Election watch

Women’s rights advocacy organization, ABANTU for Development has called on the Parliament of Ghana to as a matter of urgency pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law before the upcoming 2023 District Assembly elections. The call was made at a press conference in Accra organized by ABANTU for Development with support from African Women Development Fund (AWDF). Held on the  ...

Provisional results from Nigeria’s disputed presidential election showed Bola Tinubu from the ruling party closing in on victory, a Reuters tally of votes in 33 of the country’s 36 states and the federal capital Abuja showed on Tuesday. Tinubu’s potential victory extends the All Progressives Congress party’s (APC) grip on power in Africa’s top oil producer and most populous nation, though he ...

Results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential election in Nigeria shows that Bola Tinubu has taken an early lead despite Lagos loss. With official results declared in 10 out of 36 states, the ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has 47% of the vote so far. The main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar has 27%. Labour’s Peter Obi has 22%. Mr Obi caused ...

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) is considering Thursday, February 16 for its planned continuous registration ahead of the district level and unit committee elections later this year. Per the timetable for the EC, as sighted by 3news.com, two meetings of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) should be held before the date is confirmed. The Commission also intends to set up regional and district ...

Former Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye wants the appointment process for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) reviewed. He wants a fixed term of 6 years for the Chairperson of the elections management body. Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Alfred Ocansey on Monday, January 9, the former lawmaker for Dome-Kwabenya indicated that the appointments of ...

Kenyans are waiting for the results of a close but calm presidential election in which the turnout was notably lower than usual, and the electoral commission indicated it would be at least Thursday before a winner is declared. Tuesday’s election was likely the final try by longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga, who on his fifth attempt was backed by former ...

The Supreme Court will later today, Wednesday, rule on an application seeking to stop James Gyakye Quayson from working as the Member of Parliament for Assin North. Michael Ankomah-Nimfah, who brought the application to the Supreme Court told the Court that James Gyakye Quayson’s continuous stay in office despite a High Court Judgment annulling his election offended the constitution, and ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged to continue to respect the two-term presidential limit and abide by the Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS) protocol on democracy and good governance. He insisted that good governance must exclude political manipulations to stay in power beyond given mandates. President Akufo-Addo who was speaking at the 2021 Kofi Annan Peace and Security ...

Lawyer for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition, Tsatsu Tsikata, has announced that they will formally subpoena chairperson of the Electoral Commission in order to cross examine her.Tsikata made the disclosure after the Supreme Court this morning dismissed a motion seeking for the EC chairperson to mount the witness box after her lawyer moved to close their case earlier ...

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision upheld the application by the 1st and 2nd Respondents not to call any witnesses in the ongoing election petition hearing. The decision by the apex court follows oral arguments made by the lawyers for the Electoral Commission and President Akufo-Addo that their clients cannot be compelled to testify. Citing Order 38, rule ...