Asiedu Nketiah urges SDA Church to push for fixed election day

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah is the National Chairman of the NDC National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has called on the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church and other religious bodies to champion a constitutional amendment to permanently fix Tuesday as the official day for Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary elections.“I urge the leadership of the SDA Church and other religious bodies to push for this amendment to avoid needless arguments among political parties, the Electoral Commission and affected religious bodies whenever a voting day falls on the day of worship of any of the major religions in Ghana,” Asiedu Nketiah stated.

He therefore urged the SDA Church and other religious organisations to support efforts to amend the Constitution to establish a fixed voting day that takes into account the religious practices of citizens while safeguarding their constitutional right to vote.