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Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission [EC], Dr Bossman Asare says the commission will go the extra mile to supervise a very credible, free and fair election in 2020.

He assured Ghanaians of the Commission’s impartiality, adding that it would maintain its transparency in the execution of its constitutional mandate.

Dr Bossman Asare said this on Wednesday, when a team of Commissioners led by the Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa paid a courtesy call on the Management of Despite Media Group at the Ship House, Abeka Junction in Accra.

They were accompanied by Samuel Tettey, in-charge of Operations and Deputy Commissioner of the EC in-charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Bossman Asare and other high ranking officials.

The EC’s Delegation was received jointly by the Managing Director, Dr Fadda Dickson, General Manager, Kennedy Osei, Peace FM’s morning show host, Kwami Sefa Kayi, and other news editors of the company.

Purpose of Meeting

The purpose of the visit was to strengthen the partnership between the EC and Despite Media - especially in the area of information dissemination.

NDC’s Accusations

Dr Bossman Asare took the opportunity to debunked claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC] that the commission is likely to aid the incumbent, NPP to rig the 2020 elections.

“We have said on several occasions that, we [EC] are neutral so if anyone knows how to rig an election, they should tell us to see how best we can solve that before 2020.”

“Our main aim is to organize a very credible and transparent election whiles working on our budget to save the country some money,” he added. 

Weak EC IT Infrastructure

Dr Bossman Asare also bemoaned how decrepit the EC’s Information Technology [IT] department is since they took office a year ago.

“We assure to get the best IT infrastructure at the lowest possible cost ahead of the 2020 election. And everything the EC is doing, we will make sure we get value for money,” he assured.  

“Our IT department is nothing to talk about when you look at how big the commission is across Africa. But we are doing our possible best to revamp the pace ahead of 2020,” he said.