Voting has ended at the ongoing national delegates congress of the National Democratic Congress being held at the Trade Fair Centre, La Accra.
Officials of the Electoral Commission are sorting the ballots for spoiled votes as agents of the various candidates follow every development with keen interest.
See list of contestants
National Chairman 1. Dan Abodakpi 2. Betty Mould Iddrisu 3. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo 4. Alhaji Huudu Yahaya 5. Danny Annang
National Vice Chairman 1. Alhaji Amadu Bukari Sorogho 2. Said Sinare 3. Lawyer Adu- Yeboah 4. Sherry Ayittey 5. Yaw Owusu Obimpeh 6. Alhaji Sumaila Mahama 7. Dr Kwame Ampofo 8. Awudu S. Azorka 9. Seth Ofosu-Ohene
General Secretary 1. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah 2. Samuel Koku Sitsofo Anyidoho
Deputy General Secretary 1. Alhaji Nuru Hamidan 2. Barbara Serwaa Asamoah 3. Peter Boamah Otokonor 4. David Kwaku Worwui-Brown 5. Kojo Adu Asare 6. George Lawson 7. Abdullah Ishaq Farrakhan 8. Nii Dodoo Dodoo 9. Kale Cezar 10. Ephram Nii Tan Sackey 11. Evans Amoo
National Organizer 1. Mahdi Gibrill 2. Akamba Joshua Hamidu 3. Jemima Anita De- Sosoo 4. Yaw Boateng Gyan 5. Baba Jamal Ahmed 6. Enoch Amoako- Nsiah 7. Solomon Yaw Nkansah
National Deputy Organizer 1. Dr Alhassan Hanifa 2. Kobby Barlon 3. Vivian Abla Kpeglo 4. Mohammed Mamudu 5. Agbesi Nutsu 6. Chief Hamilton Biney Nixon 7. Alfred Kojo Triddles 8. Ebenezer Asare Sackitey 9. Ahmed Gedel
National Communications Officer 1. Fred Agbenyo 2. Sammy Gyamfi
Deputy Communications Officer 1. Godwin Ako Gunn 2. Mahama Seidu Samuel 3. Kwaku Boahen 4. Alhaji Mohammed Nasiru Seidu 5. Adongo Atule Jacob 6. Muhammed Nurullah Iddrisu
National Executive Committee Member 1. Mohammed Mashood Alhaji 2. Alhaji Babanlame Abu Sadat 3. Sheriff Abudul Nasiru 4. Ebenezer Effah Hackman 5. Eliyasu Amadu 6. Alhaji Adramani Haribu 7. William Wilson Agbleke 8. Evelyn Enyonam Mensah
National Zongo Caucus Coordinator 1. Ismail Bawa 2. Alhaji Mamah Mohammed 3. Sadiku Sulley 4. Baba Ibrahim Mohammed 5. Abdul-Aziz Mohammmed 6. Abass Fuseini Sbaabe
Gun-wielding policemen are keeping watch over transparent ballot boxes holding the ballots of delegates from seven regions.
Delegates from the Upper East. Upper West, Northern, Central, Volta, Eastern and Western Region have completed voting, leaving those from Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Greater Accra regions, some of who are still in queues.
Electoral officers are hoping counting will begin soon so the process would come to a close. Of the outstanding regions, only a handful constituencies are yet to vote.
The Chairman of the National Democratic Congress' electoral committee, Mr. Bede Ziedeng says a wrong choice of venue for voting, anxiety of delegates to cast their votes first and related matters account for the delay in the voting at the party's ongoing congress.
National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates from across the country and foreign branches converged on the Fantasy Dome of the Accra International Trade Fair Centre on Saturday to elect national executives who will steer the affairs of the party towards the 2020 elections and beyond.
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minority Leader of Parliament has called on delegates at the Ninth National Delegate Congress of National Democratic Congress (NDC) to elect leaders with will and integrity.
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on delegates to the Party’s Ninth National Delegate Congress to listen to themselves (listen to their inner voice) before casting their voices.
Officials of the Electoral Commission have put on hold, albeit temporarily, voting at one of the five polling centres created for the ongoing NDC national delegates conference.
Members of the Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress are the first batch of delegates to vote at the party’s ongoing congress at the Trade Fair Centre, La, Accra.
This is the address of former President John Dramani Mahama to delegates of the National Democratic Congress at the party's 9th national delegates congress.
All persons contesting various positions at the ongoing National Democratic Congress national delegates congress have been introduced to delegates. Here a list of all seeking to be elected into the party's national executive.
There is tight security at the Trade Fair Centre at La in Accra where the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have converged to elect national officers to lead the party into the 2020 elections.
The Deputy Minister of Communications, Mr George Andah who was involved in a car crash on Saturday, November 3 at the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the Central Region has been discharged from the 37 Military Hospital.
The Minority in Parliament has walked out of Parliament in protest against the government's refusal to publish the report of the Justice Brobbey Commission of Inquiry into the creation of proposed regions.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram constituency, Mr Sam George, has called on the government to implement the United Nations (UN) conventions on the statelessness of refugees in the country.
The Current Deimo and Apostle General of the Church of Christ (Spiritual Movement), Most Rev. Dr Daniel Markin, has underscored the need for churches not to engage in partisan politics.
The Accra Regional Police is to deploy a total of 300 police personnel to beef up security at the upcoming national congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the International Trade Fair Centre in Accra.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is ready for its scheduled national delegates congress to elect national executives come Saturday, November 17, 2018.
An aspiring Deputy National Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Kobby Barlon has stated that his priority would be to energise the grassroots of the party when the delegates give him the mandate.
Mr Elvis Darko, a member of the Interim Steering Committee of the Media Coalition on the Right to Information Bill (RTI), was arrested by the police on the premises of parliament on Thursday, 15 November 2018, for unlawful picketing.
As the National Democratic Congress (NDC) goes to yet another crucial national delegates congress on Saturday to elect its national executive officers to steer the affairs of the party towards Election 2020 and beyond, there is a lot of anxiety as to which candidates will emerge victorious.
The legality of the referendum for the creation of six new regions will be determined by the Supreme Court on November 28, 2018 when it rules on a suit challenging the referendum.
The campaign team of Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) chairmanship hopeful, has strongly condemned the introduction of ethnocentric elements into the body politic of the party in the run-up to the party's congress next Saturday.
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has praised the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for his leadership over the last twenty-two months, stating that “you are governing Ghana well.”
The Governments of the Republic of Ghana and State of Qatar have signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of partnerships between the two countries.
Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State in the Volta Region and the President of the National House of Chiefs recently spoke extensively on the proposed creation of Oti Region in a radio interview with Accra based Citi FM.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said the establishment of strong bonds of co-operation between Members of Parliament and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives would help generate dignified and productive lives for all Ghanaians.
The High Court in Accra has ordered that an action brought against the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, be served on him via the media and on notice boards of the court for 14 days.
