The EC has appear the choice fees for the 2024 presidential and aldermanic elections.
In a statement, the Commission adumbrated that macho presidential candidates will be appropriate to pay a choice fee of GH¢100,000 while changeable candidates and bodies with disabilities will pay GH¢75,000.
"Candidates allusive for the position of President will be appropriate to accomplish a acquittal of One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢100,000.00) at the time of appointment their Choice Forms. Acquittal shall be by Banker's abstract and addressed to the Chairperson of the . Changeable Candidates and Bodies with Disabilities are appropriate to pay Seventy-Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢75,000)," allotment of the account read.
But commenting on the filing for presidential aspirants in an account with Kasapa FM, declared that the bulk is too abundant because the adamantine times Ghanaians acquisition themselves.
"What I am adage is that the abridgement is adamantine in Ghana nowadays and it is not accessible to appear by GH¢10,000 not to allocution of GH¢100,000. In the aftermost election, back the EC declared that all Presidential candidates should pay GH¢100,000, I was acerb adjoin it and I said that the abridgement of Ghana is so bad and that the bacon of a Ghanaian aborigine is beneath than GH¢10,000. That of a abbot of accompaniment is beneath than GH¢15,000. So back you say ministers of accompaniment or candidates of any political affair should pay GH¢100,000, it is abandoned because the abridgement of Ghana is boxy now. How abundant is a Ghanaian earning compared to what the EC is allurement for? What EC is aggravating to acquaint us is that Ghana is for the accomplished bidder.
"They are affairs our balloter action to the accomplished applicant and they are cogent us that they are attractive for bodies with added money than added brains, added money than leadership, added money than competence. A aerial accessible earner like a abbot of accompaniment takes home GH¢15,000.
"When will a abbot of accompaniment who is competent but not corrupt, a affectionate aborigine of Ghana save GH¢100,000 for aloof a filing fee? The bigger parties - the NDC and NPP are accomplished with it because they accept been in ability and embezzled funds and acclimated government accouterment to go about and attack and so for them they don't affliction if you fix the filing fee at GH¢1 million. Assembly charge appear out and acquaint the EC to absolve the filing fee," stated.
According to the Commission, choice forms for the elections will be accessible on their website from Friday, 2nd August 2024.
Candidates will accept from Monday, September 9 to Friday, September 13, 2024, to abide their choice forms.
Parliamentary candidates will be appropriate to abide their forms in quadruplicate to the Returning Officer of the Constituency they seek to represent.
The Commission additionally appear that the filing fee for aldermanic candidates is fifty thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢50,000.00) for males and thirty-seven thousand bristles hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢37,500.00) for females and Bodies with Disabilities.
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