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Prof. Opoku-Agyemang tours markets in Accra

The running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has encouraged all Ghanaian women to help end the economic hardship in the country by voting the NDC into power in the December 7 general elections.

2024 elections: NDC won’t sign any peace pact – Asiedu Nketia

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by Johnson Asiedu Nketia, its National Chairman, has said that the party will not participate in any peace accords prior to the 2024 elections.

Mr. Nketia emphasized that history has demonstrated that these kinds of proclamations are powerless to stop violence.

He criticized the custom of signing peace accords only after hostilities had gotten out of hand, calling on the government to speak up and intervene before disagreements or acts of violence arise.

In an interview with Joy News, Mr Nketia said, “The declaration doesn’t mean anything to us, it doesn’t because all previous declarations have not been adhered to, no declaration has solved any problem. If you allow violence to brew, you’ll have violence whether you sign a declaration or not.

“That’s why, more than a year ago, I started talking about the need for us to remove the building blocks for a violent election.”

“At any stage when something is happening, I call on those who in future, will call us to sign a declaration to speak up so that we stop this particular thing from happening.

“Otherwise, if you let those things build up and then say, ‘Let’s play a peace football match, sign a declaration, and hope for a peaceful election,’ peaceful election wouldn’t happen.”

CPP strategises for 2024 elections

The Convention People's Party (CPP) has strategised to contest the 2024 election, despite internal wranglings that derailed its intentions, the party's National Communications Director, Osei Kofi Acquah, has said.

NPP verifies parliamentary candidates

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will from today, August 12 to August 16, 2024, begin the verification of all its 276 parliamentary aspirants ahead of the opening of nomination between September 9 and 13 by the Electoral Commission (EC).