EC slams Mahama over false claims on recruitment of Returning Officers

The Electoral Commission (EC) has strongly denied allegations by the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, regarding the appointments of Returning Officers for the 2024 polls.

He also questioned the EC’s neutrality in the 2024 polls, following a request for MPs and DCEs to disclose the names of NPP members during the recruitment of Returning Officers and their deputies.

But in a statement dated April 17, Fred Tetteh, the Deputy Director of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, criticised the former president for condemning a practice he had also exercised during his term.

The EC clarified that the recruitment process for Returning Officers and their Deputies was conducted fairly and transparently.

“Per the attached public announcement, the Commission invited ALL interested Ghanaians to apply for the positions of Returning Officers and Deputy Returning Officers

The allegation by former President Mahama that Ministers and DCEs were asked “to write the names of party apparatchiks and present them so that they would be appointed as the returning officers” IS NOT TRUE.

The process of recruiting Returning Officers and their Deputies was conducted in an open, fair and transparent manner