{"id":191056,"date":"2016-02-18T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=191056"},"modified":"2016-02-18T17:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T17:00:30","slug":"drop-deputy-ncce-boss-from-ec-cttee-afag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/drop-deputy-ncce-boss-from-ec-cttee-afag\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop Deputy NCCE boss from EC C’ttee – AFAG"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pro-opposition pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), is alleging that a third person on the Electoral Commission\u2019s 18-member National Election Steering Committee set up to oversee the November election, \u00a0out to be withdrawn because he is a member of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n
So far, three people, namely Dr. Karl Marx Arhin of the National Service Secretariat (NSS), Joseph Whittal of CHRAJ and Francis Azumah of the National Peace Council, have been identified by another pro-opposition pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) as NDC members.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Y7g2sc29lTu1VaWjSyhzfj8RAzOSRmWc”]Consequently, Dr. Karl Marx Arhin of the NSS, has since been withdrawn from the committee after the NDC requested the\u00a0NSS to withdraw him.<\/p>\n
But AFAG is also alleging that the Deputy Commissioner of the National Commission for\u00a0Civic Education (NCCE), Samuel Asare Akuamoah, who is also on the committee, is a known NDC activist.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the Chairman of AFAG, Dr. Ayew Afriyie, said the entire Committee should be dissolved.<\/p>\n He argued that \u201cthe committee itself is not necessary\u201d because the Inter Party Advisory Committee [IPAC] has not been informed about their work.<\/p>\n Dr. Afriyie again stressed that they have enough evidence to prove that Samuel Asare Akuamoah is a member of the incumbent\u00a0NDC, and called on him to challenge their claim.<\/p>\n