Dr. Eric Bossman Asare, Deputy Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson in charge of Corporate Services has disclosed that there will be a reshuffle at the headquarters of the commission.
He said the restructuring will see the transfer of staff and the creation or realignment of departments and units.
Dr. Bossman in an interview with Citi FM also responded to why he had become the EC’s mouthpiece despite the existence of Communication persons at the Commission.
“The commission has undertaken several review activities and I can say even on authority that within the shortest possible time; at most within three months, we should have a well-functioning communications unit.â€
He added that the restructuring extended beyond just the communications department.
“Even [when] you go to IT, procurement, legal [departments] – there are several places we are looking at so some of it, when we conclude, they will be made public for you to have the full information,†he said.
Commenting on the status of the current Head of Communication for the Commission, Eric Dzakpasu, Dr. Bossman said “Dzakpasu is a deputy director as I speak to you now. His deputy is still there. He is also an officer. All of them are field workers.â€
The Electoral Commission last month disclosed that it will soon compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 general elections.
The decision to compile a new voters register was arrived at after a stakeholders meeting held under the aegis of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC).
The Electoral Commission (EC) in 2015 rejected proposals for the compilation of a new voters’ register, describing as “unconvincing†calls for that to be done.
It concluded this after it held a forum following a heated national debate over the register after the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) claimed it had evidence suggesting, the register had been compromised with as many as 76,000 non-Ghanaian voters on it.
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