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  • New MMDCEs to be appointed in 14 days – NDC Greater Accra Regional Chair

    New MMDCEs to be appointed in 14 days – NDC Greater Accra Regional Chair

    The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, has announced that President John Dramani Mahama will appoint new Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) within the next 14 days.

    Addressing concerns over recent alleged acts of vandalism and unauthorised takeovers of state institutions by some individuals claiming to be NDC supporters, Ashie Moore assured that the swift appointment forms part of a broader plan to restore order and ensure a smooth transition under the new administration.

    “Per our party’s machinery, this week we are also doing a screening of the nomination of the prospective candidates for those positions, so I can promise the party people, especially what I know in my region, that hopefully if everything goes well by the close of the next 14 days, we will also have MMDCEs in place, so they should cooperate with us,” he stated.

    This follows President Mahama’s revocation of all MMDCE appointments made by his predecessor, President Akufo-Addo, effective immediately. The decision aligns with the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936) and the Local Governance (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act 940).

    A letter signed by Dr. Callistus Mahama, Executive Secretary to the President, confirmed that the Chief Director of the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development has been formally notified of the changes. Until new appointments are made, Coordinating Directors in each Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assembly (MMDA) will serve as acting chief executives.

    Ashie Moore urged party supporters to remain vigilant and report any unlawful activities to the appropriate authorities, reiterating the NDC’s stance against acts of vandalism and unauthorised takeovers.

    “I have met with the regional police commander, and together, we are working to ensure law and order across the region,” he added.

    He further called on NDC members to exercise patience and cooperate with authorities during the transition period.

    “We are taking proactive steps to ensure that state institutions are protected and the right leadership is in place to address the needs of Ghanaians,” Ashie Moore concluded.

  • Election 2024: You can’t stop us from flying drones – NDC to EC

    Election 2024: You can’t stop us from flying drones – NDC to EC

    The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, has clarified that the party’s intention to employ drones during the 2024 general elections will exclusively cover constituencies within the Greater Accra Region.

    On Wednesday, March 13, Nii Ashie Moore announced a strategic initiative to deploy drones for monitoring the 2024 general elections in the region. The party’s objective is to safeguard over two million votes and enhance monitoring mechanisms to prevent potential irregularities.

    However, Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, the Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), expressed opposition to the NDC’s plan in a media interview.

    During an interview on the Citiuation Room on Citi TV, on Thursday, March 14, Mr. Ashie Moore emphasized that the EC lacks the authority to prohibit the Greater Accra Regional Office of the NDC from utilizing drones to monitor the elections.

    Mr. Ashie Moore explained that the decision was made to protect the party’s votes and emphasized that the national leadership of the party played no role in the regional decision-making process. He asserted that they do not require approval from the national leadership to execute their plan.

    “Let me put it on record that the EC doesn’t have that mandate, power, that right to say that one cannot use drones before, during and after elections in Ghana. There’s no single L. I that regulates that. We have written to the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, when they give us the approval, we are going to use the drones.”

    “This is a regional plan and not a national thing. We plan to do within our remit, the 34 constituencies within the Greater Accra Region. This has nothing to do with our party constitution or manifesto. The national may want to do some inputs or some adjustments, we don’t need approval to do those things. All that we want to do is to protect our votes,” he clarified.

    “We realised a lot of anomalies during the last exercise [limited voter registration], so we decided that before, during and after 7th December elections we are going to use drones.”

  • I don’t trust anyone, even my family can disappoint me during elections – Greater Accra NDC chairman

    I don’t trust anyone, even my family can disappoint me during elections – Greater Accra NDC chairman

    The Greater Accra Regional chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, has stated that hardly does he depend on his family members for votes.

    In an interview on Neat FM on March 13, 2024, he indicated at the polls everything is possible as individuals could turn back on their promises in the quest for personal gains.

    He referenced a past election where a candidate obtained only one vote, despite having family members.

    “When it comes to elections, it is very crucial, and I can say on authority that the people that I live with in the house, I don’t trust all of them.

    “Let me quote again: the people that I live with in the house, I don’t trust them, so when it comes to an election, it is very crucial. So, I don’t trust anybody,” he said.

    When questioned about the inclusion of his wife in this sentiment, Moore affirmed his stance, indicating that his mistrust encompasses even those closest to him.

    “I am telling you; don’t you remember that a certain politician had one vote during the election? I am not speaking for the national executives of the party… I am talking about the Greater Accra Region, Ga-Dangbe.

    “So, I want to take my security into my own hands guided by law. I do not want to go against the law, so I want to protect myself,” he added.

  • Duffuor commences campaign for NDC flagbearer position

    Duffuor commences campaign for NDC flagbearer position

    An aspiring flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, launched his campaign by paying a visit to the party’s Greater Accra Regional caucus.

    The visit was aimed at seeking the permission of the regional executives to embark on a regional tour to share his vision and aspirations with the delegates of the party in the region. 

    Dr Duffuor and his entourage were received by the Regional Chairman, Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore; the Regional Secretary of the party, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, and other top officials of the party in the region. 

    Ahotor, pension scheme 

    The former minister of finance and former governor of the Bank of Ghana stated that over the years, the party’s grassroots had been neglected despite continually pushing the agenda of the party. 

    He, therefore, pledged to enhance the grassroots through his Ahotor project, an economic empowerment programme that would offer employment opportunities to the youth and the grassroots in order to win the 2024 general election. 

    In a similar vein, Dr Duffuor pledged to institute a pension scheme for the party aged who had served the NDC loyally over years. 

    That, he believed, would motivate their children to join the party and take up the mantle of championing the interests and aspirations of Ghanaians. 

    Dr Duffuor pledged to put up appropriate regional and constituency offices in areas that lacked proper party structures. 

    “When I went round the country, I was saddened because we were having our meetings in classrooms and churches while the other party had offices; we are bigger than them so that should not be the case,” he said. 

    He noted that during the 2016 and 2020 general elections, the party had some challenges in the collation of results which partly contributed to their loss and vowed to establish a secured real-time electoral mechanism that would monitor the elections.

    Maximise votes, itinerary

    Mr Moore stated that the party’s goal was to maximise votes in the Greater Accra because it was a decisive region and as such would lay down foundations for fair competition between aspirants.

    He, therefore, urged all aspirants to run a clean campaign devoid of insults and badmouthing because, at the end of the internal elections, it could be used against the party in the general election. 

    Mr Chaie noted that the visit was a sign that the Duffuor campaign understood the structures and hierarchy of the party at the regional level. 

    He, therefore, advised them to create and submit a comprehensive itinerary that would outline how they intended to visit the various constituencies and branches in the region.

  • NPP should start packing out of Jubilee House – Listowel Kusi Poku

    The General Secretary of the United Front Party (UFP), Listowel Nana Kusi Poku, has praised the major opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for the successful regional elections it held across the country on Saturday, November 12, 2022.

    Speaking in an XYZ TV interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Listowel Kusi-Poku said that the smoothness of the election shows that the NDC is ready for the December 7, 2022 polls and it (the NDC) will win the elections.

    He, therefore, urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party government to start preparing their handover notes.

    “The success of the elections the NDC held shows that Akufo-Addo and the NPP must start preparing to leave office if they have not started already. He (Akufo-Addo) should also reimburse all the monies he has stolen because we are going to chase him for it.

    “So, he should start packing his things out of the Jubilee House,” he said in Twi.

    At least 712 candidates contested for various regional executive positions in the NDC in all 16 regions of Ghana except the Bono East, Ahafo, and the Eastern Regions, where the elections were partially suspended.

    The positions contested include those of chairman and vice chairman, secretary and deputy secretary, organizer and deputy organizer, treasurer and deputy treasurer.

    The remaining positions are Communications Officer and Deputy, Women’s Organiser and Deputy, the Zongo Caucus Coordinator, Youth Organiser and Deputy Youth Organiser.

    In the Greater Accra Region, Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore beat incumbent regional chairman Ade Coker to become the new chairman of the party.

    The party is set to hold its national executive election on Saturday, December 17, 2022.

  • Ashie Moore sends goodwill message to NDC aspirants

    Former Member of Parliament for Adenta Constituency, Mr. Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, aspiring to be elected the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has wished contestants at constituency executives’ elections well.

    The elections are scheduled for Saturday, October 22, 2022, and Nii Moore, in a statement, extended goodwill to all aspirants.

    “As the National Democratic Congress (NDC) prepares to elect constituency Executives on Saturday, 22nd October 2022, I wish to extend my good will to all aspirants vying for the various positions, “the aspirant said.

    Nii Ashie Moore reminded contestants that the “election of Constituency Executives forms a key component in our quest to capture power in 2024 elections and to rescue Ghanaians from the grips of the failed New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.”

    Describing the elections as “important exercises,” Nii Ashie Moore prayed that they would be conducted without rancour or disturbance across the 275 constituencies.

    He recalled that the NDC a few weeks earlier had successfully selected Branch Executives and in like manner was his conviction that the Constituency Executives’ Elections would not depart from this established norm.

    “I therefore wish all aspirants the best of luck for the forthcoming elections, “he said.

    Nii Ashie Moore entreated aspirants to remember that he has their best interest at heart.

    “I look forward to working with you as your Greater Accra Regional Chairman as I trust that you will vote for me when the Regional Executives’ Elections are held in a few weeks’ time,” he said.

    He added: “I say may the divine peace of God reign during and after these important elections to ignite the principles of probity, accountability and social justice and to restore confidence in our great party, the NDC to ensure a smooth take off for election 2024.”

    Source: GNA