In voting to elect a Speaker of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson, the MP for Assin North despite a court injunction barring him from holding himself out as a legislator and subjecting himself to be sworn-in as the representative of the Read more…
The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central has called for an investigation into the presence of military men in Parliament in the early hours of Thursday. According to Mohammed Murtala, their presence in Parliament, where disagreement among members is commonplace Read more…
The Electoral Commission (EC), in its quest to conduct credible, free, fair and transparent ‘trio’ elections on Wednesday met the Police Management Advisory Board to commence discussions bordering on security. The ‘trio’ are the election of the District Assembly and Read more…
The Centre for African Democratic Affairs (CADA) will like to commend the President for beginning to implement the recommendations made by the Committee setup by the Chief Justice following petitions received by the President regarding the internal wrangling between the Read more…
Power does not corrupt people, people rather corrupt power The worst disease in third world countries today is corruption. And there is a cure: Transparency and Accountability. Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps their fear of a loss of Read more…
The CADA has called on Charlotte Osei, the Chairman of the EC, that take action to save the “waning image of the EC”. The CADA asserted such an action would assist to regain Ghanaians’ trust in the Electoral Commission. Adding, Read more…
Ghanaians go to the polls in December 2016 to elect a new president and new parliamentarians to steer the affairs of the country for another four years. After observing the Limited Voter Registration Exercise (LVRE) and the exhibition exercise conducted Read more…
Great inequality in the distribution of wealth; weak social and governmental enforcement mechanisms; political office serving as means of gaining access to wealth; and the absence of a strong sense of national community are some of the fundamental factors that Read more…
The Center for African Democratic Affairs (CADA) has called on governments, election management bodies, political parties and civil society organizations in Africa to collectively address the issue of exclusion, identifying it as the root cause of political violence on the Read more…
Poverty in Ghana is the cause of corruption while corruption is a consequence of poverty and loss of moral values, the Centre for African Democratic Affairs (CADA) has said. According to CADA, poverty and ignorance persist in Ghana because of Read more…