Source: starrfmonline. com - President John Mahama has urged residents of the Volta region to dismiss claims that his government has abandoned the region by way of development.

According to him, the Volta region is the area he has visited the most, as President of the country.

Source: starrfmonline. com - The New Patriotic Party in the Brong Ahafo region is targeting 20 seats out of 29 in the November 7 polls.
This was revealed during the handing over of eight motorbikes and desktop computers to eight orphan constituencies in the region.

By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.
Garden City, New York
March 20, 2016
E-mail: [email protected]

The crocodile tears that some of the key operatives of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been pretending to be shedding for Mr. Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, 70, whose passing at a London hospital was announced early Sunday morning, is rather pathetic (See “Jake’s Death Left Us Heart Broken – NDC” Modernghana.com 3/20/16).

Source: kasapafmonline. com - Former General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie a.k.a Sir John says it’s unfortunate that the late former Chairman of the party, Jake Obetsebi Lamtey did not wait to see the NPP’s victory in the upcoming November election.

“He should have waited to see Ghana flourish under a Nana Akufo Addo’s good governance beginning in 2017, so that when he dies latter he’ll have something good to tell our ancestors”.

Source: thefinderonline. com - The Electoral Commission (EC) has made an urgent call to Parliament to compel the Ministry of Finance to release funds for the Limited Voters’ Registration Exercise scheduled for the last week of April.

The commission warned that if the release of funds delays further, it may have to reschedule the date for the exercise, which would in turn affect this year’s elections timetable.

Source: citifmonline. com - The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced plans to reduce the number of voters per polling station in this year’s general elections scheduled for November 7.

The EC is aiming to reduce the number of voters per polling station from 1,000 voters to 8,00, and they believe this will reduce the long queues and the frustrations voters go through.

Source: ultimate1069. com - The District Director of elections for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Gushegu constituency of the Northern Region, Abdul Gafaru Seidu Kanayo has resigned from his post following the removal of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area Alhaji Alhassan Fuseini.