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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO), Dr Ekow Spio-Garbrah, has declared that he is on top, as far as the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) vice chairmanship race is concerned. The former NDC presidential aspirant noted that he has not encountered any difficulty since he kicked-started his campaign, adding that events have moved on according to plan. He said he has been accorded the dignity of a hero's welcome at every constituency he has visited, a signal that delegates and party activists have wholeheartedly accepted his bid of becoming the party's vice chairman. Speaking in an interview with Kessben FM on Wednesday morning, Dr Spio-Garbrah emphatically stated that no matter the magnitude of prevailing forces against him, he will definitely become the NDC's next national vice chairman. He explained that he is sure of his victory because the delegates and party members know for a fact that he has what i...

A former District Chief Executive for Garu-Tempane under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Mr Joseph Kpemka Dindiok, has announced his intention to contest for the position of the Regional Secretary of the NPP. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency after he had filed his papers, he said he would ensure the NPP wins more parliamentary seats in the region during Election 2012. Mr Dindiok said with the party now in opposition, it needed executives who were selfless and vibrant and have the potentials to use the various channels of communications to woe more people into the party. The aspirant, who was the DCE from August 2008 to February 2009, appealed to all party supporters to eschew acts that would hinder the development of the party.

Dear Sir, RE: Egbert Faibille Jnr. on Newsfile I wish to respond to remarks made by the above-named on your esteemed program, “NEWSFILE” regarding my book “CHASING THE ELEPHANT INTO THE BUSH” and me personally on Saturday, 12 December, 2009. Amongst other things, Mr. Faibille described me as disloyal, urged me to wean myself off students’ politics and opined that he wanted to do a personality profile on me. Let me begin from the beginning of Mr. Faibille’s unfortunate day on your program. In his effort to cast me in bad light, he revealed that I had been referring to Mr. Ben Ephson some years ago when I complained about a journalist wanting money from me to put my campaign in a good light. That was an unfortunate lie. I was not referring to Mr. Ephson and Mr. Faibille should apologize to him for impugning his reputation needlessly. Mr. Faibille should focus on building his own reputation rather than ruining that of others. A few years ago, it was a Professor at GIMPA. Yesterday, it was...