{"id":270772,"date":"2016-11-22T19:08:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=270772"},"modified":"2016-11-22T19:08:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T19:08:23","slug":"december-7-not-holiday-interior-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/december-7-not-holiday-interior-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"December 7 not holiday – Interior Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mr Prosper Bani, the Minister for The Interior, has said December 7, the day set for Ghana\u2019s General Election is not a holiday.<\/p>\n
He said except for security personnel who would be given time for their assignments on the day, especially those travelling, the Election Day would remain a working day for public servants.<\/p>\n
Mr Bani said this when he addressed the Volta Regional Security Council and the Regional Election Taskforce during a working visit to the Region.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”iNsEbOK48QQIz0wxZIfiu3v5yetW5P3P”]The visit was to afford the Minister the opportunity to assess the preparedness of the Election Taskforce ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n
He said the Government expected all heads of institutions to \u201cprovide an enabling environment\u201d for workers to exercise their franchise.<\/p>\n
Mr Bani reassured of the preparedness of the security services to ensure event-free polls and warned against hate speeches.<\/p>\n
He said political parties and individuals engaging in hate speeches would soon be made to face the law.<\/p>\n
Mr John Kudalor, the Inspector General of Police, tasked the Police to make all hotspots an \u201cenabling environment\u201d and ensure that all registered Ghanaians were allowed to vote.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mr Prosper Bani, the Minister for The Interior, has said December 7, the day set for Ghana\u2019s General Election is not a holiday. He said except for security personnel who would be given time for their assignments on the day, especially those travelling, the Election Day would remain a working day for public servants. Mr […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":60623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[6848,3,13840,4595,11715],"yoast_head":"\n