There is heavy security presence at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission, a day after the Chairperson, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies were removed from office by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
A team of police personnel from the Formed Police Unit (FPU) are currently stationed at the EC offices in Accra.
Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah were removed from office following a recommendation from a Committee set up by the Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice set up the committee to probe multiple complaints of fraud and malfeasance against the three.
The committee cited misbehavior and incompetence as reasons for the dismissal, pursuant to Article 146(4) of the Constitution.
The Committee concluded that Charlotte Osei blatantly breached procurement laws in the award of several contracts in her three-year period at the helm of affairs, prior to the 2016 elections.
Excerpts of the report released by the government indicate that the committee investigated six separate allegations of various procurement breaches, for which a prima facie case was established against Madam Charlotte Osei.
A statement by a Minister for Information, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid on Thursday, said the President had directed the three persons to hand over their respective schedules to the Director of Human Resources at the Commission while thanking them for their service to the country.
NDC to stage demo over Charlotte Osei removal
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), the party which appointed Charlotte as the Chairperson of the EC, said it will stage a demonstration against the move.
“[Today] the anger of the people will be shown on the streets,” the NDC National Organiser, Kofi Adams, told the press Thursday night.
“We must all rise and speak [and say] that enough is enough. They have done enough destruction. We will not allow them to continue with this destruction,” Kofi Adams said.
Charlotte’s removal not politically motivated
But the Akufo-Addo government has insisted that the removal of the EC Chair was not politically motivated.
The Director of Communications at the presidency, Eugene Arhin said the President acted strictly according to the recommendations of the committee set up by the Chief Justice.
He said the law mandates President to act on the commission’s recommendations.
“Those critics will be completely off the mark. When this matter first broke our, we heard the two deputies were virtually against the chairperson herself. You heard the allegations they made. These persons who petitioned the president against Charlotte Osei were persons who worked at the Commission.”
Source: citinewsroom
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Oh NDCfoɔ.....must u guys make it so obvious that e woman was appointed based on her political inclinations? U see how dumb most pple in your party are? Kofi Adams and his likes.......take to e streets to disturb public peace and order and gh police will show u what they 'know how to do best'....mob control. When your eyeball gets hit by a bullet and it starts bleeding let Dr Omane Boamah tells u its tomato paste......now e tables have turned. Such is LIFE !!!!!
Prosecute the NDC double salary thifs soon..... Never allow them to only refund the money.
Please prosecute them if there were any CHOP-CHOP of the tax payers money.And please ANAS and KEN' must TONED-DOWN for now.Mr. President those two guys are doing a great work call them to order.Each one must drop his CASE and Mr President make the two work at the National Security so they can provide Martin Amidu more Info. for Prosecution of Corrupt Officials.But the Entrap should not be the WAY OUT.#NUMBER12 #WHOWATCHESTHEWATCHMAN
...enough is enough indeed! A "blind" man like you Koif Adams will never see the wrong the lady committed simply because shes NDC. Infact Ghana is becoming convinced that some key members of NDC are really not Ghanaian.
What dies this Togolese Kofi Adams mean by the destruction and enough is enough? Somebody tell that guy Ghana is not an annex for Togo and if even so it should be the other one round,so he should keep his mouth sh**t. The destruction done this country by ndc for foreigners is rather enough fir Ghanaians and we will never allow them to take over our country. Even you people with no vision, no ideas, no plan but wicked and callous create l000t and share mentality think you deserve power,how much more this people's government which is taking care of all sectors, free SHS is here, the teacher and nurses allowances that ndc cancelled and used the money has been restored, most of unemployed nurses that ndc created have been employed, no more unemployed graduates association this is a working government so,people like Kofi Kotokoli Adams have no right to tell us Ghanaians what is good for us, 2020, ndc will still be in opposition. We Ghanaians are satisfied with our government and the 54% voters have never regretted. Ndc can go burn the sea!