Public relations department of the Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML) issued a media statement on December 19, 2023, claiming that the producers of “The GH₵3 Billion Cedis Lie” investigative documentary did not understand the operations of the petroleum downstream sector. The company accused the Fourth Estate of inaccuracies in the documentary.
District level elections has been postponed in some electoral areas in the Ashanti and Eastern regions due to technical challenges. This decision, due to unforeseen technical challenges, was contained in an EC statement released on the originally scheduled date of the elections on December 19, 2023.
Electoral Commission has rescheduled the District Level Elections (DLEs) in some areas in the Ashanti and Eastern regions to Thursday, 21st December 2023. The Commission in a statement issued on Tuesday indicated that the rescheduling had been necessitated by several technical challenges.
Ghana’s District Assembly Elections Act of 1994, stipulates that “District Assembly elections (DLE) are held every four years and shall be held at least six months apart from parliamentary elections.”
Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has been trumpeting a 24-hour economy that he believes will breathe fresh life into the ailing Ghanaian economy. This decision has received varied opinions from individuals, politicians, civil society organizations, and the business community.
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