Across eight elections in the Fourth Republic, the influence of the smaller political parties in Ghana has diminished with time despite the promise that attended their formation and inauguration.

As the December 2024 presidential campaign front inches towards the home stretch, the political scene has been inundated with lofty promises, and sometimes audacious pledges that somehow promise to overhaul the debt-ridden Ghanaian economy into an instant paradise.

THIS week, I had a political wish. I asked the elections fairy if presidential and parliamentary elections can be held on July 31.  The fairy just smiled. 

Al Nassr, one of the leading clubs in the Saudi Pro League, is making headlines with its ambitious move to sign West Ham United's star midfielder, Mohammed Kudus. 

The founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor has made 18 promises which she will oversee once she is elected as Ghana’s next President in the 2024 presidential election.

Britain woke Friday to the scene of a political earthquake. The opposition Labour Party, after 14 years in the political wilderness, has handed a brutal defeat to the ruling Conservatives.

All three constituencies in Bono Region’s Dormaa areas have offered favourable reception to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the years, despite Dormaa West swinging between the NPP and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in three elections.

The Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) reported last week on multidimensional poverty in Ghana which showed that overall, a little over seven million (7,317,555) or twenty-four per cent (24%) Ghanaians are multidimensionally poor.

Election 2024 is five months away. As candidates for President and Parliament travel the length and breadth of the country and respective constituencies, several promises are being made to voters. It is sometimes intriguing to hear some of the promises as it begs the question of whether it is the supply side (candidate-initiated) or demand side (voter-initiated). Whether candidate or voter-initiated, election promises assume that there is a fair sense of what voters want.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has named its national campaign team for the upcoming December 7 general election.

Seen as a swing constituency since acquiring its current name, the Tain Constituency in the Bono Region has contributed its fair share to shaping the local political landscape.

The leading presidential candidates are keen to stress the importance of Ghana’s churches for the country’s development.

It is absolutely okay for anyone to criticise the operations of the Electoral Commission (EC) provided it is balanced and constructive, the Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said. 

The International Association of World Peace Advocate (IAWPA-Ghana) has launched an Election 2024 Peace Awareness Campaign
Dubbed the Africa Peace Advocate Award, it is scheduled to take place on September 21, 2024 to coincide with the United Nations International Day of Peace.

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has asked the police not to discriminate in applying the law.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has alleged that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) was seeking to transfer voters from NPP strongholds in the Ashanti, Eastern and some areas in Greater Accra regions in an attempt to offset NDC’s gains in strongholds.

The country is seven months away from a crucial presidential and parliamentary election. Three institutions (the Police, Electoral Commission (EC) and Courts), in my view, have a central role in ensuring that the election is free, fair and peaceful.

Ghana is seven months away from another crucial election. As usual candidates are sharing their vision and ideas with voters.

Voting is currently underway at 204 polling stations across Ejisu as residents participate in a crucial by-election to fill the seat left vacant by the untimely passing of former Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah on March 7, 2024.

Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), underscored the significance of the upcoming 2024 general election as a crucial opportunity to heal and rescue Ghana from imminent peril and deep despair. 

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama says in its quest to achieve a free and fair elections at the December 7 polls, the party will deploy its youth as agents to police the various polling stations across the country.

The Minority in Parliament has called on the police to expedite investigations into Electoral Commission(EC)'s seven missing biometric devices so the 2024 general elections is not to compromised.