{"id":131961,"date":"2015-07-06T16:07:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=131961"},"modified":"2015-07-06T16:07:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:07:15","slug":"hundreds-march-to-thank-mahama-over-appointment-of-ec-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=131961","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds march to thank Mahama over appointment of EC chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of women on Monday thronged the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to express\u00a0their appreciation to government for appointing a female as the Chairperson for the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The women were from the Greater Accra Chapter of the group calling itself the Concerned Women of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Mahama in June appointed Charlotte Osei as EC Boss to replace Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, who retired after serving for 22 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131963\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-1.jpg\" alt=\"women storm gender ministry  (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur had earlier described the appointment of Charlotte Osei as an inspiration for women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131965\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-3.jpg\" alt=\"women storm gender ministry  (3)\" width=\"602\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-3.jpg 602w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/women-storm-gender-ministry-3-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nana Oye Lithur said her appointment indicates that government has much confidence in the capabilities of women in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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