President Mahama swears in new EC deputies, calls for political neutrality

Share: President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Emelia Afi Agbenyo and Dr Joseph Kwaku Asamoah as Deputy Chairpersons of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), completing two vacancies in the electoral body’s senior leadership.

The two new appointees join the leadership of an institution with constitutional responsibility for organising and supervising elections and referendums in Ghana, a role that places its independence and credibility at the centre of the country’s democratic process.

He previously served in several senior roles at the EC, including Director of Finance, Director of the Training Centre and Head of Audit, and took part in the organisation of national and district-level elections.