2024 Ghana Elections Will Be Best Ever EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured Ghanaians that it will conduct the best polls in the country’s history in the 2024 general election. 

It said with more than 18.7 million eligible Ghanaians, representing 97 percent of all those eligible to register as voters, captured in the current voters register, the EC had compiled one of the most thorough electoral registers anywhere in the world.

At the fourth edition of the Graphic National Development Series 2024 in Accra yesterday, the Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, said various mechanisms put in place by the commission would ensure that the elections were peaceful, fair and transparent in order for all parties to accept the outcome.

"The over 18.7 million registered voters on the register constitute about 55 percent of the country’s population, and this gives a clear indication that the EC is committed to ensuring that any qualified person has the chance to vote during the election," he said.

Dr Asare said those mechanisms included the provision of a credible voters’ register, transparent printing and distribution processes of ballot papers, adequate training for electoral officers, collaboration with the security agencies for election security and the opening up of the entire electoral process for observation by key stakeholders, particularly the political parties and the media.

"The EC has no interest whatsoever in this election, except to ensure that we have a transparent process to elect a President and 276 Members of Parliament (MPs). We are well poised for a peaceful election on December 7, and we urge political parties to also educate their agents to conduct themselves well so that we can keep the peace of this country intact before, during and after the elections,” Dr Asare stressed. 

The event, held on the theme: “Sustaining civic and democratic governance system for development: Mandate of all citizens", brought together key stakeholders in the electoral system, including the EC, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), political parties, civil society organisations (CSOs), security agencies and traditional authorities.

The series is a forum that discusses key national development issues ranging from education, agriculture, sanitation, economy, to democratic governance.

Previous editions of the series delved into pertinent issues in the agriculture, education, natural resource management, and sanitation sectors.graphiconline