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CSOs urge Parliament to compromise, accomodate eachother LISTEN JAN 7, 2021 The Civil Society Organisations in Election Programming has urged political leaders to compromise and accommodate each other to consolidate Ghanas democratic gains. A statement issued by the CSOs Coalition, copied to the Ghana News Agency said: "Today, 7th January 2021, Ghanaians are waking up to video recordings and media reportage of the appalling scenes in the Parliament of Ghana that characterized the sacred and ...

4 Civil Society Organizations Reject Printing Of New Liberian Bank Notes, Amid Whereabouts Of LD16 Billion Dollars 4 Civil Society Organizations Reject Printing Of New Liberian Bank Notes, Amid Whereabouts Of LD16 Billion Dollars Four leading National Civil Society Organizations in Liberia (Center for Transparency and Accountability, Institute for Research and Democratic Development, Naymote Partners for Democratic Development and Accountability Lab),  strongly call on the Liberian Legisl...

IMANI, CDD, IDEG, other CSOs criticise ban on NDC demonstrations Top Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ghana have appealed in a statement to the Ghana Police Service to preserve their impartiality to protect national peace and security. The statement, dated Wednesday, December 31, 2020, is signed by Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Norsaac, The Ark Foundation, Ghana An...

Fast-track investigations into election violence and let all know – CSOs to police A group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has commended the Ghana Police Service for the role played in maintaining peace and security before, during and after the December 7 elections. But the CSOs have raised concerns about the impartiality the police in recent times, especially as supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) continue to protest on the streets over results of the elec...

Ghana Expected To Get Covid-19 Vaccine By June 2021- Kwame Sarpong Asiedu

Independent third party needed to witness EC-signed pink sheets during polls – H. Kwasi Prempeh Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor H Kwasi Prempeh has said that Ghana will require a representative of an independent third party such as an accredited domestic election observer (or two) also witness the Electoral Commission (EC) sign pink sheets and declaration of results at the collation center or/and, at the minimum, be given a copy of the...

Press highlights plight of some civil society organisations in Ghana, others Ghana-Press-Review December 23, 2020 to 10:49 267 APA – Accra (Ghana) The failure of hundreds of civil society organisations to get registered with the Department of Social Development and the appeal to the Electoral Commission to review its decision to go on a month-long leave after the Decem...

Audit Service to surcharge banks 2nd Dec 2020    |    Source: GNA    The Audit Service on Tuesday indicated its readiness to surcharge any participating commercial bank,that defaults in transferring tax receipts collected from the various transit accounts into the respective Bank of Ghana Holding Accounts.     A statement issued in Accra by Mr George Swanzy Winful, Deputy Auditor General said “Our attention has been drawn to a publication in the social media in connection with our ...

Decision to go on one month long recess unacceptable– CSO’s to EC LISTEN 1 Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to rescind its decision to go on break following the organization of the 2020 elections. According to them, there are pressing and critical issues from the election that requires the EC to remain in service and they cannot afford a break. “Given the current post-election context and the matters arising, some of which might requ...

Use the law courts to address election concerns – CDD to NDC LISTEN DEC 23, 2020 The team lead for elections at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD), Rhoda Osei Afful is urging the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to resort to the law courts to address their concerns with the outcome of the 2020 elections. According to her, it is important that political parties do not lose sight of the appropriate remedies to utilize with regards to election disputes. Speaking on Eyewitness Ne...