Ghana Post Elections

The Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has announced that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will present the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government for the 2022 financial year on November 17. The Majority Leader announced this on Tuesday when Parliament resumed sitting. The Finance Ministry had earlier set November 15 as the date to present the budget before the House. But announcing the new date, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu advised the legislators to commence scrutiny of the various allocations to facilitate the passage of the budget. “…Ideally a Parliament should spend about eight weeks in interrogating budgets [but] we don’t have the luxury of time. “We are not going to be able to spend eight weeks interrogating the budget. “We only have about four weeks and that is why I will entreat the committees to act in conjunction with their sector ministers, very proactively to deal with the allocations as early as possible and not just rubber stamp, very intellige

                                          Dr Bossman Asare, EC Deputy Chairperson - General Services The Electoral Commission has rejected NDC’s 2020 Presidential Candidate John Mahama’s description of the 2020 election as one of the worst in Ghana’s history. According to the Electoral body, not only has the election been hailed as highly transparent, fair, credible, and inclusive, it was also a reflection of the will of the people. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, October 25, the Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, in charge of General Services, Dr Bossman Asare said, “we refute his scoring. The good people of Ghana who experienced our processes are the best judges. Their testimonies on social media demonstrated that Ghanaians were highly satisfied.” He added that election observers, both local and international, also praised the EC and described the elections as transparent, credible and highly successful. Dr Asare stated that “it is not a wonder that the interna

Former President John Mahama has described the 2020 polls as the worst election in Ghana’s history. According to him, the election was marred by numerous irregularities which are unprecedented in the history of the country. “2020 was Ghana’s worst election. If I was marking her, I would have given her an F. She is marking her own paper after examination so she can give herself any mark she likes,” the former President who was flagbearer of the NDC in the 2020 polls told Cape FM in Cape Coast where he is currently on his ‘Thank you tour’. It comes after the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa told the ECOWAS Parliament in Ghana that the 2020 polls is Ghana’s best so far. “Indeed, our elections of 2020 were solely financed by the government of Ghana. I am happy to note, that this reduced the cost of our election by 41% compared to 2016 notwithstanding inflation and price highs and the fact that we incurred additional cost owing to the COVID-19 protocols we deployed through

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has urged the security agencies to make public the findings from the investigations conducted into the circumstances that led to the killing of seven persons during the 2020 general elections. According to Jean Mensa, the recommendations will make elections in subsequent years better. Speaking at a high-level ECOWAS Parliamentary Seminar in Winneba, Jean Mensa described the loss of seven lives as sad. “Sadly, seven lives were lost, and though these did not occur at our polling stations or arise as a result of misconduct on our part, one life lost is one too many. We are hoping that our security agencies will share their findings and recommendations for future learning”. Madam Jean Mensa also described the 2020 General election as historic, transparent, efficient, and cost-effective. According to her, the fact that the comparative cost of the election was reduced by 41% which is equivalent to 90 million dollars and a voter tu