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Ghanaian Politics: Asantehene Addresses The Wrong Audience – Observes Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Asantehene Addresses The Wrong Audience – Observes Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

In the nation’s capital with a delegation of chiefs for a lecture on democratic political culture and governance, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II, was reported
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Ghanaian Politics: So Long, Kojo Adu-Asare!!! – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: So Long, Kojo Adu-Asare!!! – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

I have before me two news articles, respectively, titled “NDC Legal Team Denies Ever Implying 2012 Polls Were Flawed,” dated May 9, 2013 and sourced
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Analysis: If not for Akufo-Addo’s victory, why is the NPP in court? Part II By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

Analysis: If not for Akufo-Addo’s victory, why is the NPP in court? Part II By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

Another issue that Tsatsu’s interrogation has revealed is the errors that the petitioners committed in putting together their evidence. The point is that if the
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Analysis: If not for Akufo-Addo’s victory, why is the NPP in court? Part I By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

Analysis: If not for Akufo-Addo’s victory, why is the NPP in court? Part I By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

At today’s sitting of the Supreme Court, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia made startling revelations that make me wonder why the NPP went to court at all
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Ghanaian Politics: Where is Your Basis of Comparison, Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe? – Asks Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Where is Your Basis of Comparison, Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe? – Asks Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

At the time of this writing (4/19/13), a prominent member of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a former cabinet member of the
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Analysis: The NPP’s politics of pink sheets falls flat Part II – By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

Analysis: The NPP’s politics of pink sheets falls flat Part II – By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

Bawumia may stand his ground to reject Tsatsu’s claim but his own admission that such errors were genuine acts of human fallibility (as is evident
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Analysis: The NPP’s politics of pink sheets falls flat Part I By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

Analysis: The NPP’s politics of pink sheets falls flat Part I By Dr Michael J.K. Bokor

My good friends, I have been analyzing the circumstances surrounding the NPP’s petition against Election 2012, which the Supreme Court has been hearing for the 14th day so far. And the most important development at this stage is that the pink sheet exhibits being used by the petitioners are to be recounted by the KPMG
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Ghanaian Politics: Tell Us What You Own, Ablakwa! – Urges Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Tell Us What You Own, Ablakwa! – Urges Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Appearing before the parliamentary appointments committee recently, former Deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa huffed over the fact of him having been widely accused of using
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German foreign minister commends Akufo-Addo

German foreign minister commends Akufo-Addo

Germany’s Foreign Minister, Dr Guido Westerwelle, has commended the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2012 presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, for choosing to contest the results of the December 7 polls in the Supreme Court and not inciting his followers and supporters to take up arms. Dr Westerwelle said Ghana continues to shine on the African continent
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Ghanaian Politics: Afari-Gyan And His Reluctant Respondents – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Afari-Gyan And His Reluctant Respondents – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

It is obvious that going into the beginning of the Supreme Court deliberations over the Akufo-Addo/New Patriotic Party (NPP) petition challenging the political legitimacy of President John Dramani Mahama and, indeed, Election 2012 in general, the three major respondents in the case were woefully under-prepared. The three parties concerned are, of course, the President of
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