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Ghanaians
warned against electoral malpractices
Accra, Dec. 20, Ghanadot/GNA – The National Security
Council (NSC) has warned people recruiting non-registered
Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians to vote in the forthcoming
presidential election runoff to stop forthwith since they
would be made to face the full rigours of law when caught.
A statement Dr Sam Amoo, National Security Coordinator,
signed on Friday said it had come to the notice of NSC that
some people were recruiting nationals of other member States
of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
and Ghanaians, who did not register, to vote.
The statement reminded nationals of other ECOWAS countries
and Ghanaians, who did not register, that they could not
vote in the forthcoming Presidential Election runoff
scheduled for December 28.
The statement said: “All citizens from the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are to note that
ECOWAS protocols allow for free movement of goods and people
but not to vote in each others’ countries.”
“The National Security Council Secretariat cautions any
person, who has been recruited for this illegal enterprise
from the neighbouring countries and Ghanaians involved in
this enterprise to refrain from this illegal action, which
is punishable by the laws of Ghana.”
The statement assured all law-abiding citizens that the
Council was monitoring the development closely and would not
shirk its responsibility in helping to provide a safe,
secure and peaceful environment for the runoff of the
Presidential polls.
GNA
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