EC Partners MFWA To Educate Stakeholders On Elections


As the nation prepares for the December polls, the Electoral Commission (EC) has partnered the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) to explain the electoral process to stakeholders. 

Six out of the seven commissioners of the EC including the Chairperson Charlotte Osei, met the media in Tamale to educate journalists on the processes leading up to the election. 

The Chairperson for the EC, Charlotte Osei, said the EC agreed to be part of the interactive meeting because of the crucial role the media play in informing the electorate and their overall impact on the credibility of the elections. 

Madam Charlotte Osei reiterated the ECs readiness to deliver a world class election. 

“The media must understand the electoral process and the laws that guide the conduct of elections for credible reporting,” she said. 

The Supreme Court after the 2013 Election Petition directed the EC to undertake reforms to enable it deliver more credible elections. 

A deputy Chairman of the Commission, Amadu Sule revealed that the EC has undertaken several reforms including the caliber of officers recruited to man polling stations on Election Day. 

“The minimum qualification for a returning officer is a first degree, even those who issue ballot papers must have a minimum of Senior High School Certificate, we don’t want to have a repeat of what happened in 2012, where someone write twnty seven and zero,” he noted.  

The Executive Director of the MFWA, Sulemana Braimah, in an interview with Radio Ghana, disclosed that similar forums will take place in the Western, Central, Ashanti, Volta and the Greater Accra Regions. 

“We wish could do this in all the regions but we are constrained by resources,” he stated.


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