The Electoral Commission has denied some media reports suggesting that it featured President John Mahama in its electronic media\u00a0advertisements for the upcoming limited voter registration exercise.<\/p>\n
An advert which features President Mahama urging the country\u2019s youth to go out and register when the EC opens the register for new voters, sparked rumors of a\u00a0collaboration between the presidency and the EC, which is meant\u00a0to be independent.<\/p>\n
The advert, which forms part of President Mahama\u2019s campaign strategy, features\u00a0one of the rare cases where an incumbent President appears in an advert with the average\u00a0voter to discuss electoral issues.<\/p>\n
But the EC in a brief statement on its website, said it did not sanction the advert in question.<\/p>\n
“This Commission has not produced any advertisement featuring the President of the Republic. Any claims to that effect are false.\u00a0The Commission is currently in the process of rolling out its own publicity plans for the upcoming limited voter registration exercise. More information on that will be posted here as well as on our website,” their statement said.<\/p>\n
In the said advert, President Mahama is seen educating a group of youth on the need for them to register.<\/p>\n
The ad, which appears to be owned by the NDC as\u00a0a party, ends with the ‘JM for 2016’ tag.<\/p>\n
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Electoral Commission has denied some media reports suggesting that it featured President John Mahama in its electronic media\u00a0advertisements for the upcoming limited voter registration exercise. An advert which features President Mahama urging the country\u2019s youth to go out and register when the EC opens the register for new voters, sparked rumors of a\u00a0collaboration between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2647,2648,58,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n