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EC Chairman wants Media to
publicize elections issues
Ho, May 3, Ghanadot/GNA - Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of
the Electoral Commission has appealed to media organizations
to consider undertaking public education on election issues
as part of their corporate social responsibility policy.
He said in as much as media organizations have to make some
money, they were bound by their service ethics to actively
promote the good of society without prompting.
Dr Afari-Gyan was addressing the Volta Regional Inter-Party
Advisory Committee forum on building stakeholders'
confidence in the outcome of the 2008 Elections in Ho on
Friday.
He said the current practice in which media organizations
demanded payment for every bit of service regarding
publicity for the election processes was not good for
society.
"Elections are so important. They affect out very lives and
none has to tell you of the public service duty that you
have," Dr Afari-Gyan stressed.
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and KAB Governance Consult, a
Ghanaian NGO in good governance advocacy, organized the
forum in collaboration with the EC.
About 40 representatives of political parties and media
organizations attended the forum, which discussed the
inbuilt integrity of Ghana's electoral process and results,
as well as challenges of the replacement of lost ID cards in
the Volta Region, expectations and challenges of the
forthcoming voter’s registration exercise and the role of
political parties in achieving credible elections.
Ms Laurentia Kpatakpa, Volta Regional Director of the EC,
said 29,734 had filed for the replacement of their lost or
defaced ID cards.
She said the use of mobile teams with a publicized schedule
visits, minimized problems of access and promised that the
same system would be used, if need be, cover all areas
during the coming limited opening of the electoral register.
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