GHANA ELECTORAL BODY DISQUALIFIES 13 PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS!

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has
disqualified thirteen presidential candidates
from contesting this year’s elections, while
only qualified four candidates.
EC Chairman, Charlotte Osei, on Tuesday in
Accra named the qualified candidates as
John Mahama of the governing National
Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Akufo-Addo
of the main opposition New Patriotic Party
(NPP), Ivor Greenstreet of the Convention
People’s Party (CPP), and Jacob Osei-Yeboah,
an independent candidate.
She said that the nominees have been
excluded from the 2016 race as presidential
candidates for violating various aspects of the
electoral laws of Ghana. Osei added that the
reasons include fraudulent signatures,
absence of required number of signatures,
and improper filling of nomination forms.
She added that some of the fraudulent
information provided by the nominees would
be followed up by the police for possible
arrest and prosecution.
Ghana goes to the polls on Dec. 7 to elect a
president and 275 Members of Parliament.



Sourced and edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE