NDC Ledzokuku Communication Bureau

12/01/2024

12/01/2024

Some exciting moments with the traders and residents of Sogakope in the South Tongu Constituency as they rolled out a warm welcome to the Volta Region.

03/01/2024

*MEDIA ADVISORY*

Former President and National Democratic Congress Flag Bearer John Dramani Mahama will at 4.00pm today, Wednesday, deliver his 2024 New Year Message to the people of Ghana.

Mr Mahama is currently on a working visit to the Savanna Region, his home region.

Thanks.

22/08/2022

NDC GA DANGBE launched it’s maiden Homowo Kpekle Feast and Womba project .

17/05/2022

Hon Ben Ayiku writes

The great NDC party begins mass registration in a few days. Tell a friend to tell a friend. Join the largest mass-based party now. A party that is tolerant across board irrespective of sectarian considerations and ethnic affiliation. The process to re-focus this country on the path of development begins with you. Get involved.

13/05/2022

Hon Benjamin Narteh Ayiku has funded the Mock Examination for the 2022 BECE Candidates in the Ledzokuku Constituency.

As the improvement of basic Education in the Constituency remains to be his priority, an amount of Thirty - Two Thousand, Two hundred and Eighty Ghana Cedis ( GH¢32,280.00 ) has been released by the Director of Education in the Municipality for this juncture following a letter written by the MP to the Directorate requesting for the release of funds from the Common Fund.

This confirms that indeed we have a caring and working MP.
And he has promised to do more than his best to serve and to put smiles on the faces of his people and will not disappoint them even though the fact still remains that he's an orphan MP.

10/05/2022

Npp Never again .

10/05/2022

The Methodist church dissociates itself from the Statements made by the Npp propagandist Bosomtwe Ayensu.

10/05/2022

TIME TABLE FOR NDC INTERNAL ELECTIONS . Take note of the registration dates for the membership cards . Get close to any Ndc Branch in your area and get registered .

24/04/2022

https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/news/202204/464829.php

Ben Ayiku Supports Eid-ul-fitr Celebration In Ledzokuku

17/04/2022

Happy Easter

06/04/2022

Prof. Kwaku Azar writes

The case against the Assin North MP is not that he is a dual citizen.

The undisputed facts are that he filed for the renunciation of his Canadian citizenship in December 2019, a full year ahead of the 2020 general elections.The processing of the application was delayed by the pandemic but was granted in November 2020. It normally takes 3 months.

The EC inspected his certificate of renunciation pursuant to a letter of 24 November 2020 and cleared him to run for his seat on December 7, 2020.

He was elected on December 7, 2020 and duly sworn in as an MP on January 7, 2020.

So the case against him is that he did not compel the Canadian officials to process his renunciation application quickly enough such that even if the renunciation became effective before the elections and was accepted by the EC, he must be forced to vacate his post for a bye-election that he is fully eligible to compete in.

I cannot support this line of reasoning and I reject it.

What is the law that is being used to take his seat from him? It is Article 94(2)(a).

That law says that “a person shall not be qualified to be a member of Parliament if he owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana.”

Notice that this law does not talk about dual citizenship. However, that is a complex issue, for the current purpose, so let us assume it does.

The law does not say anything about when this disqualification applies. Is it at the time of filing for party primary, national election, voting day, or on the first day of Parliament?

The answer is provided by PNDCL 284(20)(d), which reminds us that voters’ wishes must be respected and the ground for cancelling an election results is “that the candidate was at the time of his election a person not qualified or a person disqualified for election.”

So the only question to ask is that on December 7, 2020, at the time of his election, had he applied to renounce (the subjective test) or if you want to use an objective test had his renunciation become effective?

How difficult is this to figure out? Did this same court system not answer an analogous question in the Dr. Zanetor case not too long ago?

The EC reviewed the Assin North MPs papers, including his renunciation certificate, and applied the law to say he is qualified.

Why is this call by the EC not subject to the usual deference that the Courts give to the EC in these matters?

Those who want to disqualify him and apparently the courts have set aside section 20(d) of PNDCL 284 and inserted their own deadline in article 94(2)(a).

We must do better as a nation! There is just too much political savagery. And the courts must do much better!!

Is it now the law that the time that Canada acts decide who qualifies to be an MP? Will he be permanently barred if Canada had passed a law that it no longer allows renunciation?

GOGO is saddened at the extent that we go to ruin bona fide Ghanafuo.

*SALL* is the cardinal sin of the 8th Parliament.