{"id":275579,"date":"2016-12-08T19:09:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T19:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=275579"},"modified":"2016-12-08T19:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T19:09:25","slug":"ghelections-give-ec-time-to-ensure-credible-polls-nana-addo-to-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/ghelections-give-ec-time-to-ensure-credible-polls-nana-addo-to-ghanaians\/","title":{"rendered":"#GhElections: Give EC time to ensure credible polls – Nana Addo to Ghanaians"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, has called on his supporters, and Ghanaians, to give the Electoral Commission (EC) ample time to oversee a credible electoral process.<\/p>\n

The EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, at an earlier press conference on Thursday,\u00a0indicated that it had identified some flaws in its electronic transmission system for results and has thus advised its officers to resort to the\u00a0manual transmission of results.<\/p>\n

This, coupled with the Commission’s decision to review election results<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from all the collation centres across the country to check reports of over-voting from certain polling stations, will ostensibly lengthen the period to the declaration of results.<\/p>\n

The EC maintained that it would not sacrifice\u00a0accuracy for speed in the declaration of the results.<\/p>\n

In an\u00a0address\u00a0at his residence at Nima, Nana Akufo-Addo adopted a similar stance as he reminded that, \u201call of us are duty-bound to support her [Charlotte Osei] and give her that time so that we have a pronouncement that is devoid of controversy and of difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n

He acknowledged that the period leading up to the declaration would leave some Ghanaians anxious but also implored that\u00a0\u201cthis is the time that that we all have to remain very calm and very focused.”<\/p>\n

“The eyes of the world are on us and it is important that we behave as people who understand their own self-worth and dignity,\u201d the NPP Flagbearer added.<\/p>\n

The EC at its press conference indicated that it had received\u00a0results from 90 out of 275 constituencies. Over 15 million voters cast their ballots across 28,992 polling stations on Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday December 8.<\/p>\n

The last polls closed in the Jamon North constituency where the\u00a0opening of polls\u00a0was\u00a0postponed to today<\/a><\/strong><\/span> [Thursday].<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

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

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