Sentences with phrase «ec chairperson»

The EC chairperson also told the editors that election results from the polling stations will also be published on the EC's website to reduce tension which usually characterizes electioneering periods in the country.

This is because a petitioner, who is seeking the removal of the EC chairperson, Charlotte Osei, has claimed that the EC boss put herself in a conflict of interest situation when she awarded the contract to Aerovote Security Printing (Ghana) Limited to print the pink sheets.

It would be recalled that EOCO in a letter dated, July 4, 2017 addressed to the EC Chairperson, Mrs Charlotte Osei demanded that the Deputy Chairperson in Charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, the Chief Accountant, Mr Kwaku Owusu Agyei - Larbi and Dr Joseph Kwaku Asamoah, the Director of Finance.

Last week, the Chief Justice reportedly wrote officially to the embattled EC chairperson to respond to the allegations that could lead to her impeachment.

This, according to the EC Chairperson is «illegal, criminal and a breach of the policies of the Commission and the laws of Ghana.»

Official communication between the EC Chairperson and Dr. Asamaoh later indicated that, he was indeed not at post when the money went missing from the Commission's Staff Endowment Fund.

But after the elections, almost all the issues that are being raised either by the staff of the EC or the EC Chairperson, are all 2016 general election related.»

The EC chairperson failed to apply even her own rules and for that alone, she should have backtracked from the «go - to - court» tone by now.

In view of the divergent views that were expressed before the EC chairperson was appointed, the lawsuit was filed to define a clear path that President John Dramani Mahama, and all future Presidents, must navigate in making appointments to the Electoral Commission.

Thankfully, Charlotte Osei [EC Chairperson] said their system had been compromised; and I think she actually agreed with us so we are going to court, we open the ballot boxes and go for manual count,» he added.

At a news conference in Accra, EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei says per the criteria, presidential candidates are expected to get 432 registered voters to endorse their nomination forms, and this must include two voters from every administrative district across the country.

Those are the benefits of living in a democracy, but the personal attacks on the EC Chairperson are uncalled for, and are designed to undermine her credibility and her leadership of the organization.

There is currently a massive campaign in the media, particularly on social media, by NDC activists in support of the EC chairperson.

In what looks like the NDC has more to lose should the EC chairperson be impeached, some of its key elements are even putting their lives on the line to fight for her, saying the whole action is being pushed by the New Patriotic Party government.

The escalating friction within the Electoral Commission (EC) has taken another turn with the deputy Chairperson of the commission in charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, refuting accusations of corruption levelled against her by the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei.

Meanwhile, the Subin legislator has suggested that the answers given the EC chairperson were unsatisfactory.

Hours after Lawyer Opoku - Agyemang on behalf of the workers petitioned President Akufo - Addo to impeach the EC Chairperson, lawyers for the embattled chair served notice of their intention to go to court to protect her image.

The Majority leader, Osei Kyei - Mensah Bonsu told Citi FM the EC Chairperson is expected to come before the House next week.

However, by mid-day when the EC chairperson, Mrs. Charlotte Osei declared the processes closed, party officials had still not showed up with the banker's drafts.

The party's chairman, Professor Edmund Delle who was at the EC's headquarters, explained to the EC Chairperson that officials of the party were still going through processes to get the bank draft for onward submission to the Commission.

The NPP - USA remains concerned by the circumstances surrounding the appointment of the EC Chairperson.

The EC Chairperson also wrote to the Judicial Service on the same matter according to a different letter sighted by Citi News.

In the case of the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, Citi News sources say out of the 27 allegations made against her, only six of them were deemed valid, for which she would have to answer before the committee.

Already, one of the deputies, Georgina Opoku Amankwa, is serving a suspension over the issues brought against her by the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei.

The EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, who made the announcement at a news conference, said those disqualified failed to meet the necessary requirements in filing their nomination forms.

The Senior Staff Association on behalf of the entire staff in a letter to the EC Chairperson Charlotte Osei, have resolved to embark on a series of actions geared towards crippling activities of the Commission.

Meanwhile, Nana Konadu, and his running mate, Kojo Mensah Sosuh, have petitioned the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, through private legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah, to reinstate them for errors in her nomination forms.

Not exact matches

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, has said that various political groupings in the country must agree on a feasible system that will not place minor parties at a disadvantage before the Representation of the People Amendment Law (ROPAL) can be implemented.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs. Charlotte Osei to immediately declare the results as the collated results put Nana Akufo - Addo ahead of President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

According to Mr. Iddrisu, while the NDC and its Minority have tolerated the «encroachment» of the president on the civil service by sacking virtually all old heads and replacing them with cronies and sympathisers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NDC), the opposition will resist any attempt to sack the Chairperson of the EC.

As a point of order with regard to the recent unfounded accusations leveled at Mrs. Charlotte Osei in her capacity as Chairperson of the EC Ghana, Mr. Maxwell Opoku - Agyemang is not a staff member of the Commission.

Response 23: The Chairperson's headship of the Commission's Entity Tender Committee (ETC) is in line with the law, commission policy and was a decision taken at a Commission meeting after its review of the UNDP commissioned assessment report on the EC.

The role of the EC is to enable the citizens to participate in free and fair elections — it has and will always remain the guiding principle of the Chairperson.

The Chairperson has no issues with the Director of Finance and staff at the EC head office can testify to this.

He recently described the Electoral Commission Chair Charlotte Osei, as an incompetent Chairperson appointed by the former NDC administration, alleging that the appointment of EC chair was an attempt by the NDC to rig the 2016 general elections.

A new petition for impeachment has been filed against Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei.

The Commission (EC) was made up of Mr. Arnold Asamoah - Baidoo (Chairperson), Mr. Halifax Ansah - Addo, and Mr. Osafo - Anthony,

In a statement signed and copied to Ghanacreativearts.com by Arnold Asamoah - Baidoo (Chairperson, ATWAG Electoral Commission), The EC said that they appreciate the professionalism and enthusiasm shown by voters and that they are also grateful to all media houses: Peace FM, Kasapa FM, Happy FM, and art pressure group, FOCAP, for giving the election publicity as a show of solidarity.

Some staff of the EC are on the heels of the Chairperson over her role in the investigation of some top officials of the commission by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) over the missing GHc480, 000 from the Commission's Endowment Fund for its staff.

Nana Konadu also blamed the EC and its Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, for the shortcomings in her nomination forms that led to her disqualification from the race.

Speaking at the STAR Ghana «End of Elections 2016 Call Partners» Learning Event,» the Chairperson of the EC, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, thanked STAR - Ghana for helping to ensure a peaceful election.

The Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini, has called on the Chief Justice to hurriedly determine whether a prima facie case has been established against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Charlotte Osei, in order to clear any lingering doubts about the integrity of the Commission's leadership.

The Progressive People's Party (PPP), wants to join a petition calling for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei's removal.

Details are emerging that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, demanded GH cents 1 million to renovate a bungalow before she could occupy it as her official residence.

Mr. Mac Manu suggested that the «focus of the EC should rather be on ensuring that a certified copy of the pink sheet from each of the 29,000 polling stations is brought to the national collation centre before the Chairperson of the EC finally declares the winner.»

Some staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana on July 19 filed a petition against the Chairperson calling for a full - scale investigation into alleged misconduct and abuse of office on her part.

Over the weekend in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, typical of the loose cannon, he launched an unprovoked and unwarranted attack on the person of Charlotte Osei, the Chairperson of Electoral Commission (EC).

The letter which was signed by the Chairperson of the EC Charlotte Osei demanded that Richard Aseda is brought to «the head office of the Commission, prior to the close of nomination.»

We will probably have an approximately 15,800,000 names thereabout on the register going into the elections,» Chairperson of the EC, Charlotte Osei has said.

Every day the Chairperson of the EC is under attack.