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The Electoral Commission of Ghana has been advised to set a separate date for the on election of MMDCEs. According to Operation Save the Surfering Masses(OSSM), a Human Rights Advocacy group, conducting District Assembly Elections and  the referendum on the same day could be conflicting and therefore advising the EC to set a separate date for the referendum on the election of MMDCEs. The Electoral Commission (EC) has settled on December 17, this year for the referendum on the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs). Earlier, the EC had fixed December 10, 2019, for the referendum. The government has activated a process to amend two clauses in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana to pave the way for the election of MMDCEs and to allow for political participation in local level elections. The direct election of MMDCEs was a campaign promise of successful presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2016 general elections. The proposed changes wou

Central Prisons, Kumasi A 16 year old boy, Abdallah Mohammed who was jailed 25 years over Gh¢10 theft has been transferred from Kumasi Central Prisons to Cape Coast Maximum Prisons to serve the rest of his 15 years jail term, Corruption Watch (CW) can confirm. The reason for his transfer is yet to be known, but a reliable source close to this network said Abdallah Mohammed, now 26 years woke up one morning only to be told by the prisons authorities in Kumasi that he(Abdallah) will serve the rest of his jail term at Cape Coast Maximum Prisons, a decision which came as a shock to Abdallah Mohammed. According to our investigations, Abdallah did not get any opportunity to communicate with his family about this latest development, and it took two weeks before they heard what happened to their embattled son. The family of Abdallah Mohammed, has made claims that he was 16 years old when the court sentenced him to a 25-year jail term in the Kumasi Central Prison for robbing someone o