Tag: Political Accountability

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cleared Baba Jamal to contest the upcoming Ayawaso by-election, following the submission of a report by an internal investigative committee into alleged vote-buying during ...

President John Dramani Mahama has directed the immediate recall of Mohammed Baba Jamal Ahmed from his post as Ghana’s High-Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, following allegations of voter ...

Activist and legal practitioner Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor has criticised Ghana’s extradition arrangements with the United States, describing them as one-sided, politically driven, and reflective of a deeper failure by the ...

Seasoned activist and private legal practitioner, Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has launched a blistering critique of Ghana’s Parliament, describing it as a “travelling circus of national embarrassment” and arguing that the ...

Renowned legal scholar and Democracy and Development Fellow at CDD-Ghana, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, has challenged the recurring argument that Ghana’s four-year presidential term is too short for meaningful governance.  ...

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on President John Dramani Mahama to take bold and decisive measures to end the growing menace ...

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been granted a GH¢1 million police inquiry bail following his appearance before ...

The persistent shadow of tribal politics continues to loom over Ghana’s democratic journey. For Dr. Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, a Fellow at CDD-Ghana, this phenomenon is not new.  It has long ...

Concerns about the Ablekuma North violence have intensified, as the Minority in Parliament has strongly condemned the brutal attacks that marred the parliamentary rerun.  They argued that such violent tactics ...

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo‑Markin has strongly pushed back against attempts by Dr. Charles Wereko‑Brobbey to associate him with financial mismanagement at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).  The Effutu MP ...