NPP founding member, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has claimed that his relationship with former president John Kufuor was undermined by his (Nyaho’s) support for Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo when an internal discussion over who should lead the party was ongoing ahead of the 2000 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed profound shock and sadness at the demise of Mr. Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr. Obetsebi-Lamptey died in the early hours of Sunday in a London hospital where he had gone for treatment.
Former President Jerry John Rawlings thinks the falgbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, may win the Presidential election come Novemebr 7. In an interview with Nana Aba Anamoah on GH ONE TV's State of Affairs show, the founder of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) said, "Nana Akufo-Addo has a good chance of winning just like
Executive Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Professor Newman Kwadwo Kusi, has stated that the figures being quoted by President John Mahama and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, are all likely to be untrue.
All the Members of Parliament who voted in favour of the passage of the allegedly bloated $92 million rural electrification contract between the Government of Ghana and a Chinese firm – which used local firm Smarttys as a front – are “thievesâ€, political science lecturer Dr Richard Amoako Baah has said.
A mini rally of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) scheduled to be held at the Dambai College of Education in the Northern Region was nearly called off on Monday after the school's authorities revoked their permission at the eleventh hour citing orders from above.
A mini rally of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) scheduled to be held at the Dambai College of Education in the Northern Region was nearly called off on Monday after the school's authorities revoked their permission at the eleventh hour citing orders from above.
According to the National Youth Organiser of the NPP, Sammi Awuku, who disclosed this on Peace FM, the party had written to the school authorities and received no objection  to the rally so "we are shocked as to why they will refuse us at the last minute".
The programme which was part of a tour by the party's Vice-Presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, was however moved to a nearby park after some of the students erected canopies there.
After realising that the students were hell bent on listening to Dr Bawumia, the authorities decided to share gari to students after their lunch in order to delay the commencement of the programme but the students defied them and trooped to the new venue.
He blamed the government for giving such orders, saying, " these are the machinations of a losing government".
 "They shouldn't forget that when President Mahama was campaigning in 2008 as the Vice Presidential candidate of the NDC, he was given unfettered access to all Colleges of Education including Dambai where he campaigned twice", he added.
>President Mahama has announced that he is ever ready to debate the flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo.>
The New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) failed parliamentary aspirant for the Klottey Korley constituency, Nii Noi Nortey, has finally declared he will contest the November 7 elections as an independent candidate. Nii Noi Nortey’s contender, Philip Addison emerged winner after a re-run of the primary, beating him by a slim margin.
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has condemned the government over the error-ridden anniversary brochure distributed during the celebration of Ghana's 59th Independence Day at the Black Star Square in Accra on Sunday.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) failed parliamentary aspirant for the Klottey Korley constituency, Nii Noi Nortey, has declared that he will contest the November 7 elections as an independent candidate.
Executives of the Manhyia North constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have described as “inhumane and unfair†treatment being meted out to them by their regional executives regarding their upcoming parliamentary primary.