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Education reduces poverty – Mamaga Kakator Agar ll
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Mamaga Kakator Agar ll of the Agave Traditional Area in the SouthTongu District of the Volta Region, has observed that since education is the bedrock of development, advanced countries have made use of it and Ghana cannot be left out.
“Thisis the only way the youth in the areacan be added to the human resource base of the country to help increase productivity”, she indicated.
Addressing about 300 female residents who were trained in entrepreneurial skills atDabalaby the Morning Glory Foundation (MGF), MamagaKakatorAgar ll asked them to take the training seriously and make good use of it.
The queen mother said that in collaboration with other queens and Rose of Mama Africa, a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO), led by Mr Moses SegbenuAhali, a native of the area, had visited many communities and schools to convince both parents and pupils about the need to take education seriously.
She said, unfortunately, the non-availability of funds had caused the project to be suspended, adding that it would be highly appreciated if philanthropists in the area and beyond could come to the aid of the queens to continue the project.
She encouraged women to check their cervical and breast cancer status by visiting the hospital, andurged pregnant women in the community to attend ante natal clinic to enable them to take tetanus injection for protection, and immunise their children from birth to five years.
The Director of Legal Affairs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gary Nimako Marfo, has questioned who will bear the cost of conducting presidential and parliamentary primaries following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the party’s delegate system.
Speaking to journalists, Mr. Nimako Marfo said he would not immediately comment on the ruling, adding that he wanted to wait for the full details before sharing his views.
“I don’t want to comment on it now. Let’s wait,” he said.
When asked about the Supreme Court’s decision that all members in good standing should vote in party elections, he shifted attention to the financial implications of implementing the ruling.
According to him, allowing all members in good standing to vote would increase the cost of organising internal party elections.
He questioned who would pay for the expanded electoral process.
“Who is going to pay for the cost of the elections?” he asked.
When a journalist suggested that political parties would bear the cost, Mr. Nimako Marfo replied, “Let’s wait and see.”
The comments come after the Supreme Court ruled that political parties should allow all members in good standing to vote in their internal elections, a decision that is expected to expand participation but also increase the financial and logistical demands of organising presidential and parliamentary primaries.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The Supreme Court of Ghana has declared the delegate system used by political parties to elect presidential and parliamentary candidates unconstitutional.
In a 5-2 majority decision delivered, the Court ruled that the long-standing system violates democratic principles and ordered all political parties to ensure every registered, card-bearing member participates in presidential and parliamentary primaries.
The ruling brings to an end decades of internal party elections conducted by a limited number of delegates.
The suit was filed by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng; veteran politician Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe; and former Minister for Lands and Forestry, Dr. Christine Amoako-Nuamah.
The plaintiffs argued that the delegate system created inequality among party members by granting voting rights to a privileged minority while excluding ordinary members in good standing.
They told the Court that restricting voting rights to delegates was inconsistent with the democratic principles enshrined in the 1992 Constitution.
The Attorney-General’s Department supported the suit and urged the Court to adopt a “one member, one vote” approach.
In its submission, the State argued that political parties perform an important public function in Ghana’s democratic framework and that their internal electoral processes must reflect constitutional values of equality, participation and universal suffrage.
The Attorney-General further submitted that expanding voting rights to all registered members would strengthen accountability and deepen internal democracy within political parties.
The judgment means that going forward, presidential and parliamentary candidates will be selected by all registered members of a political party, instead of by delegates alone.
Political parties are expected to review their constitutions and structures to comply with the Court’s directive ahead of the 2028 general elections.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
