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23 Sep

Democracy Has Failed To Meet Aspirations Of Many Ghanaians – Speaker

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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has decried the state of the country’s democracy for failing to meet the aspirations of many Ghanaians. Delivering the 2024 University of Ghana (UG) Alumni Lecture, last Thursday evening, Mr Bagbin said even though the country had enjoyed more than 30 years of political stability, democracy had not delivered the necessary dividends to drastically improve the lives of people. “The question on many of our citizens’ minds is ‘has democracy really delivered’? That is a very legitimate question,” he said. The Speaker partly attributed the problem to the 1992 Constitution, the basis…

John Mahama Is A Threat To Ghana’s Democracy, Development And Judiciary- Chairman Wontumi

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Ashanti regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has emphatically described former President Mahama as a threat to Ghana's democracy, development and to the Judiciary. Speaking during the launching of Billionaires TV in Sehwi Wiawso, a subsidiary of Wontumi Multimedia, Chairman Wontumi buttressed his assertion that the rate at which former President Mahama keeps denigrating the Judiciary, especially the Judges, is alarming. "During the PNDC era, many Judges were killed. It's the PNDC that has birthed the NDC and today what do we see, denigration and insults rains on our Judges for the Flagbearer of…

The NDCs Do Not Understand What Democracy Is- Alexander Martey Asserts

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A Presidential Staffer, Alexander Martey has said that the NDCs do not really understand what democracy means. This comes after some NDC sympathizers are chastising the NDC MPs for voting in favour of the approval of six ministerial nominees last Friday- despite the directive from the party leadership. Speaking on Movement In The Morning Show on Movement TV and Wontumi radio in Accra, he said "if he monitors the current happenings with regards to the approval of the ministers, he is crestfallen. Because it looks as though most of them (NDC) do not really understand what democracy is. The Members…