for his views on the face-off that arose between the Ghana Boxing Authority and the Ga Traditional Council over the council�s decision not to allow the boxing bout between Braimah Kamoko (Bukom Banku) and Ayittey Powers scheduled for May 15 because of the ban, was concerned about the loss in earnings that it would have caused to the boxing authority.
He also said casket dealers lost income as a result of the ban on funerals imposed form April 29, whilst the Asantehene celebrated his 15th enstoolment and Akwasidae Kesie. The ban was lifted on May 22.
He also feared for the bereaved families who might have to pay more for keeping their dead relatives in the morgue longer than necessary.
�I want a situation where the Supreme Court will rule on this matter once and for all, because the traditionalists also say that there is a constitutional provision which says that our traditions, customs beliefs and practices should be preserved,� he said.
The GBA boss recalled that �some years ago, the association filed a suit in the Supreme Court to challenge bans that were imposed by the Ga Traditional Council. We went to court but somewhere along the line, the Accra Metropolitan Authority, or so, intervened and said they wanted to sit down and settle the cast amicably.
�But now that it is going on, and I believe it is affecting the economy of this country, I am interested in getting the Supreme Court to pronounce on it.
�And,I can tell you without any doubt in my mind, without any blink of my eye that all those bans, from that of the Asantehene on funerals, to that of the Ga Traditional Council on noise-making and to the ban on the pounding of fufu on Saturdays etc, are all unconstitutional,� the GBA boss declared.
Nene Amegatcher contended that �Ghanaians have come to the point in their lives as a country that the traditional authorities should understand that society is dynamic and that the people are moving forward as a country and things are changing.
�This is what they were doing in the past, thinking that is how the country would be developed over the years. That is no longer in line with the realities of modern situations. And, I believe that if we have to compare ourselves from the time these bans were being imposed, pre-1957 and post 1957, we would see where we are as against other countries where these chieftaincy institutions do not exist.
�They have gone years ahead of us and they are still working very hard, day and night, to improve the economies of their countries. So, if we are going to stay in these traditional things and always be restricted on account of one person saying he is the traditional head, telling us what ought to be done, we will not develop ourselves as a country,� he said.
The GBA boss contended that there are constitutional provisions that guarantee the rights of a citizen; the freedom to worship, the freedom to practice their religion, the freedom to eat if they want to, and the freedom to association and be part of any assembly that they want to be part of.
But, he argued that �in interpreting the constitution, you have to look at where we have come from and why certain provisions which were not in previous constitutions have now been made, despite the fact that we have similar provisions for preserving our traditional customs, rules and practices you have to understand and balance it�.
According to Nene ,Amegatcher, some of the traditional councils were acting out of pure ignorance and that it had come to a time when the Supreme Court should rule on the matter once and for all, and the we would know where we are going.�
Source: The Ghanaian Times
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lost one of its top activists in the Akuapem North Constituency of the Eastern Region, Medlyn Akosua Obenewa.
She is said to have passed after a short illness.
A member of the NPP National Communications Team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, disclosed this on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen.
Mr Aboagye indicated he received the news of her demise on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 15, 2021.
He said he had a hearty conversation with the deceased affectionately called Sister over the weekend.
Mr Aboagye, among other things, eulogised her as a vibrant and hardworking lady whose entrepreneurship has created jobs for some youth in the area.
She was 29 and was survived by a son. She was a member of the Ofie Project at Akuapem North.
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Supreme Court strikes out suit against NDC
Accra, Dec. 13, GNA - The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out a writ brought before it by one Karl Gray Kwasi Intsiful challenging the position of Former President Jerry Rawlings as founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The five-member panel presided over by Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo arrived at the decision after Mr Fredua Agyeman, counsel for Intsiful, informed the Court that he had withdrawn the suit. The four other members of the panel were Dr Justice Seth Twum, Dr Justice Date Baah, Professor Justice Tawiah Modibo Ocran and Mr Justice R. T. Aninakwah.
Counsel told the Court that he was withdrawing the writ because it contained certain flaws, but he did not indicate what those flaws were. Consequently, the Court struck out the application as having been withdrawn. The Court did not award any cost against the Plaintiff. When the case was called, Mr Intsiful was absent. Mr Bede Ziedeng, Acting General Secretary of the NDC and its representative were also not in court, but they later showed up. Mr Kwaku Baah was there to defend the Party while Mr Ayikoi Otoo, Attorney - General, who was served with a copy of the writ, was also present.
Mr Intsiful, a resident of Senya-Adawso in the Central Region, filed the suit seeking a declaration from the Supreme Court against the NDC that in law, former President Rawlings was not the founder of the Party. He was also praying the Court to declare that the NDC's Constitution, which portrayed an individual as the sole founder of the Party, was not consistent with the 1992 Constitution. In a statement in opposition, Mr Baah submitted that the NDC had been in existence since its founding in 1992, under the leadership of former President Rawlings.
Counsel further submitted that no part of the Party's Constitution was a breach of the 1992 Constitution or any law of the land. Mr Baah stated that on the question of the founding and registration of NDC, the Party complied with all the provisions of the Constitution and all the laws in the statute books. He contended that the writ was not only brought in bad faith, but it was also calculated to embarrass NDC, create confusion among the rank and file of members and not to advance any democratic cause. Mr Baah, therefore, prayed the Court to dismiss the writ. Among NDC functionaries present in court were Dr Tony Aidoo, former Deputy Minister of Defence; Squadron Leader Clend Sowu, former Member of Parliament for Anlo and Mr Victor Smith, Special Assistant to former President Rawlings. |
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Supreme Court judge Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau is dead
In a Facebook post made by the convenor of #FixTheCountry demo, Barker H. Vogues, and sighted by GhanaWeb, the Supreme Court Justice is said to have passed on after contracting the deadly coronavirus.
He said, "Supreme Court Justice Marful Sau has sadly! passed! It's been speculated that it was COVID-19."
Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau was a Ghanaian judge, an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Marful-Sau was born in Assin Adubiase in the Central Region. After qualifying as a Barister-at-law 1984 he worked at the office of the Provisional National Defence Council and entered private legal practice prior to being called to the High Court bench in June 2002.
He subsequently became an Appeal Court judge in 2006 and in 2018 he was appointed justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
He was nominated in 2018 by the president Nana Akufo-Addo in consultation with Council of State and the advice of the Judicial Council.
Marful-Sau was born on 3 February 1956 at Assin Adubiase in th the Assin South District of the Central Region.
He begun his formal education at Methodist Primary School in Assin Adubiase from 1963 to 1965. He continued his elementary education at Sempe '1' Primary and Middle School in Accra from 1965 to 1969, he later enrolled at the Urban Council Middle 'A' School at Mankessim where he studied from 1969 to 1972.
His secondary school education begun at Assin Manso Secondary School, Assin Manso, he later moved to Feden High School where he studied from September 1973 to June 1974. He later enrolled at Breman Asikuma Secondary School in September 1974.
There, he received his Ordinary Level ('O'-Level) certificate in June 1977. He proceeded to Navrongo Secondary School in September 1977 and obtained his Advanced Level ('A'-Level) certificate there in June 1979.
He entered the University of Ghana in August 1979 and graduated with his bachelor of laws degree in July 1982. He continued at the Ghana School of Law where he received his Barister-at-Law in 1984.
In September 2008 he entered the University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland to pursue a Masters' degree (LL.M) in Petroleum Law and Policy. He graduated in October 2009.
Marful-Sau was admitted to practice in Ghana as a Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor in 1984. He begun his career as a national service personnel working in the capacity of a Legal Assistant at the Castle Information Bureau Office of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) and briefly as a prosecutor in the office of the Special Public Prosecutor from August 1984 to July 1986.
During the period of his national service, he was selected to study a six-month course in Intelligence Studies at the Security and Intelligence Academy in Moscow, Russia. In July 1986, he was attached to the office of the PNDC, he remained there until September 1987.
A month later, Marful-Sau joined Vidal. L. Buckle and Company as a private legal practitioner. While in private practice, his areas of expertise included: Nationality, Immigration, Corporate, Commercial and Insurance Law. He remained in private legal practice until June 2002 when he was called to the bench as a judge of the High Court.
While in private legal practice, Marful-Sau was a member of the Law Reform Commission from August 1998 to October 2005 and a member of the Ghana Frequency Regulation Control Board from 1993 to 1998. He rose through the ranks as a justice of the high court to a justice of the appeal court, serving in that capacity from November 2006 to 2018 when he was appointed justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Marful-Sau was nominated together with three other judges (Justice Agnes Dordzie, Justice Professor Nii Ashie Kotey and Justice Nene Amegatcher) by the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo in 2018.
After the names of the nominated judges were sent to parliament, there were claims that his appointment and the appointment of Justice Agnes Dordzie were rewards and not justified as their promotions occurred after they (Justice Samuel Marful-Sau and Justice Agnes Dordzie) recommended that the Electoral Commission Chair, Mrs. Charlotte Osei be removed from office.
The government, however, dismissed these claims claiming the nominations were in consultation with the Council of State and based on the advice of the Judicial Council.
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Landmark case: Mahama to know fate Thursday
By Admissionsgh | May 24, 2016
General News of Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Source: thefinderonline.com
President Mahama
The Supreme Court will on Thursday set the ground rules for the President on the appropriate way of appointing Justices of Superior Courts and Electoral Commissioners.
The landmark verdict will determine whether or not the President is bound to appoint an Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson based on the strict advice of the Council of State, as well as appoint Supreme Court justices in strict accordance with the advice of the Judicial Council.
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Thursday's verdict is crucial in view of the fact that former Attorney-General Martin Amidu accused President John Mahama of ignoring Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, who was 'highly' recommended by the Judicial Council for nomination to the Supreme Court and rather nominated less recommended candidates.
Mr. Amidu said Justice Marful-Sau, a Court of Appeal judge, was denied the promotion to the Supreme Court because he dismissed the state's case against Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani and Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby in the Ghana@50 case.
The former Chief of Staff, Mr. Mpiani, and the CEO of the erstwhile Ghana@50 Secretariat, Dr. Wereko-Brobby, had been standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss to the state.
But Justice Marful-Sau, sitting as an additional High Court judge, dismissed the case, holding the view that the findings of a Commission of Inquiry could not form the basis upon which to bring criminal charges against the two.
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) and two others are challenging the President's power of appointing Superior Justices without the advice of the Judicial Council.
The court consolidated the case of the GBA and that of two other applicants, Mr Kwasi Danso Acheampong, a lawyer, and Richard Dela Sky, a journalist, who had filed a separate case seeking an interpretation of Article 70 of the constitution on whether or not the President must act in accordance with the advice of the Council of State in some appointments.
According to Mr. Sky and Mr. Acheampong, the President was bound by Article 70 (2) of the 1992 Constitution to appoint an Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman based on the advice of the Council of State.
The GBA, on the other hand, is praying the court to declare that upon true and proper construction of Article 144 clauses (2) and (3) of the 1992 Constitution, all appointments made by the President of the Republic of Ghana to the Supreme Court are valid on condition that they are made in strict accordance with the advice of the Judicial Council.
Although the GBA is seeking the interpretation of a different provision under the 1992 Constitution, the binding effect is that they all border on the powers and limitations of the President.
The interpretation being sought by Messrs Sky and Acheampong arises from a friction between two constitutional provisions.
The first one enjoins the President to make such an appointment based on the advice of the Council of State.
However, another provision states that the President is not bound by the recommendations of the Council of State.
In their statement of the case, the plaintiffs averred that what in their view was pivotal in the determination of the suit was whether or not the operative phrase "acting on the advice of the Council of State" had any mandatory binding effect.
"Our humble view is that the use of the phrase is not accidental and, therefore, has a binding effect, as used in the context of the 1992 Constitution," the statement posited.
Section 2 of Article 70 of the 1992 Constitution provides that "the President shall, acting on the advice of the Council of State, appoint the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and other members of the Electoral Commission".
However, Clause 3 of Article 91 of the Constitution states that "the Council of State may, upon request or on its own initiative, consider and make recommendations on any matter being considered or dealt with by the President, a Minister of State, Parliament or any other authority established by this Constitution, except that the President, Minister of State, Parliament or any other authority shall not be required to act in accordance with any recommendation made by the Council of State under this clause".
The statement contended that those provisions had brought to the fore many divergent views on the appointment of the Chairman of the EC vis-a-vis the roles of the President and the Council of State.
It said if that issue was not settled once and for all, it could lead to unnecessary political apprehension when eventually an announcement was made on the appointment of a new Chair of the EC.
The statement averred that it was evident, per Article 91, Clause 4 of the Constitution, that the functions of the Council of State in the appointment of the chairman and deputies, as well as other commissioners of the EC, was one conferred on the Council of State by the constitution and not one of opinion sought by the President.
"Thus, any such advice in this direction by the Council of State becomes constitutionally binding on the President. The President has no unfettered discretion to take or disregard such advice," it said.
The purpose of GBA's action is to bring an end to what the association termed "persistent" failure of presidents in the Fourth Republic to seek the advice of the Judicial Council before appointing judges to the Supreme Court.
In a 66-page writ of summons and statement of case seeking to invoke the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the plaintiffs are praying the highest court of the land to direct the President to fully comply with Article 144 (2) and (3) of the 1992 Constitution, which admonishes the President to appoint justices to the Supreme Court upon advice from the Judicial Council.
The other plaintiffs in the case are the former President of the GBA, Nene Amegatcher, Mr. Justin Amenuvor and Frank Beecham, all legal practitioners.
The defendants are the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and the Judicial Council.
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Journalist Albert in News
January 7, 2021 1 min
President Akufo-Addo has been sworn-in as President of Ghana.
Former President Mahama and Members of Parliament on the side of the NDC were not present at the swearing-in ceremony of President Akufo-Addo in parliament today.
The swearing-in ceremony of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Bawumia were sworn into office today December 7, 2021, which was witnessed by Presidents and representatives from different countries.
However, the 2020 flagbearer of the NDC John Dramani Mahama did not show up in parliament which deepens his resolve and stance that the 2020 election was not credible enough. As it stands now he is contesting the election results in the Supreme Court.
The NDC MPs after pushing and voting for one of their own Alban Bagbin to become Speaker of parliament left the precincts and did not show up for the swearing-in ceremony of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Bawumia.
Before the swearing-in ceremony, it was rumoured that the NDC has decided to boycott the ceremony as a way to register their displeasure over the 2020 election outcome.
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Election 2020: NDC to file election petition at Supreme Court on Wednesday
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- The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be filing a petition to challenge the 2020 general elections at the Supreme Court
- The NDC claims the 2020 presidential poll was rigged by the Electoral Commission to favour President-elect Akufo-Addo
- The NDC is yet to make an official announcement of the decision
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YEN.com.gh has learnt that the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be filing a petition to contest the results of the 2020 general elections at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 30.
The leadership of the NDC is yet to make an official announcement of the decision to challenge president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's victory in the just-ended December 7 presidential election at the country's highest court.
But a member of the NDC's legal team, Rockson Nelson Defeamekpor, has told the host of Newsfile, Samson Lardy Anyenini, that the party will be contesting both the presidential and parliamentary polls.
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''We'll go to court by Wednesday; all these matters would be placed before the court,'' he said on Saturday.
NDC to file election petition at Supreme Court on Wednesday to contest the 2020 presidential election result. Photo: UGC
Source: UGC
Jean Mensah, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC), declared President Nana Akufo-Addo winner of the just-ended 2020 presidential poll.
Dafeamekpor, however, indicated that the Commission on multiple occasions flouted the laws governing the conduct of the election.
''It is not about declaring the seat in our [NDC] favour, that is not what we're saying. We're saying [EC should] comply with the law. If you comply with the law and we emerge victorious that is fine. But [if] you do not comply with the law and announce another candidate as the victor. No,'' he stressed.
NDC presidential candidate, John Mahama had also described the EC's results as a 'rigged' verdict in favour of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In other YEN.com.gh news, some Ghanaians have shared varied messages and concerns with YENkasa TV as Christians across the world mark the birth of Jesus Christ with the Christmas festival on December 25.
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In a Yuletide dialogue edition with YENKasa, some desired God's mercies for their loved ones while others commented about the impact of the raging coronavirus pandemic on their business and the post-election fire outbreaks in some principal markets in the country.
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By Cephas Larbi Last updated Oct 4, 2017
Alban Bagbin with John Mahama
Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin, Ghana's longest serving Member of Parliament, has grabbed unto himself the pet name, "Loverboy" as he laces boots to contest the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), whether or not former President John Mahama intends to stage a comeback as president.
"I see myself as the Loverboy of this country and I think that I can win not just the party's presidential primaries but even the presidency of this country. Yes, I believe I have that national appeal. And internationally, wherever I have had the opportunity of representing our country, whether it is by grace or by destiny, I have been given the opportunity to lead," a confident sounding Bagbin told Kwame Nkrumah Tikese on Okay FM's morning show Tuesday morning.
"It is common knowledge that from Gold Coast to Ghana, I am the only person that has been in parliament for continuous years and at the end of this term, I would be 28 years in parliament and most of it in leadership position and I have learnt the ropes and I have read copiously from both sides of the political divide and I think I have enough capital, leadership capital to lead this nation. I don't think that I should deny Ghanaian this opportunity. That is why in spite of my financial challenge, I still want to offer myself", the 60-year old Bagbin noted.
He said so far, former President John Mahama has personally not expressed any interest whatsoever in serving as president of Ghana again and that even if Mr. Mahama ever expresses such an interest, the two of them would have to slug it out boot for boot at the NDC primaries.
Bagbin explained: "You can be sure that I would have to contest him. For no other reason other than the fact that I think I could better lead the people and our nation than him. That is all. He has had the opportunity and he can attest to the fact that I was a very big pillar in supporting him to get that opportunity and to assume the reigns of our country. Throughout, in spite of my critical words on some of his decisions and leadership style, I kept supporting him until he lost the election. I believe that observing his performance and observing what Nana Akufo Addo is doing and learning the lessons of the past, I think, I am adequately prepared enough to go for that position."
CRITICIZE TO BUILD
When Kwame Nkrumah Tikese asked Bagbin whether some of his criticisms contributed to the defeat of the NDC in the 2016 polls, the legislator said the Kwesi Botchwey Committee tasked to find out why the NDC lost, did not come out with any such findings to back that assertion.
"No, I think my criticisms led to him (John Mahama) having a second look at his performance and improving on a number of issues, actions and policies and that improved upon his governance and I don't agree with those who think that my criticisms of his performance was what led to his loss. In fact, it has not been unearth anywhere.
If you go through the Kwesi Botchway Committee report, you would not find that anywhere… I criticize to improve, I don't criticize to destroy. I was compelled to come out to make those statements because of the reaction of Stan when I was interviewed on issued on the issue of corruption."
FREE SHS
Bagbin applauded the Nana Akufo-Addo led government for commencing the free SHS policy, though he said the takeoff of the policy suffered some challenges:
He said: "The bold decision to go on with the free senior high school policy; that is a bold decision in spite of the challenges, they still decided to push It on. And you know the effects on the ground. The large numbers of Ghanaians that were struggling to pay school fees are relieved. And that is something we can commend government on even though it does not prevent us from drawing government's attention to the issue of availability and the colossal loss the country would make as a result of jumping the gun. When you bite more than you can chew, you know how you struggle to chew it in your mouth. There is nothing wrong with being gradual."
Loverboy Bagbin also criticized the Nana Addo government over the handling of the economy and some internal security related challenges with particular reference to a pro NPP group known as the "Invincible Forces."
NANA ADDO
Bagbin spoke about President Akufo-Addo: "I have known Nana Addo from 1983 as a young practitioner and he is very, very far my senior at the bar and in that respect, he has a higher platform than me. He met me in Parliament in 1997 and together we led the constitutional, legal and parliamentary affairs committee from 1997 to 2000. I was in parliament from January 1993 and he came to Parliament in January 1997.
So, I was there before him. I was four years ahead of him but he came with a lot of experience, knowledge…
"Having contested the presidential slot for three good times together with his party's primaries, I think the last contest in 2015, he might have given a bit of his bite to his party and therefore since he took over, he has not been in the one that I have known and therefore he has not been in control of his party and government", Bagbin opined.
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March 8, 2021 mylifeguideonline News 0
Social Media has seen the influx of Alabi for 2024 posters immediately after Supreme Court declared John Dramani Mahama's 2020 election petition as baseless.
The flyer which has currently gone viral on Facebook groups and whatsapp groups gives an indication that the seasoned academic will want to lead the NDC in the 2024 election.
The theme for his campaign is purported to be "New Direction"; an indication that he wants to redirect the focus of the NDC.
MyNewsGh.com cannot however, independently confirm if the one time aspiring flagbearer and campaign manager for John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 election is behind the flyers currently in circulation on social media.
Meanwhile, the NDC is currently going through turmoil after their Members of Parliament are said to have defied party position to approve Ministers-designate.
The Party's Communications Director has blamed the Speaker of Parliament, Minority leader and Minority Chief Whip for pushing their selfish agenda in Parliament after they have been put there by the NDC.
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Akufo-Addo will be jailed when NDC takes over power in 2021 – Yayra Koku predicts
An outspoken member of opposition National Democratic Congress ( NDC) Yayra Koku, has declared that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be the first former President to face criminal prosecution and be jailed over his involvement in printing of new banknotes by the Bank of Ghana come 2021 when the NDC ascends to power.
He made his declaration after the Minority in Parliament concluded at a press conference on the new banknotes issue, with a promise to conduct a forensic audit into the printing of the notes, focusing on the roles of BoG board as well as friends and family of President Akufo-Addo.
"Akufo-Addo is going to be the first President in Ghana to face criminal trial after 2021…" he wrote on social media.
Mr Koku cited the constitution as a basis for his claim. Article 55(6) provides for the criminal prosecution of former Presidents within three years after their tenure in office.
The recent issuance of the 100 Cedi and 200 Cedi notes and 2 Cedi coins has been met with skepticism by a cross section of the Ghanaian public, with many pointing out the irony in advocating for a cashless economy while printing new banknotes notes while others have accused the government of seeking to use the introduction of new notes to fund their campaign in the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections.
However, the Bank of Ghana has strenuously defended their action stressing convenience for large transactions among others.
The Minority in Parliament has however vowed to investigate circumstances surrounding the printing of the notes.
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NPP National Youth Organizer, Henry Nana Boakye
National Youth Organizer for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who doubles as one of the spokespersons for President Akufo-Addo's legal team in the NDC's petition at the Supreme Court, Henry Nana Boakye says the opposition party is just disturbing the peace of the highest court of the land for nothing.
According to him, the petition of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) carries no water as none of the issues raised by the opposition NDC in its petition attacked any of the election conducted in any of the 38, 622 polling stations.
Speaking on Okay FM's Ade Akye Abia Morning Show, Nana Boakye maintained that the NDCs petition never contested the elections conducted in any of the polling stations.
"The petition by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) carries no water. In fact the election was conducted in over 38,000 polling stations and if you look at the over 38,000 polling stations, the NDC has not attacked any of the elections conducted in any of these polling stations. It makes it serious, the 38, 622 polling stations and 311 special voting centres are not being contested in the court," he indicated.
He observed that in the 35-paragraph petition of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the Supreme Court, he did not see even a paragraph attacking the conduct of the election in any of the polling stations but rather devoted 30 paragraphs of the petition to talk about the mistake of Jean Mensa during the declaration of the final results of the Presidential Election.
He intimated that it is not the first time that a mistake has been made as in the 2012 election, the total vote cast changed three times.
"In the 35 paragraph petition of the NDC, not even a paragraph is attacking the conduct of the election in any of the polling stations; not even one paragraph but rather the NDC has devoted 30 paragraphs of the petition to talk about the mistake of Jean Mensa. This is not the first time that a mistake has been made," he noted.
"In the 2012 election, the total votes cast changed three times and so if you are taking issues to the Supreme Court for the Judges to rule for you, the issues have to be solid," he mentioned.
He was of the view that "if admitted that whatever the NDC said in their petition is true, if you add all the vote aggregation together, it is about 6,600 votes. The NDC is just disturbing the court for nothing".
Taking into account the measures put in place by the Electoral Commission to conduct the 2020 general election, Henry Nana Boakye said that all the political parties were satisfied by the measures from the primary stage to the last stage as agents of all the parties never contested the results of the election of both the Parliamentary and Presidential election.
"This is why lawyer of the President, Akoto Ampaw and Frank Davis have pleaded to the Supreme Court to throw away the petition of the NDC as it lacks merit, raises no reasonable cause of action and it is incompetent," he added.
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Supreme Court judge and the supervising judge of the Commercial Courts
By Sharon Abana
Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and the supervising judge of the Commercial Courts in Ghana.
Justice Torkornoo was born on 11 September 1962 in Cape Coast and hails from Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. Born to Abraham Kofi Sackey and Comfort Aba Sackey who were both teachers at the time, she is the second of five siblings. Her father retired as a Director of Education from Ghana Education Service. Her mother, however, set aside her teaching career to explore sewing, hairdressing, selling, and eventually settled as a baker – a trade Justice Torkornoo assisted with until she got married and left home.
Due to her father's career as a teacher, holding positions including senior housemaster, Vice Principal, and Headmaster, she grew up on various secondary school compounds in Tema, Suhum, Winneba, and Ajumako. As a growing child, Justice Torkornoo aspired to be a lawyer or an actress. She was motivated by her father who always told her that he admired women lawyers and had declared when she was born that she would be a lawyer and he ensured that it happened.
She had her secondary education at Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast where she obtained her GCE Ordinary Level Certificate. She then attended Achimota School for the Advanced Level Certificate. She studied Law & Sociology for her first degree at the University of Ghana and completed the Professional course in law at the Ghana School of Law in 1986. She holds an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA and a Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in International Law and Organizations from the then International Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Netherlands.
After law school in 1986, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo did her national service with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Legal Aid Center in Accra. Her pupillage was with Fugar & Co, where she went on to become an Associate and later, a Director of the firm. In 1989, while an Associate at Fugar & Co, she won an International Bar Association scholarship in Construction Law, which led to her doing a stage with Nabarro Nathanson in London, and specialization in Construction Law. In January 1997, she set up Sozo Law Consult and became the Managing Partner.
After 18 years of law practice, Justice Torkornoo was invited to join the judiciary in 2004 as a Justice of the High Court of Ghana. In October 2012, she was promoted to the Court of Appeal and rose to become a Justice of the Supreme Court, the apex court, in 2019.
She is well known for being one of the Supreme Court judges who presided over the 2020 presidential petition case between John Dramani Mahama and the Electoral Commission and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
She has also made significant contributions to legal knowledge through some of her non-judicial writings including 'Creating Capital from Culture'; 'An Uneasy Marriage – the relationship between interest rate regimes and debt recovery rates in Ghana (2012), 'Examining the Borrowers and Lenders Act' (2015), and 'The Law on Interests' (2021).
Justice Torkornoo has held several leadership positions in the judiciary. They include chair of the Editorial Committee of Association of Magistrates and Judges, chief editor for the development of the Judicial Ethics Training Manual, vice-chair of the E-Justice Steering/Oversight Committee, and vice-chair of the Internship and Clerkship Programme for the Judiciary. She is currently the chair of the E-Justice Steering/Oversight Committee. She is also a faculty member of the Judicial Training Institute and a member of the governing Board of the Judicial Training Institute. She is a regular speaker on different platforms addressing issues on law, leadership and judicial ethics.
For Justice Torkornoo, her journey, as woman in law has been accompanied with challenges such as trying to juggle her family life and legal and judicial career. However, these challenges led her to develop competencies and skills that helped in her ascent to the top. Another challenge that she faced in her career was her long drawn-out journey to the decision to specialize in litigation, a decision that took almost ten years.
Furthermore, finding herself in a male-dominated profession, pushed her determination to excel. Consequently, she put in a lot of effort to prepare to ensure that she produced excellent work. Her resolve and assertiveness ensured that the arena of engagement with her at work remained on the intellectual level and focused discussions on the quality of work, rather than comments built on gender biases.
Outside of the courtroom, Justice Torkornoo is a poet and the author of two anthologies - The Child and The Rainbow, and The Wise Still Hear the Birds, and several plays. She is a staunch Christian and an ardent minister in the body of Christ who worships with the International Central Gospel Church, Calvary Temple. She also serves on the Governing Council of the Central University.
Flowing from her love and passion to promote the gospel, Justice Torkornoo established Sozo Foundation as a ministry dedicated to evangelism through the publication and distribution of tracts and other literary works. She plays a pivotal role in Aglow International, serves as a board member of Theovision International, a ministry that translates the Bible and creates audio Bibles in African languages. For several years, she has facilitated training in the Haggai Institute for Leadership Development.
In all these roles, Justice Torkornoo is inspired by the conviction that she has been given much and has to give back as much as she can as well.
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2020 Polls: Parliament Has No Power To investigate EC-CODEO
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Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Paul Nana Kwabena Aborampah Mensah has disagreed with the Minority MPs' demand for a bi-partisan committee to thoroughly review the processes and the procedures adopted by the Electoral Commission in the 2020 elections
Five NDC MPs have filed a private motion for a comprehensive probe into the 2020 general elections.
Mr. Aborampah Mensah believes that the Minority MPs' requests in the motion have already been dealt with by the Supreme Court during the 2020 election petition.
Speaking on Top Story, Tuesday, he asserted that Parliament has no power to investigate the Electoral Commission, particularly when the NDC lacks evidence to support its allegations of unfair elections.
"We can never investigate Electoral Commission, I don't know where that mandate is coming from. So when I read the motion, I told myself is this not the same points that were taken to court and the Supreme Court dealt with them?
"Are these not the same points that there were not even evidence to support? So what will be the credibility and essence of going through the same thing that the Supreme Court of the land has already adjudicated? … I don't think Parliament has the power to investigate the Electoral Commission," he told Evans Mensah.
He, however, expressed the view that the bi-partisan committee could rather recommend electoral reforms for the Electoral Commission and not investigate the Commission.
"Maybe if the Committee is set up to go through some of these allegations to recommend reforms for that, I will understand, because even independent organisations and Civil Society Organisations like CODEO, we had our post-election evaluations and we came up with some recommendations to the Electoral Commission," he added.
Meanwhile, one of the MPs who filed the motion, Buem MP, Kofi Adams explained that the motion is to ensure that the shortcomings and setbacks of the 2020 election are not repeated in any national election in the country.
He noted that the Committee will also propose reforms for the EC, stressing that although the NDC as a party, has already submitted a document to the EC suggesting reforms, it does not prevent the House from probing matters related to the 2020 elections.
"It will result in reforms. Well, it doesn't stop a state institution like Parliament which is an arm of government from going into such matters. The fact that the party has put together a proposal and submitted it to Electoral Commission, it doesn't stop Parliament from going ahead to do its own work," he said.
Source: Myjoyonline
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Bagbin Meets NDC And NPP Caucus To Decide Who Is The Majority – Meeting Ends In Chaos
Emmanuel Frimpong, Managing Editor
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin has met the leaders of both National Democratic Congress (NDC)and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament over the confusion that rocked the inauguration of the 8th Parliament.
Sources close to the meeting also indicated that the leaders of the two sides could not agree on which side of the caucus becomes the majority or minority in the legislature.
As a result of this stalemate, the leaders from both sides were tasked to go and discuss the issues and come back with an extra recommendation on how they can resolve the issues.
Additionally, it emerged from the meeting that Mr Andrew Amoako Asiamah, the Independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Fomena and Second Deputy Speaker have been asked to write officially to the Speaker, which side he intended to align with.
The Fomena MP is expected to do the formal communication to the Speaker Alban Bagbin between now and Friday 15, January 2021.
It would be recalled that there was chaotic disruption of proceedings for the election Speaker and the eventual inauguration of the 8th Parliament.
The confusion witnessed in the Parliament was as a result of a stand-off between the NDC MPs and the NPP MPs over the voting processes for the election of a new Speaker.
The NDC insisted on a secret ballot per law in the belief that there were some NPP MPs planning to vote for its candidate.
For hours, scuffles broke out, led by the NDC Caucus' Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, who tried to make sure his opposing Whip was not cross-checking the ballots of NPP MPs.
At a point, when the NDC MPs were unhappy with the process, they ransacked the voting areas leading to a stop of the process.
Later, armed military and police personnel then stormed Ghana's Parliament to confront the MPs. When tensions calmed, Mr Bagbin was eventually elected Speaker.
Source: GNA
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, through his lawyers, filed a response to the amended election petition of the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama.
Henry Nana Boakye who is a spokesperson of the president's legal team in an interview with Citi News monitored by GhanaWeb said the response was in line with a directive by the Supreme Court.
"By the natural sequence of events, once the petitioner has sought the audience of the court to make some amendments in their petition, it is only proper that the respondent also do the same by today. The Supreme Court gave an order that if you have any response to the amended petition, you should file it today," he said.
The legal team spokesperson, however, insists that the president's lawyers maintain its preliminary objection for the case to be dismissed.
"They do not have to waste the court's time on these issues because the facts they have presented do not support their case," he added.
Mr Mahama's petition as presented to the Supreme Court on December 30, 2020, was seen to contain mistakes including, interchanging the Electoral Commission and President Akufo-Addo in one of the reliefs being sought.
Source: Ghanaweb
Supreme Court Panel Hearing Election Panel Is Unfair And Unbalanced – Mahama's Legal Team
A member of John Mahama's legal team Dr Abdul Baasit Bamba has described the seven-members panel to hear the 2020 election petition as unfair and unbalanced.
He insists senior judges were not made part of the panel but rather judges who were mainly appointed by New Patriotic Party (NPP) governments.
The seven-member panel hearing the matter includes Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, Yaw Appau, Marful Sau, Nene Amegatcher, Prof. Ashie Kotey, Mariama Owusu and Gertrude Torkonoo.
The Chief Justice was appointed to the Supreme Court by the NPP's John Agyekum Kufuor in 2008 and elevated as Chief Justice in 2020 by President Akufo-Addo.
He was part of the judges during the 2012/13 petition and in his ruling called for fresh elections to be organized since the polls were fraught with irregularities and statutory violations that have been proven.
Justice Yaw Appau was appointed to the Supreme Court by the NDC's John Mahama in June 2015.
One of the most recent public interest cases he participated in is the Case filed by the AG asking that the court sets aside an injunction granted against the gazetting of John Amewu as Hohoe MP.
He was actually the Presiding Judge and the court ruled 5-0 that the Judge erred in granting the injunction.
Justice Appau was also part of the panel that heard the case filed by Prof Kwaku Asare challenging the monopoly of the Ghana School of Law.
He agreed with his colleagues in dismissing this case.
Justice Marful Sau was appointed to the Supreme Court in July 2018 by President Akufo-Addo. He was previously a Court of Appeal judge.
He was also part of the panel in the SALL case at the Supreme Court mentioned earlier and the Ghana School of Law case and also agreed with his other colleagues.
Justice Marful Sau participated in the voters register case prior to the 2020 elections and agreed with his colleagues that the EC can compile a new register ahead of the polls.
He was also part of the case that challenged the eligibility of Martin Amidu as a Special Prosecutor.
Justice Sau agreed with the majority opinion that Mr. Amidu was eligible to hold office.
Again, he participated in the National Cathedral case and agreed with his colleagues that the decision to build the cathedral was in tune with the social and political objectives of the constitution.
Justice Nene Amegatcher was appointed as a Justice in July 2018 by President Akufo-Addo. Prior to that, he was a Private Legal Practitioner.
He participated in the following cases; Amidu's eligibility, Ghana School of Law monopoly, and the EC voters register compilation.
In all these cases, he agreed with his colleagues mostly unanimously in dismissing it or with the majority opinion.
Justice Prof Ashie Kotey joined the Supreme Court in July 2018. He was part of the EC voters' register case, and the Amidu eligibility case.
In both matters he agreed with his colleagues.
Justice Mariama Owusu joined the Supreme Court in December 2019 and was part of the voters register case as well.
She agreed with her colleagues.
Justice Gertrude Torkonoo joined the Supreme Court in December 2019 and was part of the SALL case that unanimously held that the High Court judge erred in granting the injunction against Amewu.
Speaking to Mamavi Owusu Aboagye on the AM Show on JoyNews, Dr Aziz Bamba said Mr Mahama's legal team deserves some answers even on why the Chief Justice has decided to settle on 7 Judges instead of 9 as happened in the 2012 election petition.
He also said it would have been better if other experienced Judges at the Apex Court had been placed on the panel.
But a member of the President's legal team, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah took exception to the attack on the panel.
He described Dr. Bamba's assertions as bogus and geared at embarrassing the Judges.
He insisted this claim together with the allegation of bribery levelled by Asawaase MP Muntaka Mubarak is part of a grand scheme to cause disaffection for the court because the NDC knows it does not have a strong case.
Source: AdomOnline
Haven't You Made Mistakes Before? Supreme Court Judge Asks EC Lawyers After Their Reference To Errors In Mahama's Petition
The Supreme Court sat today, January 14, 2021, for the first time, on the election petition as filed by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama.
The case was presided over by a seven-member panel of judges headed by the Chief Justice, Kwesi Aning Yeboah. The other members were Gertrude Torkornoo, Samuel Marful-Sau, Nii Ashie Kotey, Mariama Owusu, and Nene Abayateye Ofoe Amegatcher.
The first sitting was a short one, mainly with two issues to be looked at by the court.
The first was the application for live transmission of the court's proceedings and the second, a motion filed by the petitioner, John Mahama, for an amendment of initial processes filed to the Supreme Court.
The application for a live telecast of proceedings was granted by the court. Prof. Nii Kotey noted that the court had already independently considered the motion and made arrangements for same. It, therefore, concluded that the Election Petition case will be broadcast, pending the court's considerations and arrangements.
The second was a motion for the amendment of the petition filed by Mr. Mahama, which contained some errors which translated that the petition was for a rerun between the NDC candidate and the 1st Respondent; the Electoral Commission.
The motion for an amendment which was moved by Legal Representative for Mr. Mahama, Tsatsu Tsikata was opposed by Counsel for the Electoral Commission; Justin Amenuvor, and Lawyers for Akufo-Addo who argued that even the motion for the amendment was fraught with errors.
The reaction to this was a question from one of the sitting judges who asked if they had never made mistakes.
After this, the judges retired briefly to consider the motion for amendment after which they agreed and granted. This means lawyers now have the go-ahead to make amendments to the originating processes.
In response to an earlier objection by lawyers for the respondent, the court asked; "haven't you made mistakes before? We all make mistakes don't we?"
— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) January 14, 2021
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NDC Election Petition: Legal team of President Akufo-Addo ready for tussle - NPP
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the Legal Team of President Akufo-Addo is ready to expose the emptiness of NDC Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama's Election Petition at the Supreme Court.
A statement signed and issued by Mr Yaw Buaben Asamoa, NPP's Communications Director, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, on Thursday, said the court process would indeed, reaffirm President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the true winner of the 2020 Presidential Election.
It said the NPP's response in court would show that the NDC had no material evidence of value and expose the Party's false claims that its flag bearer, John Mahama won the just-ended election.
"The NPP is assured that the 7th December 2020 Elections was won fair and square. Indeed, the evidence presented by the NDC has only reassured the people of Ghana that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won the elections.
Mr Mahama, through his lawyers, on Wednesday, December 30,2020 filed a petition at the country's apex court to legally challenge the 2020 Presidential Election, which the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, declared President Akufo-Addo, as President-elect on December 9,2020.
"The fact of transparency of the General Election was also resoundingly affirmed by the myriad of local and international observers that participated in the electoral process," the statement said.
The NPP urged Mr Mahama to call the NDC's supporters to order and halt the street protests to ensure peace and tranquility in the country.
"It is also unfortunate that even after filing the Petition in court, the NDC led by John Dramani Mahama continues to incite supporters to pour onto the streets to cause chaos and anarchy.
" They have attempted and continue to use lies, threats, violence, and intimidation to seek forlornly to overrule the manifest will of the people as freely expressed on 7th December, 2020.
"We are absolutely confident that the facts and figures as presented in court, even by the NDC, will very easily, in a transparent and indisputable manner, reaffirm the expressed will of the voting public that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won the 2020 Presidential Election "one touch" and convincingly so.
The statement said it was quite worrying that Mr Mahama, through his social media handles, continues to incite violence even as he invokes his right to use the court process to settle his grievance.
It said Mr Mahama wrote on his Facebook and Twitter walls that while in court, the NDC will continue all legitimate actions, including protests, to demand the enforcement of the rule of law and protection of life and property of the good people of Ghana.
That, the NPP viewed the action as unfortunate and unbefitting of a former President of the Republic.
" In his latest Press Conference, he (Mahama) explained he is going to court only "to remove doubt." Does he need the Supreme Court to remove his doubts about losing the elections?"
The statement said the several attempts by the NDC to use lies, threats, violence and intimidation to overrule the will of the people is disappointingly undemocratic of Mr Mahama and a breach of the Peace Pact signed on December 4, ahead of the election.
"We call on John Dramani Mahama to immediately retract his insightful statements to his supporters. It is highly irresponsible of him to commence the judicial process yet still admonish his supporters to continue with the violent protests that have threatened the security and peace of Ghanaians," the NPP said.
It said when NPP filed a Petition in 2012, the Party admonished its supporters not to hit the streets and they compiled and urged the NDC and its flag bearer to do the same.
The statement said the NPP is confident that due process would prevail, and the Supreme Court would deal with the Petition in accordance with the rule of law.
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NDC is an incompetent opposition group – Ernesto Yeboah
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Ernesto Yeboah
Leader of the Economic Fighters League (EFL), Ernesto Yeboah, has opined that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as an opposition group in Parliament is incompetent.
He said despite having equal representation in Parliament, the first in a very long time, the NDC is yet to put its powers to full use to favour them.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Mr Yaboah said "with 137 members, it is obviously clear that NDC is an incompetent opposition," even with the Speaker on their side.
Mr Yeboah alleged that the action of the NDC Minority group is as if it is conniving with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to milk the country.
The EFL said "it is not rocket science, all you need to run a nation is common sense, all you need to run a nation is to be patriotic, all you need to run a nation is to put the people first,'' he stressed.
He revealed that Ghanaians are suffering because the leaders have refused to do all these aforementioned and urged Ghanaians to kick out both the NPP and NDC coming 2024 election.
"Do not repeat the same mistake by voting for NPP/NDC in the next coming election. Let us kick them out and fill Parliament with men of integrity. men and women with love for the nation, women who will put the interest of Ghanaians first," he said.
His statements come at the back of a squabble witnessed in Parliament Wednesday, December 1 over the 2022 budget.
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 9:33 AM by Gwen Muthoni
Asiedu Nketia is a renowned politician in Ghana who is geared by the ideologies of hard work, honesty, and integrity. Interestingly, he is popularly referred to as General Mosquito. He is one of the respected politicians in the country who has achieved much throughout his career life. He is also the current General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress party.
Image: facebook.com, @Asiedu Nketia
The politician is also one of the wealthiest in the country. He has previously held notable positions such as the Member of Parliament for the Wenchi West constituency for 12 years.
Full name: Asiedu Nketia
Asiedu Nketia age: 63 years
Career: Politician
Asiedu Nketia biography
The statesman was born on December 24, 1956, at Seikwa in the Brong Ahafo in the heart of Ghana. His parents are Nana Kwaku Asiedu Madam Hagar Akosua Afrah. He was the fifth born in a family of nine children. He is popularly known as General Mosquito in the political arena. The politician revealed that he was given the name when he served as a parliamentarian by members of the New Patriotic Party.
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Asiedu Nketia educational background is quite remarkable. He attended his primary school education at Seikwa Presbyterian Primary School. In 1974, he joined the renowned St. Joseph's College of Education, where he trained as a teacher. He graduated in 1978 and started teaching at Seketia Presbyterian Primary. While at home, he was able to study and sit for the GCE 'O' and 'A' level examinations.
In 1983, he joined the University of Ghana Business School to study a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration (Banking & Finance option.) When the stock exchange Post Graduate Training Programme in Stock Brokerage & Investment Analysis was introduced in the market, he was among the pioneers.
Just like the saying that learning never grows old, the politician joined the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre for his Master of Science Degree in Defense & International Politics. Asiedu Nketia graduation was held in 2019 and was attended by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. His thesis was centred on Anti-Corruption infrastructure in the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
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After completing his studies at the University of Ghana, he started working at GIHOC Distilled Company Limited as the marketing department manager. He then moved to his hometown to work as the Bank Manager for the Nkoraman Rural Bank.
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It was at this point when the stock exchange was introduced, and he was nominated for the popular postgraduate training program. He moved to work for the National Trust Holding Company Limited as an investment banker and stockbroker.
His debut in politics came in 1989 after he contested and won the Wenchi District Assembly elections. He was then elected to the Consultative Assembly in 1992, a position he held for 12 years. He was part of the team that drafted the much acclaimed 1992 Constitution. After the election to the National Assembly, he resigned from his position as a Bank Manager.
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During his 12 year tenure, he served on various committee boards such as the Public Accounts Committee, Finance Committee, and Chairman of Mines & Energy Committee. From 1992 to 2001, he was a team member of the Economic Management Team that pioneered the value-added tax in the republic.
From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Deputy Minister for Food & Agriculture. In December 2005, he was elected to become the 3rd General Secretary of the NDC. In 2010, he was re-elected to the same position for his notable achievements.
The political figure is married to a beautiful and intelligent woman. Asiedu Nketia wife is known as Mrs. Vida Adomah Asiedu Nketia. The couple has five children.
The politician has had a lucrative political career throughout his life. He has held influential positions that have seen him rubbing shoulders with the mighty. Asiedu Nketia net worth is estimated to be about $89 million. He is one of the wealthiest politicians in the country.
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Asiedu Nketia bio: age, education, wife, net worth
Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 9:33 AM by Chris Ndetei
Asiedu Nketia is a renowned politician in Ghana who is geared by the ideologies of hard work, honesty, and integrity. Interestingly, he is popularly referred to as General Mosquito. He is one of the respected politicians in the country who has achieved much throughout his career life. He is also the current General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress party.
Image: facebook.com, @Asiedu Nketia
The politician is also one of the wealthiest in the country. He has previously held notable positions such as the Member of Parliament for the Wenchi West constituency for 12 years.
Full name: Asiedu Nketia
Asiedu Nketia age: 63 years
Career: Politician
Asiedu Nketia biography
The statesman was born on December 24, 1956, at Seikwa in the Brong Ahafo in the heart of Ghana. His parents are Nana Kwaku Asiedu Madam Hagar Akosua Afrah. He was the fifth born in a family of nine children. He is popularly known as General Mosquito in the political arena. The politician revealed that he was given the name when he served as a parliamentarian by members of the New Patriotic Party.
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Asiedu Nketia educational background is quite remarkable. He attended his primary school education at Seikwa Presbyterian Primary School. In 1974, he joined the renowned St. Joseph's College of Education, where he trained as a teacher. He graduated in 1978 and started teaching at Seketia Presbyterian Primary. While at home, he was able to study and sit for the GCE 'O' and 'A' level examinations.
In 1983, he joined the University of Ghana Business School to study a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration (Banking & Finance option.) When the stock exchange Post Graduate Training Programme in Stock Brokerage & Investment Analysis was introduced in the market, he was among the pioneers.
Just like the saying that learning never grows old, the politician joined the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Centre for his Master of Science Degree in Defense & International Politics. Asiedu Nketia graduation was held in 2019 and was attended by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. His thesis was centred on Anti-Corruption infrastructure in the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
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After completing his studies at the University of Ghana, he started working at GIHOC Distilled Company Limited as the marketing department manager. He then moved to his hometown to work as the Bank Manager for the Nkoraman Rural Bank.
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It was at this point when the stock exchange was introduced, and he was nominated for the popular postgraduate training program. He moved to work for the National Trust Holding Company Limited as an investment banker and stockbroker.
His debut in politics came in 1989 after he contested and won the Wenchi District Assembly elections. He was then elected to the Consultative Assembly in 1992, a position he held for 12 years. He was part of the team that drafted the much acclaimed 1992 Constitution. After the election to the National Assembly, he resigned from his position as a Bank Manager.
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During his 12 year tenure, he served on various committee boards such as the Public Accounts Committee, Finance Committee, and Chairman of Mines & Energy Committee. From 1992 to 2001, he was a team member of the Economic Management Team that pioneered the value-added tax in the republic.
From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Deputy Minister for Food & Agriculture. In December 2005, he was elected to become the 3rd General Secretary of the NDC. In 2010, he was re-elected to the same position for his notable achievements.
The political figure is married to a beautiful and intelligent woman. Asiedu Nketia wife is known as Mrs. Vida Adomah Asiedu Nketia. The couple has five children.
The politician has had a lucrative political career throughout his life. He has held influential positions that have seen him rubbing shoulders with the mighty. Asiedu Nketia net worth is estimated to be about $89 million. He is one of the wealthiest politicians in the country.
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In March 2020, the General Secretary of the NDC in a statement said that the Electoral Commission is using COVID-19 as a cover-up reason to suspend the elections. According to the politician, the EC is not yet ready for the crucial exercise.
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Asiedu Nketia is a respected politician who has made a notable difference in the lives of many people in Ghana. He has also pioneered significant and successful projects.
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Ghana Is The Victor Not NDC – General Mosquito
Posted on September 4, 2013 by theheraldteam in General News, Headlines
By Alfred K Dogbey
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described the party's victory as "neither an NDC victory nor NPP defeat", but "a Ghanaian success".
General Secretary of the ruling party, Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, in a press statement copied The Herald said, "it is very refreshing to note that having listened to all arguments from all parties to the case, and examined all the evidence presented, the nine judges of the supreme court also arrived at the inevitable conclusion – that we won the 2012 general election".
Mr. Asiedu-Nketia, affectionately called "General Mosquito," according to him, "the Supreme Court is but only a validation of what we already knew and strongly believed as the true outcome of the last elections, and reflection of the will of the people".
Prior to issuing the statement yesterday, the NDC General Secretary, had addressed jubilant party supporters who gathered at the party's headquarters in Accra, after the historic election petition has been dismissed by the justices.
"General Mosquito's statement said "like the 2012 elections itself, the victory we have just achieved at the Supreme Court is victory for democracy".
"The NDC wishes to urge all Ghanaians, irrespective of our political, religious, social and economic background, to seize the moment and, celebrate this collective achievement with a common sense of purpose, and look into the future with a justifiable sense of pride", he said.
" In the last eight months we have collectively demonstrated a resolve to internalize and abide by our democratic principles, and resolved to solve all our differences through the process we have designed for ourselves as part of our constitutional democracy" , According to Mr. Asiedu Nketia stated.
While consoling the nation, the NDC scribe noted "there is an end to litigation and it is the hope and prayer of the NDC that following today's ruling, Ghanaians can relax and the country will move on peacefully".
He also commended the judiciary especially the judges, the media, civil society, religious bodies, the other political parties, and the generality of Ghanaians for their patience, and high sense of democratic maturity, during the rather long hearing of the petition".
Mr. Asiedu Nketia acknowledged the work of the Electoral Commission (EC) "which has since 1992 earned an enviable reputation for fairness and integrity" adding, "this is the time for the EC to renew its commitment to perform even better in future elections in much the same way that they have reviewed and improved upon their performance after every election held in since 1992".
He said, "with this chapter closed, the NDC invites everybody to support President John Dramani Mahama's government to deliver the Better Ghana Agenda'".
He concluded that "with our party's electoral victory validated by the ruling of the justices of the highest court of the land, it is natural to expect celebrations across the nation", adding that "for this, we invite every Ghanaian who delights in the principles of rule of law to join us, even as we also caution our supporters to exercise moderation in their jubilation".
Earlier, beaming with smiles and speaking on their behalf, Nana Ato Dadzie, a member of the legal team of the (NDC) said: "we must thank God for where we have come as a nation. We have been vindicated".
Nana Ato Dadzie urged supporters of the NDC to jubilate but "do it cautiously; not teasing anyone…they are entitled to jubilate…"
He, however, congratulated his "colleagues in the NPP for fighting a good fight" adding that "there will be another election and they can try their chance in the another election"
"We also appreciate the judges for their consistency throughout the long proceedings. I expect that everybody will now put their shoulders to the wheel. The rest of African and the world will see how far we have come with our democracy," he concluded.
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In advice to police officers eying the top job in the police service, the immediate past Inspector-General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu has stressed the importance of still maintaining personal relationships within the service.
Speaking at a thanksgiving service at St George Catholic in his honour, Mr Asante-Appeatu reminded that life in the police service will not last forever.
"I see [the potential of] many of you becoming IGPs while I am still alive. What I will humbly advise is not to outmanoeuvre and overlobby for it. You will certainly retire from the service. Do not strive to achieve this aim at all cost at the expense of the friendships that you have built."
Mr. Asante-Appeatu also thanked the President "For the honour given me to serve my country in the capacity of Inspector General of Police."
Mr. Asante-Apeatu retired from the service on August 14, 2019.
He had been directed to proceed on leave ahead of his retirement.
President Nana Akufo-Addo asked the Deputy Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, to serve in acting capacity until a substantive IGP is appointed.
David Asante Apeatu first became IGP of the Ghana Police Service on January 25, 2017.
Before his appointment, he was the head of the General ICT Department at the Police Headquarters as well as the head of the Marine Police.
He had also served as the Director-General in charge of Research and Director-General of the Police CID.
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Council Of State Helps Akufo-Addo To Cripple Ghana Police
Posted on October 7, 2019 by Josephine Nettey in Headlines
Retired IGP Gets Two-Year Contract Extension; Leaves Office In October 2021 At Age 63
Nana Otuo Siriboe II, The Juabenhene President Akufo-Addo
James Oppong-Boanuh, IGP Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery
President Akufo-Addo, has given a two-year contract extension to the 61-year old James Oppong-Boanuh, and made him the substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP).
The appointment last Friday, passed through the Council of State for a seal of approval and has since sparked lots of murmurings in the Police Service and likely to affect morale.
The extension means, James Oppong-Boanuh, who was to go on compulsory retirement on October 8, 2018, will be spending three years as a contract police officer. This was after an earlier one year deal offered him, while he was a Deputy IGP, expired this year.
The latest extension means the IGP, will leave office in October 2021 at age 63. He will be the oldest policeman in the country's history.
What is certain is that, other officers, who are going on retirement this year, will not get same contract deal offered the IGP. The appointment also means, the rise of the officers which comes with the retirement and exit of the IGP, is not guaranteed.
Mr Oppong-Boanuh, was born October 8, 1958 and got enlisted into the Police Service on August 1, 1988, during the era of the Jerry John Rawlings' Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC).
His mates, included the man he took over from as IGP, David Asante-Apeatu, FrankAdu-Poku, the current Executive Director of anti-graft agency, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), who retired as Police Commissioner.
Others are; Rose Bio Atinga, Prosper Agblor, Patrick Eden Timbillah, Bright Oduro, Ransford Moses Ninson, Beatrice ZakpaaVib-Sanziri, Yaagy Akuribah, Maxwell Sakipasgo Atingane, Charles KpapuTorkor and Emmanuel Amissah.
Almost all of them, have retired from the service, leaving behind Prosper Agblor and Beatrice ZakpaaVib-Sanziri.
The Presidency is expected to officially announce his appointment later this week.
Mr Oppong-Boanuh, who was the Deputy IGP on Monday, July 22, 2019, was directed by the President to act in the stead of his immediate boss, Mr Asante Apeatu, who was sacked by President Akufo-Addo, two weeks to the expiration of his two-year contract.
Mr Asante Apeatu, was due to retire on August 14, 2019.
Many security analysts, have in the recent past kicked against such contracts appointment for the IGP, saying it does not bode well in the fight against crime, as many police officers, become lethargy in their duties and responsibilities.
Low morale and weariness under David Asante-Apeatu, led to him effecting transfers almost on quarterly basis in his quest to address the rising incidence of crime.
Although, many have described Mr Oppong-Boanuh, as a fine and fair-minded officer, they wish to see the kind of reforms he is bringing to the service, having being part of the leadership and management in the last two years.
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Acting IGP, James Oppong-Boanuh
The minority in Parliament is questioning President Akufo-Addo's decision to appoint an acting Inspector General of Police, IGP.
According to the Minority, there was no need for President Akufo-Addo to appoint an acting IGP because there are a lot of options for him to appoint a substantive IGP to help the work of the police.
Deputy Minority Chief Whip Ahmed Ibrahim addressing the media at parliament today, July 23 said the President is afraid to make a substantive appointment.
"We have the men in the police service but just that the President is afraid of the professionalism of the men, there is no doubt you can give IGP to certain personnel in the police service and jump over people like Kofi Boakye, Christain Nyehonu...they have the men so when all those bigs guys were there and they were promoting those who were under them....to bring them in such a way that they can attain the position of commissioner so that they can equally be given...... we saw it happening but when that happens you will think that you are going to benefit from the........nature of the person you are putting there but it is a shame to you because when the police is not performing very well, the security is not at its best no body will blame them alone they will blame you the President too , you are the appointing authority so clearly what the President has done is not good for the country but it is good for him because he is taking the police service under his office and he will tell them what to do and what not to do....."
President Akufo-Addo yesterday appointed James Oppong-Boanuh as acting Inspector-General of Police until a substantive one is appointed.
In a statement signed by Communications Director at the Jubilee House, Eugene Arhin President Akufo-Addo directed the current IGP, David Asante Apeatu to hand over to Mr. Oppong-Boanuh with immediate effect.
The statement directed Mr. Asante Apeatu to proceed on leave ahead of his retirement on August 14, 2019.
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18 December 2020 9:30pm
The Chairman of Parliament's Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, Seth Acheampong, says the minority's call for Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh to resign is misplaced.
He believes the IGP should be granted the opportunity to brief Parliament on the operational activities of the Service during and after the 2020 election exercise.
Minority Spokesperson of Defence and Interior, James Agalga, on the back of shooting incidents that claimed the lives of five civilians, demanded today that the IGP be relieved of his post.
"The IGP appeared before Parliament and assured us that he was the Chairman of the National Election Security Taskforce…yet under his supervision, five lives have been lost, yet he's still at post. If I were in his shoes, I will do the honourable thing by resigning. But if he wouldn't resign they should dismiss him," he said.
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But speaking to Joy News Friday on the recorded cases of violence in the country during the elections, Mr. Acheampong is of the view that in as much as the Ghana Police Service needs to be held responsible for their actions, fans and supporters of candidates and political parties should equally be checked.
"If you're doing an entire assessment of the deployment, we did well as a country and we must pat ourselves on the back. We should however condemn the excesses.
"As you admonish and talk to the security personnel to also restrain themselves at the least provocation, we must admonish ourselves as country people to ensure that we take our civic duties responsibly so as not to go overboard," he added.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has revealed that investigations are being conducted to unravel personnel behind the said shootings.
IGP James Oppong-Boanuh is to appear before Parliament next week.
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Mosquito Calls IGP Leader Of NPP Militia Supervising Killings Without Shame
December 11, 2020 Julius Kwabena Adofo 1 Comment Asiedu Nketia, IGP, NDC, NPP, Police
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has furiously slammed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) James Oppong Boanuh for looking on unashamedly, while uniformed security officers shot, maimed and killed innocent Ghanaians during and after last Monday, December 7, 2020 polls.
The NDC scribe is outraged that, the IGP's men and other security personnel, including soldiers, perpetuated such atrocities on unarmed Ghanaians, but will turn round to engage him over a flimsy issue such as the seizure of a police barricade by alleged NDC supporters at the party's headquarters.
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Addressing journalists yesterday, Thursday December 10, 2020, at the party's Adabraka headquarters in Accra, Mr Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as "General Mosquito", took a strong exception to the indiscriminate shooting of nine supporters of the party, three of whom have died and eight others in critical condition in the Bono West Region.
Two others died in the Greater Accra Region (Odododiodio) and Central Region (Awutu Senya East) on the day of the disputed elections. A journalist is also said to be in critical condition, following gun wounds he received.
He said, the IGP, had called him to complain about the seizure of the barricade and wanting to send his men to the NDC headquarters to retrieve it, but he questioned the whereabouts of the IGP who has suddenly found his voice when uniformed military and police men, were aiming and shooting Ghanaians in places such as Ablekuma Central in the Greater Accra Region and Techiman in the Bono East Region?
He demanded to know what Mr Oppong Boanuh, had done after the unfortunate incident, some of which were carried by bearded policemen in uniform. To him, this is a surprise to him.
He said "Bearded police men have been set loose at Techiman shooting sporadically and aimlessly as if to declare municipality a war zone. We want to send a strong signal to Nana Akufo-Addo that these things can't be happening on the blind side of Nana Akufo-Addo and his IGP.
When they were shooting nine people in Techiman who are our supporters, have you forgotten that I was the General Secretary of NDC? What has he done about it? Ablekuma Central, when all these things were happening what was he doing?"
General Mosquito, said the IGP, in that period of the election, acted as though he was a leader of a vigilante group, rather than a professionally trained police officer that he was known for.
The peeved General Secretary of the NDC, said Mr Oppong Boanuh, who incidentally comes from the same region as him, has confused his role as a professional police officer torn between his stomach or his conscience, pondering which one to control him.
He regretted that the IGP, who comes from the Dormaa area in the previously Bono Ahafo Region, will look on, while his own people are attacked and slaughtered in such a callous manner.
According to the NDC General Secretary, the IGP acted like a leader of a vigilante of a political party, adding their home region was not proud of him as one of their own.
"And I said – to- that I don't believe that you are the IGP, you are sounding like a vigilante leader of a political party and that, we the people of Bono Ahafo are ashamed of you because most of the killings are happening right in your backyard and you have decided to abandon your profession as a security person.
You have forgotten about the crown you are wearing and you are confused about whether to follow your conscience or follow your stomach. So, he hung up and never called me again. I tried calling him this morning when another death had occurred, but he did not pick".
The lamentation of the General Secretary, comes on the back of a call the IGP placed to him over a police barricade that was allegedly seized by angry NDC supporters at their headquarters at a time they were protesting against the delay in the release of the result of the Monday elections organized by the Electoral Commission (EC).
But Mr Asiedu Nketia, who had reservations of how the security agencies have acted throughout the electioneering period, told journalists since the call wasn't a video call, he could not tell he was indeed, speaking to the IGP himself.
"Let me tell you, yesterday do you know who called me? The Inspector General of Police IGP, James Oppong Boanuh called me.
When I asked why was he calling me, he said he was calling because he has noticed that some people he claimed to be supporters of NDC, have removed a barricade belonging to the Ghana Police and have taken it to the NDC headquarters and so he is calling me and insisting on the right of the police to enter our headquarters to retrieve a barricade, metal barricade.
And I said, since this is not a video call, I don't believe that you are the Oppong Boanuh IGP you claim to be because, I knew Oppong Boanuh to be a professional security man not the type of politician, who is speaking to me and that since when did he discover that suddenly I am the General Secretary of NDC?"
The NDC, has been unimpressed with the result of December 7 elections where President Akufo-Addo, was announced as the eventual winner after the party detected several irregularities even before the final declaration by the chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa.
The party is questioning the basis upon which the EC announced the result, when it knew they had genuine concerns and had petitioned the electoral body for resolution.
Meanwhile, the opposition party, has refrained from stating categorically whether or not it will go to court for redress, but in a related development, the EC has finally declared the party's parliamentary candidates for Upper Denkyira West and Savelugu constituencies in the Central and Northern Regions respectively, as winners of that election.
The Upper Denkyira West Member of Parliament (MP) elect, a lawyer, Ohene Darko was declared, yesterday after earlier attempts by the NPP, to have the result declared in their favour.
It brings to 13, the number of seats the NDC won in the Central Region, while the national stands at 137.
The Northern Regional Directorate of the EC , declared Abdul Jacob Iddrisu, who pulled 19, 577 votes to beat his contender, Muhammed Abdul- Samed Gunu of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who polled 19. 478 votes.
There are other disputed ones like the Techiman South, Sefwi Wiawso, Tarkwa Nsuam and Sene West.
Source: www.theheraldghana.com
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By Christopher Arko, GNA
Accra, Jan.7 GNA-Veteran politician and Member of Parliament for Nadowli Kaleo, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, seventh term Member of Parliament, has been elevated in the august House, with more recognition and responsibility.
The former MP, who occupied various positions in parliament, to the position of Minister in the then Atta Mills Government, and declared one of the Wise Men later, was on Thursday, elected by the Parliament of Ghana to be its Speaker for the next four years.
He beat the immediate past Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye, in a hotly contested election by the then Members of Parliament Elect with a margin of two votes.
Chief Justice Kwesi Aniin-Yeboah, swore him in as Speaker of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
He was nominated on January 6, 2021 by the National Executive Council of the National Democratic Congress as the party's candidate for the Speakership position.
Mr Bagbin, a former Majority Leader in Parliament would also be the next NDC member to be made Speaker after Mr Edward Doe Adjaho who led the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic (2013 to 2017), Justice Joyce Bamford Addo who led the Fifth Parliament from 2009 to 2012 as well as Justice Daniel Francis Annan who led the First and Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic from 1993 to 2000.
Mr Bagbin, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli Kaleo was born on September 24, 1957, at Sombo in the Upper West Region and is a graduate of the University of Ghana (1977-1980) and the Ghana School of Law (1980 -1982).
He holds an Executive Masters in Governance and Leadership from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
The MP for Nadowli Kaleo and former Majority Leader started schooling at an early age at the Roman Catholic Primary School, Sombo, did his second cycle education at Wa Secondary School and ended at the Tamale Secondary School, where he earned his Ordinary Level (O-Level) and Advanced Level (A-Level) certificates before entering the University of Ghana in 1977.
From 1980 to 1982, he worked at the Bureau of Statistics and Statistical Service as the acting Secretary to the Statistical Service Board while between 1982 and 1983; he worked as Personnel Manager of the erstwhile State Hotels Corporation.
Mr Bagbin practised as private legal practitioner in the Akyem Chambers, a firm of legal practitioners, consultants and notaries public, as a partner.
He is currently the longest serving member of parliament, having served since 1993 when the first parliament under the 4th Republic was inaugurated.
He has held a number of positions in Parliament since 1994 and capped his law-making career with the ultimate, the Majority Leader and Leader of the House.
In the first Parliament of the Fourth Republic, he was made the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Subsidiary Legislation and Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Mines and Energy and Member of the Committee on Local Government and Rural Development.
In the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic, Mr. Bagbin was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs with oversight responsibilities for the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Electoral Commission, National Commission on Civic Education, Office of Parliament and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
He was also the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee from 2001 to 2005 and also the Vice-Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament. He did not run again for Parliament in the 2020 elections.
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EC office at Fomena set on fire
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The office of the Electoral Commission in the Fomena Constituency in the early hours of Tuesday was up in flames.
It is unclear what caused the incident but reports suggest it happened at the time some youth in the area were very agitated.
Reports suggest that the disgruntled youth had attempted to enter the Coalition Centre because they had received information the EC was about to declare the results.
Security officers at post, according to reports, intervened. JoyNews reported that the EC office which is about 200 metres away from the coalition centre was later engulfed by fire.
The incident has been brought under control as the fire service has succeeded in dousing the flame.
Fomena Constituency has been in the spotlight after the incumbent Member of Parliament Andrews Asiamah who was on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) decided to contest as an independent candidate.
Mr. Asiamah took the decision after he lost the party's parliamentary primaries to Philip Ofori Asante. The legislator ignored attempts by the party to get him to rescind his decision, a posture President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was unhappy about.
The NPP wrote to Parliament asking the leadership of the house to expel the MP. The Speaker of Parliament on November 7 declared the seat vacant saying, "having forfeited his membership of the party on whose ticket he was elected to parliament, the operative language of the constitution is that he shall, which is mandatory vacate his seat in parliament.
"Going by a purposive interpretation of the current law, consultative actions on the part of the MP are important. To all intents and purposes, he is no longer a member of the party, he has pronounced himself publicly as an independent and has filed his papers to compete against the party and its candidate as an independent candidate on December 7, 2020."
Meanwhile, certified results say Mr. Asiamah has won the contest. Philip Ofori Asante of the NPP, is said to have polled 10,798. Christina Ama of the NDC polled 2,608. Appiagyei Eric had 158 votes while Andrews Asiamah garnered 12,805.
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Elections 2020: EC's office in Fomena set ablaze
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- Disgruntled persons in the Fomena have set the EC's office ablaze for declaring results of the just-ended elections there
- Andrew Amoako Asiamah, the MP for the area who was sacked by the governing NPP for going independent retain the seat
- He defeated the NPP's candidate by collecting over 12,000 of the valid votes cast
The Electoral Commission (EC's) office in the Fomena Constituency of the Ashanti region has been razed down by fire, YEN.com.gh can report.
The fire was started by some disgruntled persons who were unhappy with the commission's declaration of results in Monday's elections in the constituency.
Classfmonline reports that personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service were on the scene working assiduously to douse the flame.
Elections 2020: EC's office in Fomena set ablaze Source: Getty Images
In a separate development, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Andrew Amoako Asiamah retained the seat.
Asiamah was thrown out of the lawmaking chamber by Speaker, Prof. Mike Oquaye, following his dismissal by the governing NPP when he announced his bid to run as an independent candidate.
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He retained the seat by collecting 12,805 votes to defeat the NPP's Philip Ofori Asante who managed 10,798.
The NDC's Christina Ama also polled 2,608 of the valid votes cast.
Meanwhile, the governing NPP declared President Nana Akufo-Addo the winner of the just-ended presidential race.
According to the party, the president won the election by collecting 4,252,275 (54.15%) of the valid votes cast while the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NDC) garnered 3,501,921 (44.60%) of the votes.
Series of pre-election polls projected the president to win the race to the Jubilee House.
One of the polls said he would garner 56.6 percent of the valid votes cast while Mahama would manage 38.8 percent.
"There are no exit polls in Ghana. Any candidate relying on exit polls has lost already. I can confirm that Mahama is trailing just like in 2016. We have the pink sheets to back our figures.
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"Nana Akufo-Addo is leading with 53.70% with 26,447 polling stations reporting (with the pink sheets). John Mahama trails with 45.02%," presidential staffer, Kow Essuman wrote in a Facebook post sighted by YEN.com.gh.
Ghanaian voters were at the polls today, Monday, December 7, 2020, to cast their ballots to elect a president and 275 legislators to represent them in parliament.
Over 17 million voters were expected to take part in elections, having endured a challenging year due to the raging coronavirus.
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Mahama has better track record in fighting corruption than Akufo-Addo, poll reveals
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Former president and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has been polled as having a better track record in fighting corruption than President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
This is part of the results of the second wave of the Ghana Election Poll which ran online from July 1 to August 1, 2020, via the renowned market research firm MSI-ACI.
Out of the weighted sample of 2,055, 59% of respondents backed John Dramani Mahama as having a better track record in fighting corruption as against 33% of the respondents who were for Nana Akufo-Addo. The rest attributed a better track record in fighting corruption to "other candidates".
Young people aged between 15 and 24 years believe that Nana Akufo-Addo has a better track record in fighting corruption, while those who are aged between 25 and 29 years believe that John Mahama has a better track record in fighting corruption.
However, the majority of respondents between the ages 30 to 39 did not credit either candidate with fighting corruption as most of them chose "other candidate". But respondents who are 40 years and above appear to think the former president has a better track record in fighting corruption.
61% of Ghanaian adults who have no party affiliation credit John Mahama with a better record at fighting corruption as compared to 43% of Ghanaian adults with no party affiliation who credit Nana Akufo-Addo with a better track record at fighting corruption.
More than half of respondents in Greater Accra, Central and Northern regions credit John Mahama with fighting corruption while Nana Akufo-Addo is credited with fighting corruption in the Ashanti region.
The second wave of the scientific poll had a three-fold increase in participants as compared to the first wave which recorded 792 responses. Over 90 percent of the respondents were living in Ghana and the rest were living in countries including South Africa, Ethiopia, Botswana and Egypt.
Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error (with finite population correction) of plus or minus 2.162%. A representative sample of the Ghanaian population of 28,956,587 – population projection as stated on page 6 of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7) – was achieved by weighting (matching) the data according to age and gender demographics of the 2010 population and housing census and the GLSS 7.
The Ghana Election Poll is powered by GhanaWeb and the Africa Consumer Panel which is a cooperation between the digital publisher Africa Business Communities and renowned market research firm MSI-ACI.
The online poll is conducted every month and the results are published at the beginning of every other month on GhanaWeb.com. It is devoid of spam as the respondents can take the survey only once. The MSI-ACI platform that hosts the survey records the device on which the respondent takes the poll and does not allow for a second attempt from the same device.
The Ghana Election Poll is different from the open-access poll which is running on GhanaWeb. The latter allows participants to self-select into participation and its results cannot be generalized because it is a representative of only the participants of the poll.
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2024 election will be 'do or die' – John Dramani Mahama
The 2020 Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has served notice that election 2024 will be a "do or die" affair at the polling stations.
The former President who's on a "Thank you tour" of the Bono East Region with National executives of the party and his running mate in the elections 2020 Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang said the election will be won at the polling station, adding that the NDC has learned its lessons from infractions in elections 2020.
Speaking on Akina FM in the Bono East Region capital Techiman, Mr Mahama said the NDC will ensure it is not cheated in the 2024 elections neither will the party also cheat the ruling party government.
He stressed, what the NDC is looking up to is free and fair elections devoid of intimidation to change the will of the electorate.
"It is said that you learn lessons from things that happen so we have also learned from 2020. The elections will be won or lost at the polling station.
The polling station will be do or die affair. I haven't said all die be die, it will be do or die at the polling station, in 2024 that is where we will win the election.
We will be doing everything to ensure that the election is free and fair. We don't want to cheat the NPP and we also don't want them to cheat us.
just want the will of the people to prevail," Mr Mahama who is on his Thank you tour told Akan FM in the Bono East region Tuesday.
"In the 2020 elections, the pink sheets forms were such that you could not compare the biometric figure with the ballot papers in the box. It couldn't have been a mistake.
We have printed ballot papers so many times in this country and everyone could compare ballot papers with what's in the box but with this one, it was not so. On election day you saw people arrested with ballot papers.
"In my view for everyone ballot we arrested, about a hundred, we didn't arrest. So my view is that there was a lot of stuffing of ballot papers.
The election was stolen but the Supreme Court says it was clean so we have accepted it for the peace of this nation and we recognize that President Akufo-Addo is our leader".
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Nsawam-Adoagyiri law maker, Frank Annoh-Dompreh has condemned former President John Dramani Mahama for indicating that the 2024 general elections will be a do-or-die affair.
Mr Annoh-Dompreh described the comments by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in last year's elections as irresponsible.
Mr Mahama had said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has learned lessons from the 2020 general elections.
He said the next elections in 2024 will be a do-or-die affair, especially at the polling stations.
Speaking on Techiman-based Akina FM's on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, as part of his thank-you tour, Mr Mahama said "This current president has made elections life and death for him, he uses his Delta forces and invisible forces enrolled in the security agencies.
"You see some Military and police officers and ask whether these are indeed officers. They wear earrings and all sort of things and you can't tell whether this is a police officer or a soldier
We know they have infiltrated the security with some of their people
"Look at what happened at Techiman South the ways they shot at the crowd, it was intended to kill people.
"We hope that the next elections we won't see scenes like that again.
"We have learnt our lessons from happenings during the 2020 polls. The 2024 elections will be won or lost at the polling station. It will be do-or-die at the polling stations. The right thing must be done during the polls. We will win the elections at the polling station and won't wait for collation centre results nor petition the Supreme Court if aggrieved," he said.
Reacting to these comments in a tweet, Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh said "It beats understanding how Mr. Mahama's 'Thank You Tour' has degenerated into a platform for reckless commentary. How does a former President & former ECOWAS chair threaten electoral violence while belittling the ability of laws and the Supreme Courts to deliver justice?
"Mr. Mahama must own up to his irresponsible statements and offer an unqualified apology to the people of Ghana: the people he hopes to lead."
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As a result of the explosion, scores of people are feared dead.
It has also been indicated that many residents at Bogoso have sustained serious degrees of injuries.
It is unclear the number of people who are dead now but My News Ghana will update the public on the incident when more information is gathered.
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The Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin informed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo about his absence from Ghana to undergo medical review in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) contrary to claims by the Majority that the Speaker did not inform the Presidency.
The Majority in a statement on the withdrawal of the military bodyguards of the speaker in a statement alleged that in all the many travels of Mr Bagbin in 2021, he did not find it worthy to inform the Office of the President.
However, a letter addressed to the President dated 6 January 2022 informing him of the Speaker's travel to the UAE for medical review has popped up in what appears to be an attempt to debunk the majority's claim.
In the letter, Speaker Bagbin left Ghana 7 January 2022 and is expected to return to the country on 23 January 2022.
Meanwhile, parliament resumes sitting for the First meeting of the second session on Tuesday, 25 January 2022.
Prior to the resumption of the house, parliament intends to undertake a covid-19 booster vaccination exercise for the lawmakers and officers of the parliamentary service as part of measures to contain infection and spread of the coronavirus disease.
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Swiftly intervene to pull the country together amid majority, minority impasse – Adongo to Akufo-Addo
By Eric Nana Yaw Kwafo
Bolgatanga Central MP Hon. Isaac Adongo
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call a cease-fire to get majority MPs in parliament to desist from verbal assaults after the rejection of the 2022 budget statement.
After a controversial day in parliament last Friday where majority MPs staged a walkout, Speaker Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin ruled against the approval of the 2022 budget with backing from all minority MPs in the house.
With the decision not going down well with the majority, the group released a statement accusing the Speaker of unconstitutionally rejecting the government's Budget.
The majority insisted that the action of the Minority and the Speaker of Parliament breaches provisions of the constitution and standing orders of the House.
Amid the divided opinions on the matter, Isaac Adongo has waved in with a direct message for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Bolgatanga Central MP wants the president to show leadership to pull the two opposing sides together
"The eighth parliament is absolutely different from the previous parliaments. As a result, it also comes with different dynamics, making the leadership of consensus-building a critical imperative to push Ghana ahead. This is why I expect the president, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to move in swiftly to pull the country together and along with Government to tame the uncertainty surrounding the economy," Isaac Adongo has indicated in a statement.
The parliamentarian adds, "Both sides must call their troops to order but the onus lies most on the sitting president whose economic policies are on the table for approval to show that leadership by calling his troops to tone down on the rhetoric and verbal assault and rather build bridges."
According to Mr. Adongo, the only way out of this stalemate is the much-needed consensus-style leadership to calm the tensed environment and give people of the socioeconomic divide, equal consideration by seeking their inputs and concerns.
Read the full statement below:
Hon Adongo to H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo:
I call on H.E the President of the Republic of Ghana to show leadership in the wake of disagreement in getting his Budget and fiscal policy statement for the year 2022 approved.
The eighth parliament is absolutely different from the previous parliaments. As a result, it also comes with different dynamics, making the leadership of consensus-building a critical imperative to push Ghana ahead. This is why I expect the president, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to move in swiftly to pull the country together and along with Government to tame the uncertainty surrounding the economy. Both sides must call their troops to order but the onus lies most on the sitting president whose economic policies are on the table for approval to show that leadership by calling his troops to tone down on the rhetoric and verbal assault and rather build bridges.
You cannot present a budget laced with controversies to an equally divided house where you do not have the absolute majority to pass it and refuse to engage the other parties, explain your side of the issues and obtain their concerns.
It, however, appears the ruling government does not believe in this civil consultative process as a practice in democracy. In best practices, such consultations are often held with all the relevant stakeholders long before the policies are outdoored. The consultations don't happen in parliament only when a vote is about to be taken and the Minister is sensing the danger of defeat.
The reaction of ordinary Ghanaians and other stakeholders to the policies contained in the 2022 budget soon as it was read by the finance minister is ample testimony that most of the various stakeholders were not consulted.
That is not a good sign and that cannot be the way to govern in a civil democratic dispensation.
We cannot pretend that nothing is wrong when the nation is deeply divided this way in the middle. Things can only get worse if there is no leadership intervention to halt the use of offensive words and rather build consensus around the points of disagreement in the budget. It must again be said clearly that, you cannot in one breath be calling for consensus, while in another breath, you are exhibiting aggression and unleashing your party executives to go on a verbal offensive. Worse of it, it is done with a sly and insidious attempt to undermine the other stakeholders including the Speaker of Parliament.
The capital markets are sophisticated and very sensitive to all the happenings around, especially for economies like ours that have a very unique appetite for borrowing. With all these uncertainties, I fear the response of these capital markets in the coming days may not be good for us.
The president and his team must recognise that any attempt to exploit the absence of the speaker of Parliament, the RT Hon Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin from the jurisdiction of Ghana will only widen the existing gulf.
A long, drawn-out budget wrangling will only hurt us all further as several MMDAs may not get the needed approval early enough for their estimates and the almighty appropriations.
There can be no winners with confrontational leadership under these circumstances.
The only way out of this stalemate is the much-needed consensus-style leadership to calm the tensed environment and give people of the socioeconomic divide, equal consideration by seeking their inputs and concerns.
Consensus style leaders are collaborative and democratic in nature. They emphasise inclusion and consensus-building as pathways to better decision-making.
They leverage listening and empathy in order to ensure all perspectives are heard.
This is my humble expectation of the president.
It is better late than never.
Eric Nana Yaw Kwafo
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By Cephas Larbi On Jul 24, 2018
Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI
President of policy think-tank IMANI Africa is amazed that the National Democratic Congress is against the nomination of Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Jean Mensa as chairperson of the Electoral Commission.
The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated Mrs Mensa and three others to the Commission on Monday following the dismissal of Charlotte Osei and her two deputies.
But the NDC is unhappy with the nomination. According to them, Mrs Mensa is unfit for the position because she is "very political."
The party's National Organiser, Kofi Adams said in an interview on Joy FM's Top Story that the party is "not convinced at all that she will do a good job."
With the four nominations set for scrutiny by the Council of State, the NDC politician made a radio appeal to the advisory chamber, to correct the President's wrongs in this matter.
The Council of State should "live above reproach" and "do the needful" by rejecting the President's choices as "wrong decisions".
But Franklin Cudjoe is stunned that the party is against Mrs Mensa's nomination.
As someone who has worked with Mrs Mensa at the IEA, he believes she is of great repute and is convinced that she will deliver to the best of her abilities at her new role if approved.
He said her role in handling the Ghana Political Party's Programme and her extensive knowledge in presidential debates and electoral processes in the country, make her a perfect fit.
"She understands exactly what should happen at the EC," he said, adding that it is "surprising and perplexing that one other party thinks she is not credible.
"Fact of the matter is that in this job, depending on how you respond to certain people, you'll come across as being biased or not neutral," he said on Joy FM's Super Morning Show.
Mr Cudjoe noted that Mrs Mensa could have said or acted in a way that seemed as though she was against a particular party during her work at the IEA but using that against her will be unfair.
"In the public discourse, there may be some commentary you may make probably in desperation because you are probably angry, but that cannot be misconstrued as being root and stem against a particular political party.
"That is tall order…to as an institution be against a whole party? I don't think any institution will do that…but it can be intimidating and worrying when certain political actors behave the way they behave," he added.
Describing her as "strict disciplinarian but focused," the IMANI President said Mrs Mensa's understanding of the politics of elections in the country has earned her an enviable position to understand what happens at the EC.
He concedes that she may have to consult her predecessors if she wants to make any substantial transformation at the Commission but said her "competency is in no doubt."
Source: Myjoyonline
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Francis January 09, 2021 Politics
The General Secretary of the biggest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Aseidu Nketia, has said he advised the immediate past Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, not to contest for the Speaker race for the eighth parliament because he was too old for that role.
"I warned him he was too old to be Speaker. In fact, I advised him it was time for him to dedicate time to tell his grandchildren Ananse stories and he refused and went into the contest and lost, nothing more, nothing less," Mr Nketia said at a press conference in Accra on Friday, 8 January 2021.
His comment comes after Mr Oquaye lost the Speaker race to the NDC's Alban Bagbin on January 7, 2021, in a chaotic election that lasted for hours.
Although the governing New Patriotic Party has a slim majority in Parliament, as the only independent MP for Fomena has declared his intention to side with the governing party in parliament, its choice of Prof Oquaye as Speaker, lost to Mr Bagbin.
It is believed a member of the NPP refused to vote for Prof Oquaye while one ballot got spoilt, giving Mr Bagbin victory to become the next Speaker of the House.
Mr Nketia noted at the press conference that the NPP, embarrassed with the outcome of the poll, approached the NDC and asked the opposition party to issue a joint statement to the effect that Prof Oquaye withdrew from the race, thus, leaving Mr Bagbin victorious but the NDC refused.
He reiterated that any attempt to make Ghanaians believe that Prof Oquaye withdrew from the race is false and that he lost the election fair and square. |
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Bagbin is an asset and should be retained – Asiedu Nketia
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin as a valuable asset that needs to be retained to help contribute to governance in the country.
He said the NDC has invested so much in the Nadowli-Kaleo representative and that he had now become a precious asset not only for the people of Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency but also to the party, to parliament and to the entire nation.
Mr Nketia said this while addressing chiefs and traditional rulers of the Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency at Nadowli in the Upper West Region as part of the six-day tour of the region by the Chief of Staff, Mr Julius Debrah.
The NDC General Secretary noted that the party sat down and agreed that the decision of some of their Members of Parliament (MP) either to contest or not to contest should not be left to them but to the party.
He said Bagbin was one of such MP's and urged the people to vote massively to retain him as their (MP).
Mr Nketia also dismissed rumours that President John Dramani Mahama was sponsoring somebody against the veteran politician and warned such people to stop.
Mr Dedrah, who is in the region to explain the party's policy in agriculture, added his voice to the call to retain the veteran parliamentarian, saying he was very good to the extent that he performed dual functions to perfection.
He urged the people not to be deceived by anybody with selfish interests but rather think of the benefit that would be gained in retaining Bagbin to the people in the constituency, the party, parliament and the whole nation.
Alhaji Amidu Sulemana, Upper West Regional Minister, said if they like President Mahama, then they should like his MP's too because they were those who would support him to work and bring development.
Mr Kuubabang Bafara Kizito, Secretary to the Nadowli-Kaleo Traditional Council, thanked government for the numerous development projects given to the district.
He appealed to the government to work on the remaining roads in the constituency and extend the Nadowli small town water system as well as work on their market to make it conducive for revenue mobilization.
He also called on the government to absorb the McCoy College of Education in Nadowli to reduce the full school fees burden on the students. |
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New Voter's Register: IMANI's Franklin Cudjoe changed his decision based on facts and figures; see what he said
The confidential, vocal and fearless speaker and advocate of IMANI Africa, Mr. Franklin Cudjoe has indicated that, his outfit has been drown to an image of him circulating on social media of his comment in 2015 during former president John Dramani Mahama's government on issues concerning the Electoral Commission of Ghana in a hot debate on proposed new voter's register.
According to Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, his comments as at the time was very necessary based on data available. He however, outlined some reasons on which he has changed his decision on compilation of new voter's register in the current regime of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
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"I have seen images of my comments in 2015 when there was agitation for a new register. I did think it was needed at the time primarily because we had not seen audits of the electoral processes in 2015. Now though in 2020, we have more data and information to boldly say NO."
Below are some of what informed him to change his mind.
1. The EC says the existing system isn't in a good state for the general elections. They are the ones close to the situation. Shouldn't we just give them the benefit of the doubt?
2. The EC provided a very specific reason why the system is not fit for purpose. Here is it in their own words: "The BVR kits are more than 7 years old and End-Of-Life (EOL) and can hardly be supported." They described all the different parts of the complex network of systems making up their technology platform in a similar way.
3. IMANI has carefully probed this very claim and found it to be untrue. What is shocking is that, to date, no media house has been brave enough to take the EC on for this totally false claim. The evidence of the EC's mendacity has been provided on multiple occasions.
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4. The EC has blatantly and consistently lied about the true facts of the current biometric system and its ongoing effort to procure a new one.
5. The EC's claims that it will cost just $56 million to procure a new system whilst the cost of refreshing and maintaining the existing one would cost $74 million are dangerous untruths.
6. A sham tender recently completed by the EC has revealed that the EC plans to spend $72 million on hardware alone. IMANI believes that by the time software and services are added the total costs for technology alone will amount to $85 million.
7. Compared to a limited registration to capture just those not on the voters' register, a fresh mass registration shall cost $50 million. Refreshing the existing technology at competitive prices will cost just about $15 million.
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8. Hence the total loss to Ghana of the EC's actions amount to $150 million, if one factors in contingency. If the fact that thousands of perfectly good equipment shall be thrown away is also considered, the total loss rises.
9. But economic cost is not the only thing to be worried about. The EC also bungled the procurement process, leaving a trail of evidence suggesting tender-rigging. This has opened the process to litigation and delay.
10.The EC used one day to disqualify well-qualified bidders, claiming that they had reputational problems, when the vendor it awarded the tender to, after the one day of evaluation, Thales (and its Gemalto unit) has even bigger scandals hanging over its head. In fact, it was once globally blacklisted by the World Bank.
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11. The EC's tender processes were so bad that the Chairman of the technical evaluation panel dissociated himself from the results forcing the EC to discard a 4-month process and compress it into a one-week evaluation.
12. At any rate, the timeframe for negotiating a proper contract; designing better specifications to correct the many things the EC claims are wrong with the existing system; securing procurement approvals; integrating disparate software and hardware systems from different vendors; and deploying and testing the platform cannot be fitted within the EC's artificial timeline of April 18th 2020 for the commencement of registration.
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So, there you are…..only the unwise doesn't change their mind….Franklin Cudjoe
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Doe Adjaho Orders Parliamentary Probe Into Legon Varsity Road Tolls
Posted on February 5, 2014 by theheraldteam in More Stories
The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, has given the Roads Committee of the House two weeks to investigate and submit a report on the charging of road tolls by the University of Ghana (UG), Legon.
The Manhyia South Member of Parliament (MP), Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is said to have raised the issue of the road tolls on the floor of Parliament yesterday.
Citi News' Parliamentary correspondent, Richard Dela Sky, reported that Mr. Opoku Prempeh "thought that it was a matter of serious public importance which the House needed to make a decision on what University of Ghana has been doing over the past few days."
But the Majority Leader, Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor, however, drew the attention of the Speaker to the fact that the Roads Committee of Parliament, had already initiated investigation into the matter and therefore pleaded with the Speaker to allow the committee to finish its work to inform the decision making of the House.
Richard Sky also reported that the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, on his part stated that "per the traditions of the House, committees of Parliament cannot deal with issues the House which the Speaker has not specifically referred to them."
The Speaker, therefore, gave a directive for the matter to be properly referred to the Roads and Highways Committee "and gave them up to two weeks to finish their investigations and appropriately report to the House," he added.
The committee was scheduled to meet yesterday to commence investigations into the issue.
The Roads and Highways Minister, Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani, has been summoned before the Committee.
The Authorities of the UG on February 1, started charging road tolls to all drivers; a development which has been kicked against by the student leadership and sections of the public.
Two students have also filed a case at the Supreme Court, seeking its intervention on the issue.
But the school authorities has however reviewed the tolling system which is now exempting students from paying while commercial vehicles who were expected to pay GHC 400 per year will now pay GHC 100.
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The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has emphasised the need for the two main political parties in the country to work together for the common good of the country and further help Ghana's democracy to grow.
He said having played a role to build Ghana's democracy to this level, many Ghanaians were no longer interested in the partisan politics.
He said the people expected the two main political parties – the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC)-- to put the interest of the country ahead of their parochial interests by collaborating more for national development.
Courtesy call
Mr Bagbin made these comments when the US Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Stephanie Sullivan, paid a courtesy call on him last Wednesday.
She used the visit to congratulate the Speaker on his ascension to the high office of Speakership.
The two spoke about a number of key issues pertaining to the development of their respective countries. The conversation was also centred on health, agriculture and environmental issues.
The meeting also had in attendance, the leadership of Parliament including the Second Deputy Speaker, Mr Andrews Amoako Asiamah, the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, as well as the Clerk to Parliament, Mr Cyril Kwabena Nsiah.
Strengthening the Legislature
Mr Bagbin also spoke about the need to strengthen the institutional capacity of the legislative branch of government, to ensure that the democracy thrived and stressed the need for "Members of Parliament to be given offices and personnel in their constituencies for ease of consultation and work in the constituencies."
Mr Bagbin expressed gratitude to the Ambassador for the visit and expressed the hope that the good relations between Ghana and the United States would be further strengthened.
Ambassador Sullivan, while congratulating the Speaker on his appointment, also commended the Appointments Committee of Parliament for the good work it did in vetting the various ministerial appointees of the President.
She said the way the committee conducted its business during the vetting process sent a strong signal that Parliament's work would not be business as usual.
"Parliament now takes its scrutiny duties very seriously," the US Ambassador said.
Trader partnership
Mrs Sullivan also spoke about the need for strong trade relations between the USA and Ghana, making reference to an earlier statement by the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, which stressed the need to strengthen the private sector since it was the engine of growth.
Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu spoke about the benefits of the many exchange programmes between the two countries and emphasised the need for improved trade relations.
The Majority Leader stressed the need to further strengthen the private sector as the engine of growth for any economy.
Mr Iddrisu also expressed concern about the indicators used for measuring child labour and child trafficking, which portrayed Ghana in a bad light.
He, therefore, urged the US to posit the phenomenon in its proper context, saying that "by our culture, Ghanaian children do assist their parents and relatives in their economic endeavours and this, by no means, has nothing to do with child labour," he said.
The Minority Leader further spoke about the menace of money laundering and called on the US to help state institutions to block illicit transfer of funds.
Source: Graphiconline.com
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By Reagan Mends Last updated Jan 14, 2021
The Ghana national flag, center, flies in front of the Supreme Court building in the city of Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Ghana's judicial service says seven high court judges have been suspended following corruption allegations by a journalist. In a statement released Monday, the Judicial Council said the decision was made following the judges' "stated misbehavior." (AP Photo/Christian Thompson)
The Supreme Court has given the green light to former President John Mahama to correct an 'error' in his election petition challenging the validity of President Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 elections.
The motion for amendment filed by lawyers of the National Democratic Congress' flagbearer was seeking the permission of the apex court to correct a mistake in relief (f) of the election petition.
In the document filed on December 30, the first respondent (1st) was the Electoral Commission (EC), with the second respondent (2nd) being President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
However, relief (f) wants the court to order the EC to conduct a second election between Mr Mahama and the first respondent, which as stated in the petition, turns out to be the EC.
Relief (f) is seeking "an order of mandatory injunction directing the first respondent to proceed to conduct a second election with petitioner and first respondent as the candidates as required under Articles 63(4) and (5) of the 1992 Constitution."
But hearing the case for the first time, the Apex Court granted the leave and asked the petitioner to file the amendment before 4:pm, Thursday, January 14, 2021.
Also, the Respondents have been granted leave by the Supreme Court to file any amended response they might also have before 4:pm on Friday, January 15, 2021.
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I'll sell whatever I have to refund the 'double salary' if… -Bagbin assures
Mr. Alban Bagbin has declared his readiness to sell off all he has to refund all monies he may have been 'overpaid' as a former minister and a Member of Parliament should investigations establish the allegations of double salary against him.
The MP for Nadowli Kaleo and other former government officials under the John Mahama administration have been accused of receiving double salaries, something the Police CID is treating as a criminal offence.
The alleged action, according to the Police, is contrary to Section 124 (1) of the Criminal and other Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) as amended in 2012 (Act 849), which relates to the offence of stealing.
Already, some of the affected officials have been invited and interrogated by the Police CID. They have since been given Police bail.
Speaking on the matter for the first time in an interview with Media General's Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah Tuesday, Mr. Bagbin watered down the issue and explained they can't be said to have received double salary.
He argued at best, the issue at hand should be overpayment as he tried to water down the allegation of double salary, and even that, "I have myself gone through the payments and very, very, difficult to determine as to what is the overpayment".
Notwithstanding, Mr. Bagbin who is aspiring to become the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress said the former government officials mentioned in the alleged double salary issue are cooperating with the Police CID.
"We're working on it and cooperating with the CID to come out with the report and for the institutions of state to take the necessary action. We wont run away from justice but truly it is really bad governance.
"If it's finally determined that I have been overpaid, I will definitely refund it…even if it means that I will sell whatever I have to refund it I will do it," he assured Ghanaians.
The allegations of double salary, he said, has caused him great embarrassment and affected his reputation.
"Very! Not just embarrassed [but] hurt; very hurt that for 26 good years that I wholeheartedly served this nation I must say with distinction," he said.
Politicisation of corruption
He said it was "really sad" that there is too much politicisation of corruption in the country, which he observed, was becoming a challenge to fighting corruption.
In his view, once it takes a long time for Article 71 officer holders to know their salaries, it will be out of place for anyone to conclude whatever monies the former government officials were overpaid constituted double salary.
"It takes a long time for office holders of Article 71 to know their salaries. As at today, the seventh parliament of the republic of Ghana together with the members of the executive and other office holders do not know their salaries," he stated.
He said he was surprised that the whole issue was being viewed as double salary, indicating it is not the first time such thing has happened.
"…What is surprising is that this is not the first time. It has come out a number of times even in 2009; this thing was identified again," he said.
When it was detected, he said, the late John Mills tasked the Auditor General to carry out an audit.
"This auditing was done, it was discovered that some ministers of that [previous] regime were also overpaid. It was not double payment or double salary; it was overpaid," he emphasised.
The President then notified the Speaker of Parliament to draw the attention of those MPs and ministers to refund the overpayment, he said, noting they were given ample time to refund.
"They are now in power today; they have discovered the same thing and then they have decided that we should be sent to the CID and that's one of the problems we have in this country," he said in reference to the current administration.
All the same, he said, they will not run away from justice and will see through the case to the end.
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Mr. Alban Bagbin, the Majority Leader in Parliament, has said Ghanaians have too much tolerance for corruption, hence, the lack of moral courage to fight the canker.
This attitude of the citizenry towards corruption, he said, was part of the reason why it had become difficult to fully fight to eliminate or reduce corruption to the barest minimum to propel the country's development agenda.
Mr. Bagbin made the observation on Thursday while delivering a Lecture on the theme: "Corruption and National Development" organised by the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies (FIDS) of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Wa Campus.
Mr. Bagbin who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nadowli-Kaleo, said the continued focus on political corruption was one of the reasons why the country could not fight corruption the way it ought to fight to reduce or eliminate it.
"We cannot fight corruption if citizens continue to think that corruption is only among some class of people and not among everybody", he said.
Mr. Bagbin said corrupt practices according to the recently approved and adopted National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) included bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation, trading in influence, abuse of office, abuse of power, illicit enrichment, laundering of proceeds of crime, concealment, obstruction of justice, patronage, nepotism and conflict of interest.
He mentioned lack of ill-defined code of conduct, ethics, laws, rules and regulations; poor enforcement of laws, rules and regulations; wide and high discretionary powers bestowed on individuals; bad governance and absence of integrity as some of the causes of corruption in the country.
Others, he said, are self discipline and the culture of untruth, leading to poor ethical standards; poverty; weak institutions as well as the politicization of corruption and the corruption of politics.
Touching on the effects of corruption on national Development, the Majority Leader said for Ghana, corruption continued to exert a heavy toll on the economy, society and politics, thereby retarding development.
Mr. Bagbin suggested public sector reforms, strengthening key anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies, public awareness and education, prevention of corruption, improvement in investigation and prosecution, creating an enabling environment, involvement of stakeholders and monitoring and evaluation as the way forward in curbing corruption in the country.
He said global, continental and national efforts had yielded an acceptable consensus as to what corruption is or is not and that the strongest message emerging from all the long diagnostic studies and clinical observation and experiences was that pervasive and systematic corruption could be curbed only through a broad-based campaign involving all sectors of the society.
"A successful campaign requires a clear and unambiguous, strong and sustained political will of the country's leaders to create an atmosphere in which wrong-doing was not tolerated," he said.
The majority leader noted that effective use of the law was crucial for defining acceptable and unacceptable practices, as well as for setting out the penalties for wrongdoers.
"However, reliance on the law and its enforcement cannot be the only answer, for the simple reason that law only comes into force when a crime is detected", he said.
Mr. Bagbin said a successful campaign must include measures aimed at its roots and that this included the reform of laws, regulations and procedures and because of their poor design, afforded public servants opportunities or temptation for corruption.
It included public education as well, because an informed and angry public can be a vital tool in combating corruption, especially once people were aware of its cost to society and its impact on public welfare, the MP pointed out.
The Majority Leader also said public sector reform is equally critical and that Ghana like other countries must re-instill within public officials a sense of service to their country and its people.
"This can come, in part, by providing descent wages for public sector work and by replacing patronage and cronyism with a merit based reward system", Mr. Bagbin explained.
"If we fail to take these measures, our NACAP will remain a paper tiger", the Majority Leader in Parliament concluded.
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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the Electoral Commission (EC) cannot absolve itself of any blame following the deaths recorded in the 2020 general election.
Addressing a news conference in Accra on Thursday, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the General Secretary of the Party, said the Commission's posture before and during the elections was a major contributory factor that led to the deaths.
This comes at the backdrop of recent comments by the Commission that it could not be held liable for the violence that ensued during the conduct of the elections which led to the deaths of some eight persons.
The Commission had said it was not responsible for security even though it collaborated with the security agencies under the platform of the Elections Security Taskforce and therefore, attempts to lay the security lapses at its doorsteps was unfortunate.
Mr Nketiah, however, said comments from the Commission were shocking and unfortunate considering that it was the failure on its part to put in place adequate measures to protect the lives of everybody that led to the violence and subsequent deaths.
He explained that the EC and the Ghana Police Service were in charge of the National Election Security Task Force responsible for all security arrangements for the elections.
"Indeed, the person in charge of security at both the collation center and polling station are the returning officer and the presiding officer, respectively, both of whom are officials of the EC.
"The NDC and other observers have incontrovertible evidence that it was the conduct, inaction and determination by various EC officials to subvert the will of the electorates in the various constituencies and the subsequent demands of the NDC representatives that the right thing be done that led to the horrific killing of eight of our compatriots. The EC can therefore not extricate itself from the complicity in the needless loss of lives witnessed in the 2020 elections," he said.
Mr Nketiah called on the new Inspector General of Police to initiate investigations into the circumstances that led to the deaths of the eight persons and bring justice to them and their families.
The General Secretary said the assertion by the Commission that the 2020 was the most transparent, credible and successful in the country's history saying was not true; "How can a successful election lead to the deaths of eight innocent Ghanaian citizens."
He urged the Commission to accept the lapses that occurred in the 2020 elections and work towards improving its image, to enable it to regain confidence of Ghanaians and all stakeholders.
"They must immediately revert to the posture of accommodation, tolerance, consensus building, respect for stakeholders and political transparency exhibited by their forebears," the General Secretary added.
He assured of their preparedness to engage the Commission and other stakeholders to reform and improve on the conduct of future elections.
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Akwapims hail Bagbin's brilliant speech at Odwira festival
Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament has called for lasting measures that would thwart the high drug abuse among the youth, especially in the use of tramadol and marijuana amongst them.
According to him, the older generations had played their part and would soon handover the future to the youth, but a tramadol and marijuana dependent youth would be a disgrace to itself, and therefore advised that the country's youth stayed off drugs to concentrate on their education.
Mr Bagbin made this when he addressed this year's Ohum/Odwira festival at Akwapim Mampong on the theme; "The Youth and National Development," where he won the hearts of the Chiefs and people of Akuapem as they hailed him for his speech.
The leading NDC flagbearer hopeful warned that the current trend of tramadol abuse was a path to damnation that only the youth themselves could back-pedal from.
On the sidelines of the festival, Mr Bagbin told journalists that the mockery that education was no longer the key to life, claiming the politicians had changed the padlock, was dangerous.
"Education remains the key, and in this critical time that our youth are being misled, it is even the padlock as well. Because education, be it formal or informal, is the only way for a human being to better himself or herself."
He added that the use of knowledge was still power and since knowledge was only acquired through education, it remained the only key and advised that a national fund be set up to support the youth.
"Akuapems are very good people and I admire them a lot" Mr Bagbin said.
Mr Daniel Awere, a prominent citizen of Akropong Akwapem, crowned Mr Bagbin as the Solomon of his time.
"If you see the way his advice on tramadol shook the youth there, you will realise that the man is brilliant. All that he meant was that, the future is in the hands of the youth and only the youth can make it beautiful, but it was compelling because of the imagery he used to convey those thoughts" Mr. Awere said on the sidelines of the festival.
Earlier, Mr. Awere was one of the several NDC Constituency executives that accompanied Mr Bagbin to formally greet and announce his arrival to his hosts, the chiefs and people of Mampong Akuapem.
The longest serving Legislator in the Fourth Republic was mobbed by townsfolk and Constituency Executives of the opposition NDC alike at a durbar at Akuapem Mampong.
He was specially invited to grace the occasion as special Guest of Honour, and took the shine away from everybody at the main durbar of the chiefs and people of the area amidst mobs from the enthusiastic townsfolk who kept cat-calling him Ghana's incoming President.
At the same time NDC party executives from the area who had accompanied him to attend the durbar also kept singing songs that were specially composed for him.
It all started when Mr Bagbin, upon reaching Mampong Akwapem, decided to touch base with the NDC constituency executives there.
A visit that was meant to be a brief formality was nearly turned into a fully blown rally by the executives who demanded a speech in his capacity as the incoming Flagbearer of the NDC.
The Nadowli/Kaleo MP obliged and gave the speech, reiterating his promise that under his leadership, the party's executives would co-lead the party together and affirmed his promise never to repeat the abandonment that the executives suffered under the past leadership of the party.
It was only after that that the executives accompanied him to the durbar grounds of the Ohum/Odwira festival at Mampong, amidst singing and dancing.
The security managed to disentangle Mr Bagbin from the clutches of the crowd and led him to the high table for his seat, after a longtime of mobs from the crowd.
After the greeting ceremonies, Lawyer Philip Addison of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who is a prominent native of the area, officially introduced him to wild applause.
Amazingly, a fan of Mr Bagbin, who gave her name as Ama Mavis from Akuapem area told journalists that she followed the Nadowli Kaleo MP to the festival just to hear him speak. "I became his fan after the stance that he took against a suggestion by another MP that galamsey people to be shot," After his brilliant speech on the floor of parliament in March 2018, I was one of the many Ghanaians who hailed him for his brilliant speech on the floor of parliament, so I am not surprised that he has delivered a brilliant speech at this festival,
Infact Mr Bagbin is an intelligent MP who is more than qualified to rule this nation because his level of competence is very high".
The Chiefs and people including; school children from the 17 communities in Akuapem, who annually come together to celebrate the Ohum/Odwira festival, demonstrated genuine love for the respected Second deputy speaker.
In attendance were high profile politicians including; Mrs. Jemilatu Ibrahim, former parliamentary candidate for Sisala East, Mr. Sammy Awuku, Mr. Stephen Ashitey Adjei alias Moshake and Ministers of State.
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Mahama Boys Dodge Bagbin
Some executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) failed to turn up for a meeting with Alban Bagbin, who is vying for the flagbearership position of the party in Koforidua, the Eastern regional capital over the weekend.
As part of his campaign, a meeting was scheduled between Mr Bagbin and the regional executives to sell his message to them.
Interestingly, just a few executives such as Regional Organizer; Hackman Kabore and his Deputy, Kudjo Adukpo, Regional Youth Organiser Richard Nyarko, Deputy Treasure, Obibini Richard and the Deputy Regional Communications Officer, Ofoei Akorli turned up for the meeting.
The Regional chairman, Joseph Amankwa, his vice chairman, secretary, Mark Oliver Kevor, Women's Organiser, Naana Shirley Ampem Darko and others failed to show up.
According to reports, the said executives, who belong to the Mahama's camp, decided to boycott the meeting.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli Kaleo, who was not happy with the turnout, urged the few executives at the venue to vote for him.
He was said to have snubbed anxious media personnel who had thronged the regional headquarters of the party in Koforidua.
Just after the meeting, he reportedly entered into his vehicle and drove away.
The Regional Organiser, Hackman Kabore told DAILY GUIDE that "we were informed on short notice about the meeting and that is why the turnout was very low."
He said, "Bagbin does not have the capacity to lead the party and that is why the other regional executives didn't meet him.''
Even before the National Democratic Congress (NDC) allowed aspirants to campaign, former Eastern Regional Youth Organsier of the party, Haruna Apau Wiredu, threatened not to allow any individual to create division in the party.
He vowed to prevent any flagbearer hopeful from creating disaffection for former President Mahama.
Mr. Bagbin stressed the need for the NDC not to endorse Mr Mahama, who is also vying for the flagbearership position of the party.
According to him, NDC would be doomed if Mr. Mahama is selected to lead the party into 2020 general elections.
"Mr. Mahama led the NDC into a ditch as a driver when he was president of the country."
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Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, a Deputy Speaker of Parliament has stated that the alienation of members of the National Democratic Council of Elders chiefly contributed to their defeat in 2016 polls.
He explained that because the party elders were distanced from the Presidency, there were no co-ordinations that could enrich the fortunes of the party as the elders could not offer useful information that could place them on winning ways.
Mr Bagbin, who is also the Member of Parliament for Nadowli-Kaleo stated this when he met party members of the Tema East, Tema West, Tema Central and Ashaiman at the weekend.
"He instantly became the toast of Constituency executives of Tema East, West, Central and Ashaiman, when he met them in Community 4 to interact over the weekend."
Speaker after speaker at the meeting praised the longstanding MP for Nadowli Kaleo after Mr. Bagbin had given his address pouring his frustrations at the Presidency under the leadership of former President John Dramani Mahama.
Mr Bagbin explained that he unsuccessfully tried five times to meet the former President as he was constrained by people believed to be the powerful people behind the former President.
According to him, he was not the only elder of the party that had been disrespected by John Mahama and his appointees, but many others, including party founder, Jerry Rawlings, had all suffered humiliation under the former President
Due to the humiliation, he said the party elders had stopped holding Council of Elders meetings, with the party founder totally staying away.
He accused former President Mahama of deliberately failing to empower his own party people, and rather empowered members of the opposition NPP at the time by giving them some juicy contracts.
He said Deputy National Security Coordinator, Bryan Acheampong, for instance, got a contract under President Mahama while the NDC's executives, foot soldiers and even media, wallowed in abject poverty.
Mr Bagbin said the Mahama era was a painful one that should not be allowed to recur, pointing out people who still had the party at heart and have since been working behind the scenes to patch up the party.
For instance, he said, through his instrumentality, party elders have begun holding Council of elders meetings again, with the NDC's estranged founder, Rawlings, gradually warming his way back into the party after he had abandoned it earlier.
He said when friction developed between former President Mills and the party's founder, he had joined forces with the likes of Dr. Obed Asamoah to mediate.
"Unfortunately however, when Mahama became President, fragile unity that had been achieved was threatened because former President Mahama had failed to work with party leadership.
For instance, he said that during the election, President Mahama had failed to work with the national Chairman and the General Secretary even though per the party's constitution, the President was the leader of the NDC.
He said the poor relationship that existed between the party leadership and Presidency informed his decision to amend the part of the constitution that makes the President the leader of the party, indicating that he will do so if he is elected flagbearer.
Mr Bagbin's address suffered constant interruption with applause and so at a point he stopped and asked to be criticised rather than applauded.
Mr Lucky Ocansey, the Tema West Constituency Youth Organizer then asked why Parliamentarians in the party allegedly refused to contribute much to the party financially, which Mr Bagbin debunked and rather commended his colleague NDC MPs for their contributions to the NDC in diverse ways and called for unity among members.
He said it was not true, revealing that MPs do not only make monthly contributions towards the party but sometimes give part of their ex-gratia to the party and wished many of the party members at the grassroots would disregard rumours, and rather step up and contest for executive positions at the top.
Mr Bagbin who has been touring the Ashanti region until the State of the Nation Address brought him back to Accra said he had no beef with any of the other contestants and that he respected all of them.
The MP urged the party to at all the levels open accounts for their members to facilitate financial transactions at all units, constituency, district and Regional levels.
Among the executives were; Ben Doe, the Constituency Chairman for Tema West, who said there was hope the NDC to re-capture power if Mr Bagbin was given the opportunity to lead.
Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, who is popularly known as Moshake, an Executive Member of Tema East NDC urged Mr Bagbin to correct the mistakes that the former President made if he was given the nod to lead the party.
Lucky Ocansey, the Constituency Youth Organizer for Tema West, Alhaji Mahama Builsa, Constituency Chairman for Tema East and Vee-Jay Agbogedenu, Constituency Organiser for Ashiaman, were among the NDC gurus who praised Mr Bagbin at the meeting.
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Bagbin dragged before NDC Council of Elders
The Second deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has been dragged before the Council of Elders of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) by some members of the umbrella family over his actions which they described as "inappropriate".
Andrews Amadi Krow and Dzifa Gunu, known party members of the NDC made that move, Wednesday, January 17, 2018, against Hon. Bagbin who is aspiring to become the Presidential Candidate of the umbrella family and lead them in the 2020 general elections.
In the view of the group, the actions of the Nadowli/Kaleo constituency lawmaker is at variance with a directive issued by the Council of Elders of the party on August 22, 2017, hence, their action.
Although the group was not specific with the actions of the Second deputy Speaker of Parliament which are at variance with the directives of the Council of Elders of the NDC, political connoisseurs believe that move by the group is largely centered on Hon. Bagbin's seemingly attacks on the former President, John Dramani Mahama for causing the defeat of the party in the 2016 general elections.
Below is the press statement by the group
My brother, Andrews Amadi Krow, and I on Wednesday January 17, 2017, wrote to the Council of Elders of our Party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to complain about the inappropriate actions of the MP for Nadowli-Kaleo, Hon. Alban Bagbin, which actions are at variance with the August 22, 2017, Press Release of the Council of Elders of the NDC.
The Council of Elders' statement called on all members of the NDC "to respect the party structures and procedures in resolving internal grievances and conflicts". The Council also asked all members to stop the practice of "ventilating their grievances in public through the electronic, print and social media" bringing "the good name of the Party into disrepute".
Obviously, Mr. Bagbin has violated all of these positions and it is our hope that the Council will consider our complaint and take the necessary steps. This will prevent others from taking a cue and returning to the media and public space to defend and explain themselves.
The NDC must remain united for 2020. The NDC must follow disciplinary rules laid down by the Party. Our seniors must be seen to be leading the way.
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NDC officially announces decision to contest 2020 election results
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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially announced its intention to legally challenge the results of the December 7 Presidential election, as declared by the Electoral Commission (EC).
In a statement released by the party Tuesday, the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asideu-Nketiah said the decision was taken after a meeting by the National Executive Committee.
The party also announced that it will continue with all legitimate actions that are currently being used by party supporters to drum home their demand for "the government of President Akufo-Addo to enforce the rule of law and protect life and property in Ghana and, in particular, to take all necessary measures to bring to swift justice those responsible for the murders, injuries and destruction of property before, during and in the aftermath of the general elections."
The decision by the party follows weeks of protest against the 2020 verdict which the party's flagbearer, former President John Dramani Mahama has described as flawed and fictitious.
The results, as declared by the Commission's boss, Jean Mensa on Tuesday, December 9, recorded the governing New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo poll 6,730, 413 (51.59%) of the total votes cast, whiles John Mahama garnered 6, 214, 889 (47.36%) of the total votes cast.
But the former President and the NDC have maintained that the verdict was fabricated to favour the incumbent political party.
The party's stance has since been strongly defended by NDC supporters who have hit the streets to demand that the announcement be overturned.
Nearly two weeks after the results have been announced, various groups of supporters across the country have organized street protests to express their discontent with the EC.
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January 7, 2021 January 7, 2021 Francis Fiadzeawu
Nana Akufo-Addo, the President-elect of the Republic of Ghana was sworn in as President this afternoon, January 7.
The President who sought for a second term got the people's mandate at the December 7 2020 polls to continue to be President. Per the Fourth Republican Constitution of Ghana, this would be his final term in office as President.
He was sworn in by Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah who had earlier sworn in the Vice President-elect Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Thirteen heads of state arrived in the country to support the investiture of Nana Akufo-Addo who also double as the ECOWAS Chair.
Among the dignitaries were the President of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló and Angola's Vice President, Bornito de Sousa.
Former Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufour was also present to grace the occasion.
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On January 7, 2020, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was sworn in as President of the Republic of Ghana.
Re-elected for a second term, President Akufo-Addo took the oath of office at a colorful ceremony in Parliament.
"I Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo do in the name of the almighty swear that I'll bear true faith and allegiance. I'll uphold, protect, preserve the sovereignty of Ghana," he stated while being sworn in by Chief justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah.
The event attracted several heads of states including the President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea Bissau, Angola's Vice President, Bornito de Sousa, Senegalese President Macky Sall among others.
President Akufo-Addo on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) beat the National Democratic Congress (NDC's) John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 Presidential polls held on December 7.
The final verdict has since been contested by Mr. John Mahama, who argues that the party's overwhelming evidence available makes it impossible for them to accept the results although some domestic and international observers have said the election was free and fair.
Dr Mahamadu Bawumia was also sworn in as Vice President of Ghana for the second term.
He took his oath of office as Vice President of the Republic of Ghana for a second term at the ceremony in Parliament.
Having partnered Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as his running mate for the 2020 presidential election, Mr Bawumia is once again going to work for another four years with Nana Addo.
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Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, Chief Justice, says service to Ghana can rendered by all and not only those in certain positions.
He said Ghana would be great if the citizenry collectively worked hard to build it.
The Chief Justice was addressing pupils and students at the 2022 edition of CJ mentoring programme held at the Supreme Court in Accra.
The beneficiary schools included the EP Church School, Martyrs of Uganda School, Adjen Kotoku Senior High School (SHS), Amasaman SHS, Akropong School for the Blind and Morning Star International School.
Dubbed, "I pledge myself to the service of Ghana", the programme also had 20 head porters or "kayayei" on it.
Justice Yeboah encouraged participants to see themselves as capable of doing same for Ghana.
In helping to build the nation, remember to keep the norms and values of the society as that would differentiate you from the others, he said
He advised them to ensure that they did not deviate from the laws of the land as the society was founded on law.
He said the exposure would open their eyes to some aspects of the law that would guide them in any profession they choose if they did not pursue law.
In a speech read on her behalf by Mrs Barbara Oteng Gyasi, Chair of the Minerals Commission, the First Lady asked the students to be committed and aspire for excellence in a bid to make Ghana a better place.
Mrs Rebecca Akuffo-Addo said as future leaders, they had to know Ghana's challenges, brace themselves and be the problem solvers.
Be role models Ghana needs, there is no success without preparation, study hard and be people of integrity to make a positive impact on the country, she said.
Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, Deputy Minister of Education, said the Ministry would reform the curriculum for learners to acquire skills and raise productive workforce with morals and virtues.
He said their service to the nation must be paramount no matter the career path they chose.
Justice Margaret Welbourne, Chairperson for the programme, said the occasion would give participants the chance to interact with legal professionals, induce in them virtues of service, adding that they would be given the opportunity to observe court proceedings.
This, she said, would help them gain better understanding of issues and help them make informed decisions especially those who want to read law.
Ms Kathleen Addy, Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education urged the pupils and students to use their time profitably, adding that they should take advantage of the social media to enhance learning.
Also in attendance were justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, academia, President of the Ghana Bar Association, among other stakeholders.
The programme, supported by the UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) is supporting headporters to go to school and possibly pursue law, thus, it has since brought on board the porters to the mentorship Programme since 2015.
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