Electoral Commission officers at Hohoe in the Volta Region, have been accused of deducting Ghc20 each from allowances of officers contracted for the recent exhibition of voters\u2019 register exercise.<\/p>\n
Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 Volta Regional correspondent, Gratham Macintosh, who has been investigating the matter, reports that the officers have threatened to blacklist anyone who refuses to pay\u00a0the Ghc20.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”lM2issXmdYKCOZ3qKZvxpCkmS18kt06a”]Over 400 people were hired by the Electoral Commission for its exhibition exercise in Hohoe. Exhibition officers are paid GHC600, while verification officers take home GHC550.<\/p>\n An officer who spoke to Citi News<\/strong> on condition of anonymity confirmed the deductions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were invited to come for our money for the exhibition of the voters’ register. When we got here, we were asked to pay 20 cedis which is illegal. Personally I refused to pay and for that matter they said my name will be deleted. Next time, I won\u2019t be invited, and people paid\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n He added that, those who paid had 20 cedis written against their names. \u201cSo I asked the man why we are paying 20 cedis\u2026he just cancelled the 20 cedis written against my name and asked me to go and I left with my money\u2026as you can see, this is my money, 550 cedis. I didn\u2019t pay a dime\u201d.<\/p>\n Citi News<\/strong>\u2019 effort to speak with the Electoral Commission\u2019s Hohoe District officers was\u00a0fruitless as they refused to grant any interviews.<\/p>\n Tamale EC officers threaten to boycott exhibition over allowance<\/strong><\/p>\n Electoral Commission recruits in Tamale in July threatened to boycott<\/strong><\/a><\/span> the provisional voters\u2019 register exhibition exercise if their allowances were not adjusted upwards.<\/p>\n They declared their stance in protest against the GHc30 given to them as allowances after undergoing a three-day intensive capacity building workshop ahead of the exercise.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Eugenia Tenkorang\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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