Chairperson for the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei has said that Georgina Opoku Amankwah in her capacity as Deputy Chair of the commission evidently exhibited general incompetence severally.
Citing a number of occasions where her deputy exhibited ineffectiveness, she maintained that Ms. Amankwah “without authorization and notice to the Chairperson, approved 2015 financial statements of the commission, increased the amount for fuel coupons beyond budgeted levels and without prior knowledge of the Chairperson or the Commission”.
According to her, there is “ample evidence of poor knowledge of corporate governance, rules of public service financial management and general incompetence on the part of Ms. Georgina Amankwah.
She also cited her deputy as having gone on “an unauthorised leave from May 19 - June19 2017 without notice to the Chairperson and without prior approval.”
This was captured in her response to the 27-point petition filed by some concerned workers of the commission.
The petition filed by Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, counsel for the petitioners, accused Mrs. Osei for among other things, malfeasance and abuse of power.
Charlotte Osei following the petition responded, dismissing the claims levelled against her. She, in her response described her deputies as grossly “insubordinate” and “rude” and cited several instances where these deputies had breached their mandates.
“Mrs Osei said my two deputies [Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwaa] are “grossly insubordinate and rude.”
She also accused Amadu Sulley, Deputy in Charge of Finance, of bagging some GHC 6 million from political parties without informing the Commission’s Finance Department.
The EC Boss also hinted of a possible conspiration on the part of Mrs. Georgina Opoku Amankwah as far the petition for impeachment is concerned.
She revealed that the counsel for the concerned staff is the same lawyer representing Mrs. Amankwah who is currently under investigations.
“Whilst he [counsel] claims to act on behalf of ‘Concerned Staff’ of the Commission, he has not made clear who those ‘staff’ indeed are,”.
A petition from some aggrieved staff of the Electoral commission, signed by Counsel for the staff, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang sought that the Chair of the commission be impeached. The group cited among other things the breaching of the Procurement Law in procuring goods and services for the Commission.
They claimed that she, unilaterally and without recourse to procurement procedures, engaged the services of lawyers, Sory@Law who represented the Commission in the pre-election legal banter with aggrieved parties and disqualified flagbearers.
She was also alleged to have abrogated an existing contract with Super Tech Ltd. (STL), unilaterally renegotiating and re-awarding the contract at new sum of $21,999,592 without serious regard to the tender processes among other things.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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To to the EC chair for exposing these corrupt people at the EC who think that there are old in the system and therefore are untouchable. WHEN DR KOJO AFARI GYAN WAS THERE THESE 2 DEPUTIES COULD NOT DO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE BUT BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT CHARLOTTE OSIE IS A WOMAN THEY HAVE TO GANG AGAINST HER AND GET HEAR OUT BY ALL MEANS. WOMEN OF THIS PEACEFUL LAND SHOULD STAND UP AND DEFEND THE EC CHAIR FOR BEING TUREFUL AND IS A PLUS TO WOMANHOOD. THOSE PIGS SHOULD STOP INSULTING THE EC CHAIR.
THE CREDIBILITY OF ELECTION 2016 IS AT STAKE HERE. MOAKUM GHANAFO. 2016 ELECTION WAS NOT FREE N FAIR
This is not politics or incompetence. It is all about corruption. And the chair and her deputies were in serious competition and war of attrition to outdo each other in the corruption game. Please, the authorities should treat this as pure corruption and do the right thing. We are all watching with keen interest.
Ms.Charlotte Osei,if you knew all these while about the in-competencies of your deputies,and all they have done which is not in accordance with public service, why do you wait till now?Is it because you are all incompetent?What makes you bring all these out at this time? The best thing to be done now is for a bi-partisan investigation be done and the law take it course. It's so unfortunate. It bring discredit to our electoral system and our democracy. It's a total shame
madam osei used her bottooom to get the job so she we are now seeing her incompetence.
AMADU SULLEY STOLE THE ELECTION FOR NPP. KEN AGYAPONG SAID IT.
MAHAMA IS WELL NOTED FOR MEDIOCRITY. HIS APPOINTEES WERE KNOWN AS 3RD CLASS MINISTERS OR BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH. THE POOR ECONOMIC STANDARD OF HIS REGIME AND HIS GOVERNMENT INFECTED WITH SO MUCH CORRUPTION GIVES INDICATION THAT HE WAS POOR TO MAKE A GOOD CHOICE FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. WHAT IS HAPPENING AT EC IS A CLEAR WITNESS OF THE INCOMPETENCE OF MAHAHAMA AND NOT ONLY EC. THE CORE OF THE CONTROVERSY AT THE EC IS CENTERED ON CHARLOTTE OSEI AND GEORGINA OPOKU AND THEY WERE BOTH APPOINTED BY MAHAMA. MAHAM SHOULD HAVE KNOW HOW UNWORKABLE THEIR TEAM WOULD COMPRISE.
i used to respect Charlotte Osei,. But now, I think she is not someone who society must call a role-model. She is a scandalous disgracce.
shame on you, botttttoooom power. So you knew all this and did not talk, Now that you are hot, you are also mud-slinging. Can't you see that you have lost respect in a position that requires it? Can't you see that since you took the post through scandalous means, you have just tarnished the image of the office and brought disrepute to yourself? Shame on you, bottooooom power. I know many people who would not have gotten into such a dirty situation as you have in barely 2 years at this post. Shame Shame Shame
This is one of the reasons why Mahama should have appointed a more dignified person to become chair of EC. That position is a sensitive one and the people who occupy it must be people who bring personal fortitude, respect, integrity and dignity to the office. It should not be people who are mired in one scandal after another and associated with controversial things all the time. The rules governing the appointment to the EC must be revisited and there must be changes in the personnel there to bring credibility and sanity to that institution.