The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a centre-right and liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics, with its leading rival being the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC). John Kufuor of the NPP was President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. At the elections held on 7 December 2004, the party won 129 out of 230 seats. The NPP candidate was Kufuor, who was re-elected as president with 52.75% of the vote. The New Patriotic Party symbol is the African elephant and the New Patriotic Party colours are red, white, and blue.
The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km2 (9,417 sq mi) and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region in Ghana, with a population of 4,780,380, according to the 2011 census, accounting for 19.4% of Ghana's total population. The Ashanti Region is known for its gold bar and cocoa production. The largest city and capital of Ashanti is Kumasi.
Opoku Ware School, often referred to as OWASS, is a public Catholic senior high school for boys, located in Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, which is the capital of the Ashanti region of Ghana.
Prempeh College is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority, the British Colonial Government, the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The school is named after the King of Ashanti (Asantehene), Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II, who donated the land on which the school was built, and was modeled on Eton College in England.
Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC) is a secondary boarding school for boys, it is located in Legon, Accra, Ghana. It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast. The Basel missionary-theologian, Nicholas Timothy Clerk (1862–1961), who served as the first Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast from 1918 to 1932, used his tenure to advocate for the establishment of the secondary school. The school has ties with its sister schools, Aburi Girls' Senior High School and Krobo Girls Senior High School.
Offinso, is a town in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is about fifteen minutes drive from Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region; due to Offinso's proximity to Kumasi, many of the Offinso natives have relocated to Kumasi.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took office as Ghana's president on 7 January 2017 after winning the December 2016 presidential elections. A number of controversies have arisen under his administration.
Benito Owusu Bio is a land economist and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He is the Member of Parliament representing Atwima-Nwabiagya constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th,5th,6th, 7th and the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Georgina Opoku Amankwah was the deputy chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. Before her appointment in 2015, she was the first Chairperson of Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana. On June 28, 2018, she was removed from office on the directions of the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Habiba Atta Forson is a Ghanaian veteran football administrator and a former track and field athlete for Ghana. On 24 October 2019, she contested and won a slot to serve on the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association, making her the only woman currently serving on the Ghana Football Association's executive council. She is known for being the first person to introduce women's football in Ghana.
Mariama Owusu is a Ghanaian judge. She has been on the bench since 1990 and was nominated a judge of the Supreme Court Judge in November 2019. She was sworn in on 17 December 2019 after gaining parliamentary approval.
Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah was a lawyer and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Kwabre West constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th and 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He was a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Konadu Yaadom, also Kwadu Yaadom was the fourth Asantehemaa of the Asante, whose multiple marriages and spiritual influence meant that she became an important and powerful ruler in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Ofori Owusu Jibreel is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing Bantama constituency under the membership of the National Democratic Congress.
Fabulous Ladies F.C. is a Ghanaian professional women's football club based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The club was formed by Habiba Atta Forson in 1985. The club is a founding member of the Ghana Women’s Premier League, the top level women's football league in Ghana and have been featuring in the league since 2012.
Sandra Owusu-Ansah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian Women's Super League side ZFK Spartak Subotica and the Ghana women's national football team. She represented Ghana at the U17 level at two World Cups in 2014 and 2016, serving as the captain in the latter whilst representing them at the U20 level at two World Cups in 2016 and 2018.
Supreme Ladies F.C. is a Ghanaian professional women's football club based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The club features in the Ghana Women’s Premier League. Their rivals are Fabulous Ladies and Kumasi Sports Academy Ladies.
Electronic Transaction Levy is a tax applied on transactions made on electronic or digital platforms.
Latifa Ali is a Ghanaian track and field sprinter. She competed for Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
