While that pends, GhanaWeb looks aback at the year in hindsight and some of the above political moments.
Typically, actuality an acclamation year, there accept been several political activities, affairs and issues that accept gotten the nation talking.
From deaths to above announcements by political parties, to artery protests, the afterward are some of the highlights of the big belief that graced account platforms back January 2024.
The afterward are in no accurate order:
Alan Kyerematen Resigns from NPP:
At the alpha of the year, one of the better account was the advertisement by Alan Kyerematen, a above Abbot of Trade and Industry, that he was resigning from the New Patriotic Affair (NPP).
Prior to this, Alan, who, until he larboard the party, was one of the political giants of the NPP, had absent his bid to become the flagbearer of the cardinal party.
He was baffled absolutely in the chase by the sitting Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia; as able-bodied as the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, who came in additional in the race.
In his advertisement to the nation, Alan declared that he had endured arbitrary analysis from the NPP for about 15 years now.
He additionally aloft apropos about some abhorrence and atrocity adjoin him and his supporters admitting all the sacrifices that he had fabricated for the party.
He said some austere post-primary attacks were unleashed adjoin him and his supporters and that admitting he complained to the administration of the affair and was assured his complaints would be resolved, little to annihilation was done to stop such attacks.
The above Ghana Ambassador to the USA additionally lamented that the NPP has gone through an ailing alteration in contempo years and has been hijacked by some alleged affair leaders of which he can no best be a part.
NDC and NPP aces active mates
The Civic Democratic Congress (NDC) was the aboriginal amidst the two arch political parties to advertise its active acquaintance advanced of the December 7 accustomed elections.
The Civic Executive Committee of the action party, in March 2024, accustomed Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as the active acquaintance for the party's flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama.
This marks Professor Opoku-Agyemang's additional afterwards appellation as the active mate, accepting advanced served in the aforementioned accommodation during the 2020 elections.
The above Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast has been accustomed addition attempt at application the additional accomplished arrangement of the acreage and has bidding her allegation to abutment the flagbearer to battle ability from the bounden New Patriotic Party.
Across the political divide, afterwards months of acute lobbying by some arch associates of the administering New Patriotic Affair for the active acquaintance slot, the Civic Executive Council and Civic Council of the NPP acclimatized on again Abbot of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, as the active acquaintance for the party's flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Both parties accept their active mates actuality above Ministers of Education. It charcoal to be apparent how they will acclaim their achievements in the apprenticeship area as they accent their campaigns advanced of the awaiting accustomed elections.
John Kumah's Death
On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the nation was hit with the afterlife of the above Deputy Abbot of Accounts and Member of Parliament for Ejisu in the Ashanti Region, John Kumah.
The 45-year-old baby-kisser anesthetized abroad afterwards a abrupt illness.
He had been on the attic of Parliament beforehand that anniversary and was appointed to accord to the agitation on the Budget.
He, however, visited his constituency, Ejisu in the Ashanti Region for the Ability Day celebrations afterwards which his bloom action deteriorated.
An ambulance was mobilised to carriage him to Accra but while on the way on Thursday [March 7, 2024], his action became actual analytical and the ambulance absent to the Suhum Government Hospital, area he was arresting dead.
Ejisu By-Election
The abrupt afterlife of the Member of Parliament for Ejisu, Dr. John Kumah, apprenticed the captivation of a acclamation by the Electoral Commission to accept a new MP as his replacement.
But clashing antecedent by-elections, the better action party, the NDC, absitively not to challenge the seat.
According to the Civic Organizer of the NDC, Joseph Yamin, the affair took the accommodation to break abroad from the challenge because it saw it as a distraction.
He said the affair was focused on acceptable the December 7 accustomed elections and partaking in the acclamation would accept afflicted their activities advanced of the elections.
At the end of the contest, the NPP aldermanic candidate, Kwabena Boateng, was declared the champ afterwards accepting 55.79% of the absolute votes cast, adjoin his capital adversary Owusu Aduomi's 43.24%.
Ato Forson Acquittal
Former Deputy Abbot of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, who was continuing balloon calm with businessman, Richard Jakpa, in a 2.37 actor euros ambulance case, was on July 30, 2024, acquitted and absolved by the Court of Appeal.
A console of three, in a 2-1 majority decision, said Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe's cardinal on acquiescence of no case to acknowledgment on March 30, 2023, for the accused to accessible their aegis was in error.
Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo and Justice Philip Bright Mensah accustomed the appeal and acquitted and absolved them, while Justice Poku Acheampong the authoritative adjudicator absolved their request.
NPP reshuffle in parliament
The Majority New Patriotic Affair in Parliament, in February 2024, saw a seismic about-face in administration column as Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, one of the longest confined Associates of Parliament beneath the fourth republic, was removed as the Majority Leader.
He was replaced by Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin.
The administration changes were accustomed at a affair led by the Accustomed Secretary of the New Patriotic Affair (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong.
This meeting, involving associates of the Majority Caucus, deliberated on recommendations from the Civic Executive Committee (NEC) apropos the administration reshuffle.
The affair afterwards put out a columnist absolution communicating associates who aggregate the new administration in Parliament.
They are:
1. Majority Leader: Alexander Afenyo-Markin, MP for Effutu
2. Deputy Majority Leader: Patricia Appiagyei, MP for Asokwa
3. Majority Chief Whip: Frank Annoh-Dompreh, MP for Nsawam/Adoagyiri
4. Aboriginal Deputy Majority Chief Whip: Habib Iddrisu, MP for Tolon
5. Additional Deputy Majority Chief Whip: Alex Tetteh Djornobuah, MP for Sefwi Akontombra
NAPO's Nkrumah Comment:
Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the active acquaintance of the New Patriotic Party, in July 2024, came beneath abundant criticism from a area of the accessible for claiming that Admiral has outperformed all his predecessors back Ghana's independence, including Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
His statements during his actualization in Kumasi was apparent by some as a boldness to Dr. Nkrumah, with some politicians and associates of the accessible calling on him to apologize and abjure his comments.
The Chief of Nkroful, Nana Kwasi Kutuah calm with the Nzema Manle, summoned Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh to Nkroful to cede an amoral acknowledgment to the affinity of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
But he issued addition account later, allegorical that he never advised to boldness Ghana's aboriginal president.
Atta Mills Anniversary Incident:
A canonizing account captivated in honour of the backward Admiral Prof John Evans Atta Mills, at the Asomdwee Park in Accra, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, was bedridden by a disagreement.
Confusion bankrupt afterwards above Deputy Accustomed Secretary of the Civic Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, allegedly delayed the additional anniversary of the day at the aforementioned area to admire Admiral Mills' passing, by allegedly active above a defined hour.
The NDC was allegedly in allegation of acclimation the additional event.
Two wreath-laying ceremonies were appointed to booty abode on Wednesday, July 24, in celebration of the casual of the above president, who died on July 24, 2012.
Minority BoG Protest:
The Minority Conclave in Parliament beforehand in July 2024 appear its ambition to date addition affirmation against, Dr. Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, on July 30, for allegedly agreeable in careless spending on the new BoG Corporate Head Arrangement building, and for his abnegation to acknowledgment questions on the latest amount of the building.
The conclave additionally declared that the amount of architecture of the arrangement had added escalated from its aboriginal amount to over $270 million.
They additionally aloft apropos about budgetary policies, aggrandizement and the all-embracing administration of the country's banking system.
On October 3, 2023, a affiliation absolute Minority MPs, supporters of the Civic Democratic Congress (NDC and added absorption groups, organised the #OccupyBoG demonstration, ambitious the abandonment of Dr. Addison and his assembly over allegations of bread-and-butter bribery and unauthorised bill printing.
Ablakwa's Exposés
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, , has appear out with a cardinal of exposés this year.
Notable amidst them is the SSNIT hotels auction to Rock City Hotel, endemic by Abbot for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, area he declared that a whopping GH¢7.1million was paid to SEM Capital, the transaction advisor.
He additionally alleged bodies abaft the aggregation awarded with the US$34.9m Ambulance Spare Parts deal.
According to the lawmaker, the Auditor-General apparent that Account Ghana Auto Group Limited was "illegally affianced and paid for 8 months afore the government gave them a contract."
In a amusing media column aggregate on Friday, February 16, 2024, Ablakwa additionally accent that Resources Access Limited, a aggregation with declared familial ties to Vice Admiral Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, decidedly benefited from the 87% non-competitive and cher amber alley affairs apparent by the Auditor-General.
The above Deputy Abbot of Apprenticeship and North Tongu MP, additionally claimed that the ancestors of above NPP Civic Chairman, Freddie Blay, had acquired a beachfront acceptance to the Labadi Beach Hotel.
The MP, in January 2024, additionally appear intercepted abstracts admonition a amazing amount of US$8,506,450.00 appointed for the Black Stars' AFCON campaign.
Hawa Koomson's blacklist:
The Admiral of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Dwumfour, in January 2024, imposed a media blackout on the Abbot of Fisheries and Aquculture Development, who is additionally the Member of the Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson.
This was afterwards the badge bootless to arrest bodies who physically assaulted David Kobina, a announcer with Cape FM in the Central Region, during the vetting as aldermanic candidate.
It was believed that the suspects were supporters of the MP.
The GJA, however, in arrangement with its media partners, in February, revoked the media blackout imposed on Mavis Hawa Koomson.
The accommodation was taken afterwards the GJA and its media ally met on Thursday, February 15, 2024, to analysis the banish imposed on the MP.
NDC Attack Launch:
The Civic Democratic Congress (NDC) on Saturday, July 27, 2024, launched its attack for the 202 accustomed elections with a aural alarm on Ghanaians to vote for a change of government on December 7.
The flagbearer of the party, John Dramani Mahama, acclamation a army of affair supporters during the civic attack barrage at the Jubilee Park in Tamale, said the country, beneath the accustomed Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government, was headed in the amiss direction, appropriately the allegation for change.
Deputy IGP Appointment:
President afresh appointed Commissioner of Badge (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Deputy Inspector Accustomed of Badge in allegation of Operations.
A account active by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, explained that the arrangement is pursuant to the admonition of the Badge Council at its affair captivated on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, during which COP Yohuno's aberrant accreditation and adherence to assignment were acknowledged.
's Exit
In February, Admiral Akufo-Addo removed accounts abbot from arrangement in a chiffonier reshuffle afterwards boundless criticisms of the ex-banker's administration during the country's affliction bread-and-butter crisis.
He was replaced by Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, who is additionally the Member of Parliament for Karaga.
Akufo-Addo Reshuffle:
President , on Wednesday, February 14, appear his aboriginal above reshuffle in government.
That was afterwards a area of the accessible had alleged for the changes to accredit the government up its achievement in the deathwatch of the bread-and-butter hardships.
Approximately 13 ministers of state, including 10 chiffonier ministers and two bounded ministers, were afflicted by the reshuffle.
Cecilia Dapaah Saga:
Ghana's above Abbot of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, was arrested by the Arrangement of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) afterwards the appear annexation of $1m (£780,000) banknote from her house.
According to the OSP, the above abbot was placed beneath abode arrest on Sunday, July 22, on "suspected bribery and corruption-related offences."
Many Ghanaians and anti-corruption campaigners questioned how a accessible assistant could accept so abundant money buried in their home amidst an bread-and-butter crisis in Ghana.
President Nana Akufo-Addo accustomed her abandonment afterward a accessible outcry.
The money was baldheaded afterwards two of her calm agents were accused of burglary $1m in cash, forth with €300,000 and several actor Ghana cedis, as able-bodied as some claimed items.
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