{"id":228597,"date":"2016-07-07T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=228597"},"modified":"2016-07-07T06:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T06:00:39","slug":"ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana’s EC one of the best globally – Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"

President John Dramani Mahama has described Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) as one of the best in the world, whilst urging Ghanaians to allow the Commission the space and peace of mind to conduct this year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n

In his view, the EC has proven its worth in six past elections and there is no cause for alarm as far as its ability to conduct credible elections is concerned.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”LFBvYVxPO1REgTvJ3ELGRcM4ofoB7Wa8″]Speaking at a ceremony to mark the Eid celebrations in Accra, President Mahama said, \u201cOur Electoral Commission is one of the best in the whole world and we have confidence in them to be able to conduct an election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given his confidence in the EC, President Mahama further urged Ghanaians to \u201cgive the Electoral Commission the peace of mind to do its work. Let\u2019s leave them peacefully to conduct this election and I am sure Ghanaians would be the better for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The President also assured Ghanaians that, there is no cause for fear and panic ahead of the polls saying,\u00a0\u201cThis year is an election year and as usual in advance of election years, some fear and panic begins to enter our people that there will be trouble. I don\u2019t believe there will be trouble, I don\u2019t believe there will be any trouble this year.\u00a0I believe we are going to vote in peace and whoever emerges as<\/p>\n

Increasing pressure on EC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite President Mahama\u2019s praise of the EC, \u00a0several stakeholders\u00a0have\u00a0doubted the Commission’s commitment to oversee a smooth, free and fair elections in November.<\/p>\n

The credibility of the voter\u2019s register has been a bone of contention over the past two years, as evidenced by the\u00a0successful suit filed by a former PNC Youth Organiser, Abu Ramadan, and one Evans Nimako, to delete the names of persons who used NHIS cards to get onto the electoral roll.<\/p>\n

The two, among other reliefs, wanted the current register declared inappropriate for the November polls given the presence of NHIS registrants on the electoral roll.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0apex court on May 5, 2016, subsequently asked the EC\u00a0to expunge<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from the current voters\u2019 register the names of all persons who registered and voted in the 2012 elections, with the NHIS card as a proof of identity.<\/p>\n

While asking the EC to delete the names of those who registered with the NHIS cards, the court\u00a0also asked the commission to allow such persons to re-register using the right procedure.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President John Dramani Mahama has described Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) as one of the best in the world, whilst urging Ghanaians to allow the Commission the space and peace of mind to conduct this year\u2019s elections. In his view, the EC has proven its worth in six past elections and there is no cause for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":178434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2647,2648,10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGhana's EC one of the best globally - Mahama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana's EC one of the best globally - Mahama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President John Dramani Mahama has described Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) as one of the best in the world, whilst urging Ghanaians to allow the Commission the space and peace of mind to conduct this year\u2019s elections. In his view, the EC has proven its worth in six past elections and there is no cause for […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-07-07T06:00:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana's EC one of the best globally - Mahama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-07-07T06:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-07-07T06:00:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana’s EC one of the best globally – Mahama\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana's EC one of the best globally - Mahama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana's EC one of the best globally - Mahama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"President John Dramani Mahama has described Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) as one of the best in the world, whilst urging Ghanaians to allow the Commission the space and peace of mind to conduct this year\u2019s elections. In his view, the EC has proven its worth in six past elections and there is no cause for […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2016-07-07T06:00:39+00:00","author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/","name":"Ghana's EC one of the best globally - Mahama - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-07-07T06:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2016-07-07T06:00:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/ghanas-ec-one-of-the-best-globally-mahama\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana’s EC one of the best globally – Mahama"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}