John Boadu added : "We will take some of the media people to our collation centre and situation room for you to have a look at each and every pink sheet that has been scanned and received,"

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:24:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : "Whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of John Mahama. We will however, as responsible citizens wait for the EC to declare the final results," "As we come to the end of this election period, we call on all well meaning Ghanaians to exercise patience as we wait for the declaration of the final results from the Electoral Commission. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from our projections, collations, we are on course for a second term in office and a majority in Parliament. We are confident of this and awaits declaration from the EC as constitutionally mandated,"

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:24:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “But although we are in majority which is not very big, our presidential candidate, because of the good work he has done, has been able to gather more voters than most of our parliamentary candidates. Once again…, we are making the point that, whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of his closest challenger, John Mahama”

thenationonlineng Sunday, December 13, 2020 1:15:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “We are a Party of peace and do not win election just for winning sake but we win to develop this country,”

modernghana Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:17:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “But although we are in majority which is not very big, our presidential candidate, because of the good work he has done, has been able to gather more voters than most of our parliamentary candidates. Once again…, we are making the point that, whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of his closest challenger, John Mahama”

thenationonlineng Wednesday, December 9, 2020 1:41:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “I shudder to understand the standing of the NDC that still believe that the fact that if I won parliamentary I must necessarily win presidential,”

premiumtimesng Wednesday, December 9, 2020 1:33:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “But although we are in majority which is not very big, our presidential candidate, because of the good work he has done, has been able to gather more voters than most of our parliamentary candidates. Once again…, we are making the point that, whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of his closest challenger, John Mahama”

thenationonlineng Wednesday, December 9, 2020 6:50:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “There is clear undisputed evidence available in constituencies across the country, including, for example, 20 constituencies in the Central Region that we lost some. In Central Region, so far we have 10 Parliamentary candidates. That is not contestable at all. But we won 20 of the constituencies in the presidential,”

modernghana Wednesday, December 9, 2020 12:11:00 AM EAT

John Boadu told : "We will refrain from declaring results ... However, this puts the NPP candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the lead,"

reuters-en Tuesday, December 8, 2020 3:36:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “We can confidently say that Nana Akufo-Addo has polled an incontestable margin against John Mahama, but we will wait as responsible citizens for the EC to declare the final results,” “We call on all well-meaning Ghanaians to exercise patience as we wait for the EC. We are confident of a second term in office and a majority in parliament”

modernghana Tuesday, December 8, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “We of the New Patriotic Party know that the people have spoken loudly and clearly, for which we are grateful. We also believe you came out yesterday in your numbers to vote to show who you know has the capacity and competence to lead this great nation on the path of all-inclusive progress and prosperity,” “We know our opposition has been desperate and still are desperate. They proved this by centering their whole campaign, not on a vision or a message, but on blatant lies. Lies about the NPP, lies about President Nana Akufo-Addo, lies about candidate Mahama's past failures as president and about his incoherent and blurred vision for our precious country,”

modernghana Tuesday, December 8, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

John Boadu noted : “For the avoidance of doubt, Article 97(1)(g) of the Constitution states that: ‘A member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament if he leaves the party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament to join another party or seeks to remain in Parliament as an independent member’. The Party has therefore taken the necessary steps to inform the Speaker of Parliament of the above circumstances, for appropriate action to be taken,”

modernghana Wednesday, October 14, 2020 3:01:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “They announced two months ago that their manifesto is ready but they have not been able to launch, Obviously they are waiting for us to launch our manifesto so they can copy as usual, since they have no original ideas. Well, we have launched so they are free to copy,”

modernghana Saturday, August 22, 2020 2:39:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “As we move on towards the election, we will be having a lot of IPAC [Inter-Party Advisory Committee] meetings and it will be appropriate to push for no verification no vote,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:34:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Akufo Addo ) : “Akufo-Addo has been instrumental in maintaining peace and tranquillity in this country including Dabgon since he came into office. He will be the last to want to disturb the peace the country is enjoying. We must therefore completely and totally reject Mahama’s hate for votes campaign and look for the real facts”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:33:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Akufo Addo ) : “Akufo-Addo has been instrumental in maintaining peace and tranquillity in this country including Dabgon since he came into office. He will be the last to want to disturb the peace the country is enjoying. We must therefore completely and totally reject Mahama’s hate for votes campaign and look for the real facts”

modernghana Monday, August 10, 2020 9:39:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : "The NDC always takes Ghana backwards, Ghanaians know this fact, so they would be rejected by the people of Ghana"

PeaceFMGhana Wednesday, July 1, 2020 11:54:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Japan is a multi-party democracy but one party has governed the country for between 40 and 50 years. South Korea and Germany have done same to allow their party of choice to govern consistently for a longer period of time, now see the positions of these countries in the league of strong economies of this world”

modernghana Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

John Boadu remarked : “The NDC always takes Ghana backward, Ghanaians know this fact, so they would be rejected by the people of Ghana”

modernghana Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

John Boadu warned : “he should return the bicycles else he has sacked himself from the party. I am speaking on authority. The party will not recognize him anymore. He is done with the party. We can’t encourage such uncouth behaviour in our party”

PeaceFMGhana Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:30:00 AM EAT

John Boadu states : “Our core supporters are always with us. We find a lot of undecided voters on social media and seek to draw on their support there”

modernghana Tuesday, June 9, 2020 12:28:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Akufo Addo ) : "The National Council of the party endorsed the president's candidature after it accepted the report of the party's national vetting committee that President Akufo-Addo was the only candidate who had filed to contest for the position,"

xinhuanet_en Monday, June 8, 2020 2:24:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : "It is the NDC social media people who are spreading the falsehood because the last meeting was Monday where we agreed because of COVID-19 to suspend the primaries until further notice,"

allafrica Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:50:00 AM EAT

John Boadu added ( about Commission ) : “By the middle of May or the end of May if the burden has come down then if the restriction is lifted then the Electoral Commission will also devise ways of ensuring that they do what they are mandated to do in a manner that will not put our people at risk,”

ghanaweb Saturday, April 25, 2020 2:42:00 AM EAT

John Boadu added ( about Commission ) : “There is no way we won’t have a new register, you must understand this. By the middle of May or the end of May if the burden has come down then if the restriction is lifted then the Electoral Commission will also devise ways of ensuring that they do what they are mandated to do in a manner that will not put our people at risk,”

modernghana Thursday, April 23, 2020 9:58:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “I think the President has to strengthen the lockdown measures, educate the people and make sure all abide by the rules, ”

PeaceFMGhana Friday, April 3, 2020 3:32:00 AM EAT

John Boadu told : “Are politicians not Ghanaians? So if you are a politician it means you can’t benefit from scholarships? The Auditor-General is doing a bad job and I want to say that on record. He is very biased, unfair, and unprofessional which must not be tolerated in any auditing firm,”

ghanaweb Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:48:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “The man is not on top of the job and does not know the job, are politicians extraordinary human beings? Can’t we also benefit from the state, how can you be so selective and unprofessional to select few politicians from many Ghanaians who benefited from the scholarships,”

ghanaweb Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:48:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “Are politicians not Ghanaians? So if you are a politician it means you can’t benefit from scholarships? The Auditor-General is doing a bad job and I want to say that on record. He is very biased,unfair, and unprofessional which must not be tolerated in any auditing firm,”

modernghana Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “Are politicians not Ghanaians? So if you are a politician it means you can’t benefit from scholarships? The Auditor-General is doing a bad job and I want to say that on record. He is very biased, unfair, and unprofessional which must not be tolerated in any auditing firm,”

ghanaweb Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:43:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “The man is not on top of the job and does not know the job, are politicians extraordinary human beings? Can’t we also benefit from the state, how can you be so selective and unprofessional to select few politicians from many Ghanaians who benefited from the scholarships,”

ghanaweb Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:43:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “The Environment Minister invited me for a meeting. It was at that meeting that I went to meet Ekow Ewusi. I even suggested to him we can use some of the young boys in the area we have trained for community mining. There, Ekow Ewusi mentioned that Chairman Wontumi has a large scale mining concession so we should engage him so he gives us portions of his land for the community mining. That was what he (Ewusi) said. So I said if the inter-ministerial committee trained people to properly do small scale mining after the ban, it will only be right to offer them job afterwards through community mining. I did not even have any discussion with him again after that engagement. So nothing in the video shows that I received something from anyone. He can't say that. Never did I receive a penny from anyone,”

modernghana Friday, February 7, 2020 1:23:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Peace ) : “The roadmap was not sprung on us. We were given the opportunity to give our comments months ago. I am disappointed at our colleagues at the other side for not passing their comments to the Peace Council”

modernghana Wednesday, February 5, 2020 5:09:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “He has satisfied the first rule by paying the GHC20,000 banker’s draft in favour of the party, and we expect that before 20 February he will be able to finish filling the forms and attach the nomination fee of GHC200,000 for the process to begin,”

TheStatesManGhana Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:17:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about John Mahama ) : “He cannot take a decision and stick to it. John Mahama is not a leader because he does not stick to principles and cannot make up his mind even on what is good for his country,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “It sends a clear message that John Dramani Mahama has still not changed and should not be expected for change,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu concluded : “The NPP hopes that sooner than later, a broad national consensus will be arrived at for these amendments to be carried through for the love of God and country,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “It was very clear that the President had a vision and he was following the vision with clear-cut programmes,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Such a naked show of dishonesty, deceit, indecision, lack of candour and integrity from the biggest opposition party in the country projects a perception that the NDC would sacrifice the national interest on the altar rather where cheap political points are scored,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:45:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “The NDC knew all this all along but pretended they were in favour until this last minute when huge state resources have been committed,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:45:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “winner-takes-all system that is at the bottom of much of the acrimony in our politics,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:45:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Government is deceiving the public that the referendum is about election of MMDCEs”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 2:50:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “It was never true that government sought to deceive Ghanaians into believing that the referendum is to elect MMDCEs. All stakeholders had been clear on the agenda that the President was giving away his appointing powers to allow the electorate to vote for their own MMDCEs and linked to that is to allow parties to freely contest”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 2:50:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “We indicated to you that, if you look at our constitution, the last date for us to hold Parliamentary primaries when we are in government is December 7th. Considering our programme, it was not possible we could hold it on that day. So in taking the decision on August 12, [2019] we indicated that it is a tentative decision… waiting for the approval of the National Council in extending the date beyond December 7th. So if [even] National Council had decided that they were not going to extend the date, we couldn’t have even held the elections on January 12,”

3NewsGhana Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:57:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “Finally, the party calls on the relevant authorities and state actors to grant a hearing to these students, who, together with many others, have consistently demanded for an immediate reform to legal education in the country, to reflect the realities of the 21st century,”

TheStatesManGhana Tuesday, October 8, 2019 4:48:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “Indeed, the NDC’s superior craftsmanship of state-sponsored corruption was well described in a pithy way by the phrase ‘create, loot and share’. We saw in this time infamous judgement debt schemes where monies were deliberately budgeted in order to create judgement debts, loot the budgeted monies and share the looted monies,”

PeaceFMGhana Thursday, September 12, 2019 2:15:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Say ‘no’ to a redenominated candidate [Mahama] for he never changes. Mahama ‒ the value is the same. More importantly, the NDC alternative under Mahama is still scary,”

TheStatesManGhana Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:43:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “This is the height of reckless arrogance,”

TheStatesManGhana Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:43:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services, even with single-digit inflation, the government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports,”

TheStatesManGhana Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:43:00 AM EAT

John Boadu indicated : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services even with a single digit inflation, government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports that is ground-breaking,”

myjoyonline Friday, April 12, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the effect of this is that the dutiable value of say a container-load of tin tomatoes which may have been say GH₵100,000.00 attracting say 10% in total fees, charges, and duties of GH₵10,000.00 has immediately become GH₵50,000.00, resulting in lower total fees, charges, and duties of just GH₵5,000.00. This, in turn, translates to affordable prices of tin tomatoes on the market for Ghanaians of all income groups and jobs for more people along the line etc”

myjoyonline Friday, April 12, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

John Boadu indicated : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services even with a single digit inflation, government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports that is ground-breaking,”

AdomOnlineGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 9:54:00 AM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the effect of this is that the dutiable value of say a container-load of tin tomatoes which may have been say GH₵100,000.00 attracting say 10% in total fees, charges, and duties of GH₵10,000.00 has immediately become GH₵50,000.00, resulting in lower total fees, charges, and duties of just GH₵5,000.00. This, in turn, translates to affordable prices of tin tomatoes on the market for Ghanaians of all income groups and jobs for more people along the line etc”

AdomOnlineGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 9:54:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “This is the height of reckless arrogance,”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

John Boadu indicated : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services even with a single digit inflation, government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports that is ground-breaking”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the effect of this is that the dutiable value of say a container-load of tin tomatoes which may have been say GH₵100,000.00 attracting say 10% in total fees, charges, and duties of GH₵10,000.00 has immediately become GH₵50,000.00, resulting in lower total fees, charges, and duties of just GH₵5,000.00. This in turn translates to affordable prices of tin tomatoes on the market for Ghanaians of all income groups and jobs for more people along the line etc”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “I believe that by the end of the week if we are certain of our schedules or by early next week we will be able to find some time,”

myjoyonline Wednesday, March 13, 2019 11:31:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

AdomOnlineGhana Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:32:00 PM EAT

John Boadu stated : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, March 4, 2019 8:49:00 PM EAT

John Boadu stated : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

AdomOnlineGhana Monday, March 4, 2019 7:59:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “If I had not had the services of these young men on that day it would have been catastrophic”

myjoyonline Monday, March 4, 2019 6:58:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

myjoyonline Monday, March 4, 2019 6:58:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “I am disappointed in NDC’s national executives, where is Asiedu Nketiah and the rest, they should speak”

PeaceFMGhana Friday, March 1, 2019 2:09:00 PM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the Constitution Day, which signals the birth of the fourth republic, undoubtedly marks a significant milestone in the history of Ghana’s constitutional democracy”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, January 7, 2019 6:08:00 PM EAT

John Boadu explained : “it's regrettable that following the defeat of the NPP in the 2008 elections and the assumption of the NDC, most of these economic gains chalked up by the Kufuor government were completely watered down and eventually the country had to go back to the very IMF that President Kufuor took us out for 'policy credibility,' in the words of the then President, His Excellency John Mahama. Interestingly, another NPP government, under President Akufo-Addo, has salvaged this country from economic mess and taken us out of the IMF and their conditions, which are often times counter-productive”

modernghana Tuesday, December 11, 2018 3:06:00 AM EAT

John Boadu added : "your continuous stay in office as government appointee will be determined on your performance in your constituency and your region, and not in Accra, because the votes are in the polling stations and not in Accra"

myjoyonline Monday, July 31, 2017 9:28:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “It doesn’t matter if you bring 10 or 50 biometric machines to a center if they are not of quality you might as well not bring any at all, we are not going to accept a deliberate attempt to bring wrong and faulty BVD in certain areas that will break down in no time to allow a lot more people to vote, that one will not be accepted by New Patriotic Party,”

myjoyonline Friday, November 18, 2016 9:01:00 PM EAT

John Boadu replied ( about Nana Akomea ) : "Nana Akomea might have made a mistake because I have said long ago that it is on 8th, and that is exactly what it is,"

myjoyonline Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:40:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Nana Akufo Addo ) : “Nana decided to make the election of DCEs and MDCEs a reality, what did you hear yesterday? Now the president comes back to say that that’s what he’s going to do. If he’s prepared to do that and it is not about copying he had four years to have implement the Constitutional Review Committee’s report,”

ghanaweb Thursday, September 15, 2016 1:46:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told ( about John Mahama ) : "John Mahama ... portrayed himself as a nice man but after destroying the legacy the late president left him in 2012 and watching helplessly power slipping through his reckless, incompetent, corrupt and insensitive hands, President Mahama is now showing his true colours,"

allafrica Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:29:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : "Insults will not create jobs or fix the economy Mr President. Since officially launching [its] campaign in Cape Coast recently, the National Democratic Congress, led by President John Dramani Mahama, has made it clear how they intend to wage their campaign. "

allafrica Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:29:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told ( about John Mahama ) : “John Mahama … portrayed himself as a nice man but after destroying the legacy the late president left him in 2012 and watching helplessly power slipping through his reckless, incompetent, corrupt and insensitive hands, President Mahama is now showing his true colours,”

vibeghana Thursday, August 25, 2016 11:02:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “He should tell that to the commercial drivers who spend over ten hours just to travel from Sefwi Wiawso to Takoradi the regional capital,”

myjoyonline Monday, August 22, 2016 3:37:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “Eight years of waiting in vain for the better Ghana that was promised has finally had a toll on the NDC members themselves”

vibeghana Wednesday, August 17, 2016 8:35:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about John Mahama ) : “We all know that John Mahama is sensitive to criticism, but it gives him no excuse to use un-presidential language against his opponents, chiefs and the people of the Western Region,”

vibeghana Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:02:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : "We will take some of the media people to our collation centre and situation room for you to have a look at each and every pink sheet that has been scanned and received,"

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:24:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : "Whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of John Mahama. We will however, as responsible citizens wait for the EC to declare the final results," "As we come to the end of this election period, we call on all well meaning Ghanaians to exercise patience as we wait for the declaration of the final results from the Electoral Commission. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from our projections, collations, we are on course for a second term in office and a majority in Parliament. We are confident of this and awaits declaration from the EC as constitutionally mandated,"

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:24:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “But although we are in majority which is not very big, our presidential candidate, because of the good work he has done, has been able to gather more voters than most of our parliamentary candidates. Once again…, we are making the point that, whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of his closest challenger, John Mahama”

thenationonlineng Sunday, December 13, 2020 1:15:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “We are a Party of peace and do not win election just for winning sake but we win to develop this country,”

modernghana Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:17:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “But although we are in majority which is not very big, our presidential candidate, because of the good work he has done, has been able to gather more voters than most of our parliamentary candidates. Once again…, we are making the point that, whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of his closest challenger, John Mahama”

thenationonlineng Wednesday, December 9, 2020 1:41:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “I shudder to understand the standing of the NDC that still believe that the fact that if I won parliamentary I must necessarily win presidential,”

premiumtimesng Wednesday, December 9, 2020 1:33:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “But although we are in majority which is not very big, our presidential candidate, because of the good work he has done, has been able to gather more voters than most of our parliamentary candidates. Once again…, we are making the point that, whereas we do not wish to declare that we have won the presidential race, we can confidently say that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has secured a clear incontestable margin ahead of his closest challenger, John Mahama”

thenationonlineng Wednesday, December 9, 2020 6:50:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “There is clear undisputed evidence available in constituencies across the country, including, for example, 20 constituencies in the Central Region that we lost some. In Central Region, so far we have 10 Parliamentary candidates. That is not contestable at all. But we won 20 of the constituencies in the presidential,”

modernghana Wednesday, December 9, 2020 12:11:00 AM EAT

John Boadu told : "We will refrain from declaring results ... However, this puts the NPP candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the lead,"

reuters-en Tuesday, December 8, 2020 3:36:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “We can confidently say that Nana Akufo-Addo has polled an incontestable margin against John Mahama, but we will wait as responsible citizens for the EC to declare the final results,” “We call on all well-meaning Ghanaians to exercise patience as we wait for the EC. We are confident of a second term in office and a majority in parliament”

modernghana Tuesday, December 8, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “We of the New Patriotic Party know that the people have spoken loudly and clearly, for which we are grateful. We also believe you came out yesterday in your numbers to vote to show who you know has the capacity and competence to lead this great nation on the path of all-inclusive progress and prosperity,” “We know our opposition has been desperate and still are desperate. They proved this by centering their whole campaign, not on a vision or a message, but on blatant lies. Lies about the NPP, lies about President Nana Akufo-Addo, lies about candidate Mahama's past failures as president and about his incoherent and blurred vision for our precious country,”

modernghana Tuesday, December 8, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

John Boadu noted : “For the avoidance of doubt, Article 97(1)(g) of the Constitution states that: ‘A member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament if he leaves the party of which he was a member at the time of his election to Parliament to join another party or seeks to remain in Parliament as an independent member’. The Party has therefore taken the necessary steps to inform the Speaker of Parliament of the above circumstances, for appropriate action to be taken,”

modernghana Wednesday, October 14, 2020 3:01:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “They announced two months ago that their manifesto is ready but they have not been able to launch, Obviously they are waiting for us to launch our manifesto so they can copy as usual, since they have no original ideas. Well, we have launched so they are free to copy,”

modernghana Saturday, August 22, 2020 2:39:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “As we move on towards the election, we will be having a lot of IPAC [Inter-Party Advisory Committee] meetings and it will be appropriate to push for no verification no vote,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:34:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Akufo Addo ) : “Akufo-Addo has been instrumental in maintaining peace and tranquillity in this country including Dabgon since he came into office. He will be the last to want to disturb the peace the country is enjoying. We must therefore completely and totally reject Mahama’s hate for votes campaign and look for the real facts”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:33:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Akufo Addo ) : “Akufo-Addo has been instrumental in maintaining peace and tranquillity in this country including Dabgon since he came into office. He will be the last to want to disturb the peace the country is enjoying. We must therefore completely and totally reject Mahama’s hate for votes campaign and look for the real facts”

modernghana Monday, August 10, 2020 9:39:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : "The NDC always takes Ghana backwards, Ghanaians know this fact, so they would be rejected by the people of Ghana"

PeaceFMGhana Wednesday, July 1, 2020 11:54:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Japan is a multi-party democracy but one party has governed the country for between 40 and 50 years. South Korea and Germany have done same to allow their party of choice to govern consistently for a longer period of time, now see the positions of these countries in the league of strong economies of this world”

modernghana Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

John Boadu remarked : “The NDC always takes Ghana backward, Ghanaians know this fact, so they would be rejected by the people of Ghana”

modernghana Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:07:00 PM EAT

John Boadu warned : “he should return the bicycles else he has sacked himself from the party. I am speaking on authority. The party will not recognize him anymore. He is done with the party. We can’t encourage such uncouth behaviour in our party”

PeaceFMGhana Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:30:00 AM EAT

John Boadu states : “Our core supporters are always with us. We find a lot of undecided voters on social media and seek to draw on their support there”

modernghana Tuesday, June 9, 2020 12:28:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Akufo Addo ) : "The National Council of the party endorsed the president's candidature after it accepted the report of the party's national vetting committee that President Akufo-Addo was the only candidate who had filed to contest for the position,"

xinhuanet_en Monday, June 8, 2020 2:24:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : "It is the NDC social media people who are spreading the falsehood because the last meeting was Monday where we agreed because of COVID-19 to suspend the primaries until further notice,"

allafrica Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:50:00 AM EAT

John Boadu added ( about Commission ) : “By the middle of May or the end of May if the burden has come down then if the restriction is lifted then the Electoral Commission will also devise ways of ensuring that they do what they are mandated to do in a manner that will not put our people at risk,”

ghanaweb Saturday, April 25, 2020 2:42:00 AM EAT

John Boadu added ( about Commission ) : “There is no way we won’t have a new register, you must understand this. By the middle of May or the end of May if the burden has come down then if the restriction is lifted then the Electoral Commission will also devise ways of ensuring that they do what they are mandated to do in a manner that will not put our people at risk,”

modernghana Thursday, April 23, 2020 9:58:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “I think the President has to strengthen the lockdown measures, educate the people and make sure all abide by the rules, ”

PeaceFMGhana Friday, April 3, 2020 3:32:00 AM EAT

John Boadu told : “Are politicians not Ghanaians? So if you are a politician it means you can’t benefit from scholarships? The Auditor-General is doing a bad job and I want to say that on record. He is very biased, unfair, and unprofessional which must not be tolerated in any auditing firm,”

ghanaweb Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:48:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “The man is not on top of the job and does not know the job, are politicians extraordinary human beings? Can’t we also benefit from the state, how can you be so selective and unprofessional to select few politicians from many Ghanaians who benefited from the scholarships,”

ghanaweb Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:48:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “Are politicians not Ghanaians? So if you are a politician it means you can’t benefit from scholarships? The Auditor-General is doing a bad job and I want to say that on record. He is very biased,unfair, and unprofessional which must not be tolerated in any auditing firm,”

modernghana Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:13:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “Are politicians not Ghanaians? So if you are a politician it means you can’t benefit from scholarships? The Auditor-General is doing a bad job and I want to say that on record. He is very biased, unfair, and unprofessional which must not be tolerated in any auditing firm,”

ghanaweb Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:43:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “The man is not on top of the job and does not know the job, are politicians extraordinary human beings? Can’t we also benefit from the state, how can you be so selective and unprofessional to select few politicians from many Ghanaians who benefited from the scholarships,”

ghanaweb Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:43:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “The Environment Minister invited me for a meeting. It was at that meeting that I went to meet Ekow Ewusi. I even suggested to him we can use some of the young boys in the area we have trained for community mining. There, Ekow Ewusi mentioned that Chairman Wontumi has a large scale mining concession so we should engage him so he gives us portions of his land for the community mining. That was what he (Ewusi) said. So I said if the inter-ministerial committee trained people to properly do small scale mining after the ban, it will only be right to offer them job afterwards through community mining. I did not even have any discussion with him again after that engagement. So nothing in the video shows that I received something from anyone. He can't say that. Never did I receive a penny from anyone,”

modernghana Friday, February 7, 2020 1:23:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Peace ) : “The roadmap was not sprung on us. We were given the opportunity to give our comments months ago. I am disappointed at our colleagues at the other side for not passing their comments to the Peace Council”

modernghana Wednesday, February 5, 2020 5:09:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “He has satisfied the first rule by paying the GHC20,000 banker’s draft in favour of the party, and we expect that before 20 February he will be able to finish filling the forms and attach the nomination fee of GHC200,000 for the process to begin,”

TheStatesManGhana Tuesday, February 4, 2020 12:17:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about John Mahama ) : “He cannot take a decision and stick to it. John Mahama is not a leader because he does not stick to principles and cannot make up his mind even on what is good for his country,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “It sends a clear message that John Dramani Mahama has still not changed and should not be expected for change,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu concluded : “The NPP hopes that sooner than later, a broad national consensus will be arrived at for these amendments to be carried through for the love of God and country,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “It was very clear that the President had a vision and he was following the vision with clear-cut programmes,”

TheStatesManGhana Friday, December 20, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Such a naked show of dishonesty, deceit, indecision, lack of candour and integrity from the biggest opposition party in the country projects a perception that the NDC would sacrifice the national interest on the altar rather where cheap political points are scored,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:45:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “The NDC knew all this all along but pretended they were in favour until this last minute when huge state resources have been committed,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:45:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “winner-takes-all system that is at the bottom of much of the acrimony in our politics,”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:45:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Government is deceiving the public that the referendum is about election of MMDCEs”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 2:50:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “It was never true that government sought to deceive Ghanaians into believing that the referendum is to elect MMDCEs. All stakeholders had been clear on the agenda that the President was giving away his appointing powers to allow the electorate to vote for their own MMDCEs and linked to that is to allow parties to freely contest”

PeaceFMGhana Tuesday, November 19, 2019 2:50:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “We indicated to you that, if you look at our constitution, the last date for us to hold Parliamentary primaries when we are in government is December 7th. Considering our programme, it was not possible we could hold it on that day. So in taking the decision on August 12, [2019] we indicated that it is a tentative decision… waiting for the approval of the National Council in extending the date beyond December 7th. So if [even] National Council had decided that they were not going to extend the date, we couldn’t have even held the elections on January 12,”

3NewsGhana Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:57:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “Finally, the party calls on the relevant authorities and state actors to grant a hearing to these students, who, together with many others, have consistently demanded for an immediate reform to legal education in the country, to reflect the realities of the 21st century,”

TheStatesManGhana Tuesday, October 8, 2019 4:48:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “Indeed, the NDC’s superior craftsmanship of state-sponsored corruption was well described in a pithy way by the phrase ‘create, loot and share’. We saw in this time infamous judgement debt schemes where monies were deliberately budgeted in order to create judgement debts, loot the budgeted monies and share the looted monies,”

PeaceFMGhana Thursday, September 12, 2019 2:15:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “Say ‘no’ to a redenominated candidate [Mahama] for he never changes. Mahama ‒ the value is the same. More importantly, the NDC alternative under Mahama is still scary,”

TheStatesManGhana Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:43:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “This is the height of reckless arrogance,”

TheStatesManGhana Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:43:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services, even with single-digit inflation, the government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports,”

TheStatesManGhana Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:43:00 AM EAT

John Boadu indicated : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services even with a single digit inflation, government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports that is ground-breaking,”

myjoyonline Friday, April 12, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the effect of this is that the dutiable value of say a container-load of tin tomatoes which may have been say GH₵100,000.00 attracting say 10% in total fees, charges, and duties of GH₵10,000.00 has immediately become GH₵50,000.00, resulting in lower total fees, charges, and duties of just GH₵5,000.00. This, in turn, translates to affordable prices of tin tomatoes on the market for Ghanaians of all income groups and jobs for more people along the line etc”

myjoyonline Friday, April 12, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

John Boadu indicated : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services even with a single digit inflation, government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports that is ground-breaking,”

AdomOnlineGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 9:54:00 AM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the effect of this is that the dutiable value of say a container-load of tin tomatoes which may have been say GH₵100,000.00 attracting say 10% in total fees, charges, and duties of GH₵10,000.00 has immediately become GH₵50,000.00, resulting in lower total fees, charges, and duties of just GH₵5,000.00. This, in turn, translates to affordable prices of tin tomatoes on the market for Ghanaians of all income groups and jobs for more people along the line etc”

AdomOnlineGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 9:54:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “This is the height of reckless arrogance,”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

John Boadu indicated : “To facilitate trade, make our ports competitive in the region, and to further reduce the costs of goods and services even with a single digit inflation, government has introduced a raft of measures at the ports that is ground-breaking”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the effect of this is that the dutiable value of say a container-load of tin tomatoes which may have been say GH₵100,000.00 attracting say 10% in total fees, charges, and duties of GH₵10,000.00 has immediately become GH₵50,000.00, resulting in lower total fees, charges, and duties of just GH₵5,000.00. This in turn translates to affordable prices of tin tomatoes on the market for Ghanaians of all income groups and jobs for more people along the line etc”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, April 8, 2019 12:46:00 AM EAT

John Boadu said : “I believe that by the end of the week if we are certain of our schedules or by early next week we will be able to find some time,”

myjoyonline Wednesday, March 13, 2019 11:31:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

AdomOnlineGhana Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:32:00 PM EAT

John Boadu stated : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, March 4, 2019 8:49:00 PM EAT

John Boadu stated : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

AdomOnlineGhana Monday, March 4, 2019 7:59:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “If I had not had the services of these young men on that day it would have been catastrophic”

myjoyonline Monday, March 4, 2019 6:58:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told : “I know him to be a member of the New Patriotic Party but I don’t know for a fact that he is a member of invincible forces,”

myjoyonline Monday, March 4, 2019 6:58:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “I am disappointed in NDC’s national executives, where is Asiedu Nketiah and the rest, they should speak”

PeaceFMGhana Friday, March 1, 2019 2:09:00 PM EAT

John Boadu observed : “the Constitution Day, which signals the birth of the fourth republic, undoubtedly marks a significant milestone in the history of Ghana’s constitutional democracy”

PeaceFMGhana Monday, January 7, 2019 6:08:00 PM EAT

John Boadu explained : “it's regrettable that following the defeat of the NPP in the 2008 elections and the assumption of the NDC, most of these economic gains chalked up by the Kufuor government were completely watered down and eventually the country had to go back to the very IMF that President Kufuor took us out for 'policy credibility,' in the words of the then President, His Excellency John Mahama. Interestingly, another NPP government, under President Akufo-Addo, has salvaged this country from economic mess and taken us out of the IMF and their conditions, which are often times counter-productive”

modernghana Tuesday, December 11, 2018 3:06:00 AM EAT

John Boadu added : "your continuous stay in office as government appointee will be determined on your performance in your constituency and your region, and not in Accra, because the votes are in the polling stations and not in Accra"

myjoyonline Monday, July 31, 2017 9:28:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “It doesn’t matter if you bring 10 or 50 biometric machines to a center if they are not of quality you might as well not bring any at all, we are not going to accept a deliberate attempt to bring wrong and faulty BVD in certain areas that will break down in no time to allow a lot more people to vote, that one will not be accepted by New Patriotic Party,”

myjoyonline Friday, November 18, 2016 9:01:00 PM EAT

John Boadu replied ( about Nana Akomea ) : "Nana Akomea might have made a mistake because I have said long ago that it is on 8th, and that is exactly what it is,"

myjoyonline Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:40:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about Nana Akufo Addo ) : “Nana decided to make the election of DCEs and MDCEs a reality, what did you hear yesterday? Now the president comes back to say that that’s what he’s going to do. If he’s prepared to do that and it is not about copying he had four years to have implement the Constitutional Review Committee’s report,”

ghanaweb Thursday, September 15, 2016 1:46:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told ( about John Mahama ) : "John Mahama ... portrayed himself as a nice man but after destroying the legacy the late president left him in 2012 and watching helplessly power slipping through his reckless, incompetent, corrupt and insensitive hands, President Mahama is now showing his true colours,"

allafrica Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:29:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : "Insults will not create jobs or fix the economy Mr President. Since officially launching [its] campaign in Cape Coast recently, the National Democratic Congress, led by President John Dramani Mahama, has made it clear how they intend to wage their campaign. "

allafrica Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:29:00 PM EAT

John Boadu told ( about John Mahama ) : “John Mahama … portrayed himself as a nice man but after destroying the legacy the late president left him in 2012 and watching helplessly power slipping through his reckless, incompetent, corrupt and insensitive hands, President Mahama is now showing his true colours,”

vibeghana Thursday, August 25, 2016 11:02:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said : “He should tell that to the commercial drivers who spend over ten hours just to travel from Sefwi Wiawso to Takoradi the regional capital,”

myjoyonline Monday, August 22, 2016 3:37:00 PM EAT

John Boadu added : “Eight years of waiting in vain for the better Ghana that was promised has finally had a toll on the NDC members themselves”

vibeghana Wednesday, August 17, 2016 8:35:00 PM EAT

John Boadu said ( about John Mahama ) : “We all know that John Mahama is sensitive to criticism, but it gives him no excuse to use un-presidential language against his opponents, chiefs and the people of the Western Region,”

vibeghana Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:02:00 PM EAT