Ghana - Politics
Ghana - 2000 Election ... (NPP) defeated the NDC's John Atta Mills, Rawlings' Vice President and hand-picked successor. ... The NDC, President Rawlings' party, won 92 seats; independents and 2 ...
Why NDC must give presidential ticket to an Ashanti
In the year 2000 -J.A. Kufuor of the NPP won the presidential election with 950,597 votes representing 74.80% of the Ashanti votes and J.E.A. Mills of …
Ghana's NDC Ponders Reasons for Election Loss
The NDC came to power in 2009 with the election of President John Atta Mills. Three years later, Mills died in office and Mahama, his deputy, …
Alan Voted for NDC in 2008, Ebo Buckman – Part 3
Alan Voted for NDC in 2008, Ebo Buckman – Part 3. By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. 06.11.2021 LISTEN. In practically and decidedly crossing party lines by publicly and intemperately voting for the Mills-Mahama Presidential Ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and, in effect, scandalously resigning from ...
Ghana's Nana Rawlings fails in NDC bid for presidency ...
Nana Konadu Rawlings won only 3.1% of the vote, at a convention of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party in the western town of Sunyani. The party reconfirmed President John Atta Mills as ...
National Democratic Congress | political party, Ghana ...
Mills. In John Evans Atta Mills. …under the banner of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 1996 elections. They were victorious, and Mills took office on January 7, 1997, as vice president, a post he held until 2001. Mills was the NDC candidate for the presidency in the 2000 and 2004 elections, but he was…. Read More.
Ghana - Political Parties
Ghana's main political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), along with several minor parties, staged a hard fought campaign. Professor John Evans Atta ...
'We've lost a political colossus' - NDC mourns Dzifa Attivor
Attivor is a member of the National Democratic Congress. She contested the Ho West constituency primaries of the NDC in 2008 but lost to Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, who subsequently won the elections in December 2008. She was however appointed Deputy Minister for Transport by President John Atta Mills from 2009 to January 2012.
Which is the most Corrupt Party in Ghana?
When they were in opposition the National Democratic Congress [NDC] members constantly accused the New Patriotic Party [NPP] of being corrupt and the accusations continued when President Mills government took office. The NPP has been accused by the NDC for appropriating millions of dollars during the celebration of [email protected]
Ghana mourns president's death
Mahama, Ghana's new president, is a 53 year old former academic who studied in the Soviet Union, a leading political figure in the NDC, and a former Minister of Communication.
BBC News - Ghana's new leader takes office
Ghana's new leader takes office. John Atta Mills has been sworn in as Ghana's new president following a cliff-hanger election victory. Mr Atta Mills, 64, took his oath of allegiance in front of thousands of people in Independence Square for the inauguration in the capital, Accra. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate beat the ruling ...
Ghana: Mrs Rawlings joins another party to contest ...
She got 3.01 percent of the vote against Mills' 96.09 percent. Her aggrieved supporters formed a movement within the NDC party which later grew into a political party – the NDP – which was recently registered by Ghana's electoral body. Earlier reports, which …
NDC to commemorate death of late President Mills on July ...
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Saturday, July 24, commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills.
Countries at the Crossroads 2012: Ghana
of NDC founder and former president Jerry Rawlings), were elected to senior party positions. Indeed, Agyeman-Rawlings's spirited challenge to President Mills in the June 2011 NDC primary confirmed the NDC's increasing openness to internal competition.19 The greater governance challenge is lack of governmental accountability. The
Blame Prez Mills' Administration For Presidential Jet Saga ...
A Presidential staffer, Charles Bissue, has argued that the late president Mills' administration must be blamed for the recurring cost of rentals for commercial aircraft for the Presidency in ...
4 Parties support LGBTQI+ Bill - one opposes draft law ...
In November 2011, the late former President Mills had declared that the NDC government would never legalise homosexuality, adding that Ghana was committed to upholding human rights, as provided ...
Ghana profile - Timeline - BBC News
2011 July - President John Atta Mills chosen as ruling National Democratic Congress party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election, defeating …
Any Attempt To Impose a Presidential Candidate On NDC Won ...
President Mills even as a sitting President was contested. ... a candidate on the party is not a true member of the NDC . . . because true NDC members ... to be able to look favourably upon Ghana.
You can't win 2024 elections if…. – Koku Anyidoho advises NDC
"President Mills set up this Constitution Review Commission in 2010. There's a white paper. If NDC should just even take this report, white paper, and decide to …
Decision time for NDC: Mills or Konadu?
To all intents and purposes, history beckons as two leading personalities of the party - the incumbent President, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, and a former First Lady and wife of former President J.J. Rawlings, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings - put their respective bids before 3,150 delegates drawn from 230 constituency branches and other organs ...
Nana Konadu is an integral part of NDC; lets bring her ...
The daughter of the late former president Jerry John Rawlings made the passionate appeal to the NDC national executives at the one year anniversary of …
Party factions and power blocs in Ghana: a case study of ...
tition has characterised party leadership contests in Ghana's two main parties, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) . This competition often triggers the coalescing of elites and grassroots interests behind certain individuals. Inspired by Bouček (2009), factionalism is defined as the division of a
NDC to Commemorate The Death of late President Mills on ...
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will on Saturday, July 17, commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of late former President Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills.
Koku Anyodoho Dares NDC Over 2020 Elections | Politics ...
Koku Anyodoho Dares NDC Over 2020 Elections. Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta-Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho …
4 Parties Support LGBTQI+ Bill - One Opposes Draft Law ...
In November 2011, the late former President Mills had declared that the NDC government would never legalise homosexuality, adding that Ghana was committed to upholding human rights, as provided ...
NDC-USA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MILLS - Modern Ghana
NDC-USA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MILLS. On the evening of September 22nd, 2009 executive officers from member branches of the. NDC-USA gathered at Marriott Marquis Broadway Hotel to meet with his Excellency, President John Evans Atta Mills to deliberate on the progress of the party and other pertinent issues affecting Ghana.
Ghana Votes for President, New Parliament
Ghana President John Atta Mills attending a symposium at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, May 18, 2012. ... The center-left NDC party is favored by working class voters.
Country Advice Ghana
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is currently the ruling party in Ghana. Presidential and legislative elections were held on 7 December 2008. Of the 8 candidates contesting the elections for President, none achieved 50 per cent of the vote. When a run-off was conducted on 28 December 2008, the NDC candidate John
NDC boils as Duffour drops hat in ring - Graphic Online
The caveat is that the party must field an Ashanti flag bearer. Mr Bonsu and Dr Duffour are both Ashanti, the largest contributor to rival NPP's electoral victories since 1996.
Ghana's Mills clinches ruling party ticket - News ...
Ghana's Mills clinches ruling party ticket SUNYANI - Ghanaian President John Atta Mills won a landslide victory on Saturday in the race to become the ruling party's candidate in next year's ...
I'll be NDC presidential candidate if I get the nod ...
Politics of Tuesday, 30 November 2021 Source: 3news.com play videoDr Kwabena Duffuor A former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has officially declared his intention to be President of Ghana. Although his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is yet to open nominations for the presidential race ahead of the 2024 elections, the former Governor […]
Return of Konadu: NDC believes she's of no value to them ...
In 2008, Konadu Rawlings contested the late President John Mills during the party's presidential primaries but lost woefully; a situation which some belief informed her decision to establish her party; the National Democratic Party (NDP) in 2012. after resigning from the NDC in the same year.
Let's do all we can to bring Nana Konadu back to NDC ...
The former First Lady resigned from the NDC in 2012. In 2008, she contested the late President John Mills during the party's presidential primaries but lost woefully; a situation which some believe informed her decision to establish her own party; the National Democratic Party (NDP) in 2012.
All the solutions to Ghana's problems are in NDC's 2020 ...
Evans Annang. October 13, 2021 10:19 AM. Former President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that the National Democratic Congress had …
National Democratic Congress (Ghana) - Wikipedia
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. Following the formation of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), which ruled Ghana following the military coup d'état on 31 December 1981, there was pressure from the ...
JJ, Konadu wanted Mahama as Mills' vice in 2004 – Victor ...
play video Mills picked Mahama as his vice for the 2008 elections. • President Mills was a resolute leader as the NDC's flagbearer. • Mills contested the presidency thrice and won on the third ...
Call for NDC to reach out to Konadu in right direction ...
The Founder and CEO of the Atta-Mills Institute (AMI), and immediate-past Deputy General Secretary in-charge of Operations for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has expressed ...
Mode Of Rejoining Party Clear — NDC | Politics ...
Prior to leaving the NDC to form the National Democratic Party (NDP), Mrs. Agyeman-Rawlings had contested the flagbearership of the NDC in 2011 with the late former President John Evans Atta Mills ...
Ghana: Mahama steadies the ship after the death of ...
Relations between Nana Konadu and Mills's supporters had become so bitter in recent weeks that she has been linked to the formation of new independent party which apparently intended to run against the NDC in the elections. Last year she challenged Mills for the NDC's presidential nomination but got under 5% of the vote.