{"id":334833,"date":"2017-07-08T07:22:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T07:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=334833"},"modified":"2017-07-08T07:22:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T07:22:26","slug":"ec-boss-proceed-on-leave-directive-in-error-afenyo-markin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/ec-boss-proceed-on-leave-directive-in-error-afenyo-markin\/","title":{"rendered":"EC boss’ ‘proceed on leave’ directive in error – Afenyo Markin"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Member of Parliament for Efutu Constituency, Alexander Afenyo Markin has challenged the decision of Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei to order some top officers of the Commission to proceed on leave following a report from the Economic and Organized Crime Organization<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (EOCO) indicting the officers.<\/p>\n According to him, although EOCO has the power to look into such matters and make its report available to the Electoral Commissioner, it does not have the power to direct her on what do to.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”V5yvMQl5vC6zZhvOAGpUXN6yPIqMvB75″]EOCO earlier this week said it was investigating some top officials of the Commission over the loss of some GHs480,000 from the Commission\u2019s Endowment Fund.<\/p>\n The Commission\u2019s Deputy Chairperson in-charge of Finance and Administration<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, Chief Accountant, Kwaku Owusu Agyei-Larbi and \u00a0Finance Officer, Joseph Kwaku Asamoah were said to have been identified by EOCO as the \u2018suspects\u2019.<\/p>\n