The leadership of the Greater Accra branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for calm among party faithful following last week’s outburst from former president Rawlings and the counter reactions he has attracted.
The Wa East constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress are urging the party leadership and government to be circumspect in their utterances when responding to attacks from the Rawlingses. Addressing a news conference in Wa, Constituency Secretary, Munawar Issahaku warned any negative comment will aggravate the severed relations between the founder and the Presidency and make it difficult for any mediation process. Joy News’ Upper West Region correspondent Rafik Salam reported the conference was to bring to the fore the unprecedented developments in the region and more importantly the urgent need to unite.
May 14, 2012 CPP Coalition-USA extends congratulations to DR ABU SAKARA FOSTER for his election May 12 as the Convention People’s Party (CPP) candidate for president in Ghana’s 2012 general elections.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has decided to display the provisional biometric voters register for the 2012 election in August this year, a senior EC official has said. This is to afford prospective voters the opportunity to check the personal details which they provided during the 40-day registration exercise.
The Assin North Constituency which has been the New Patriotic Party’s stronghold for the past 12 years would fall for the NDC in this year’s general elections, the NDC constituency executives have said. The Assin North Constituency Chairman of the NDC, Mr James Kutin, said the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr Ken Agyepong, would definitely lose the parliamentary election due to his dwindling popularity in the area
“As a nation, is our priority the Rawlingses?
Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Iddrisu Bature, has stated that most of the crisis the ruling government, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is faced with, would not have cropped up if the founder of the party, Jerry Rawlings, had not played an active role in the daily administration of party affairs. Instead of Mr Rawlings playing the role of a father whose children can fall on during difficult times, he is rather massively involved in ruining the electoral fortunes of the party, he said
Managing Editor of the “ Insight ” newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., has cautioned the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not to be on cloud nine over Mr Rawlings’ tongue-lashing of the Mills administration because they (NPP) will be the focus of his next attack. Kwesi Pratt opines that, the former President, per the statement he delivered at the 30th Anniversary ceremony of the 31st December Women’s Movement, is simply cajoling the opposition into helping him get rid of the current administration and that a critical analysis of his recent remarks indicate the NPP is next on his radar
Ghana and Nigeria are losing out on available opportunities to groom quality leaders for their respective countries.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is not surprised at comments by New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer that the Mills-led administration has failed to implement all promises made during the 2008 elections. Nana Akuffo Addo at a rally in Kumasi on Friday challenged the Mills administration to provide proof of any campaign promise it has delivered. Responding to the challenge, the Propaganda Secretary of the NDC, Richard Quashigah told XYZ News that Nana Akufo-Addo is making such comments out of desperation to win the presidency in the impending polls.
