DCE CHALLENGE EC TO RECRUIT PERMANENT PERSONNEL

DCE CHALLENGE EC TO RECRUIT PERMANENT PERSONNEL

The District Chief Executive for Central Gonja District, Sualisu Biawuribe has challenged the Electoral Commission to recruit permanent people as Returning Officers to handle subsequent elections in Ghana.
He noted that the use of temporary staff as election management bodies during elections does not auger well for the much anticipated free, fair and transparent elections which causes electoral disputes.
The Central Gonja DCE raised this concern at a day’s workshop on peaceful district election organized by the National Commission for Civic Education in collaboration with the United Nation’s Development Programme.
He said political tolerance is the only means by which Ghana can consolidate the gains made out of multi party democracy and this in his estimation will enable the nation maintain her rank as the shining Star of Africa.
Mr. Biawuribe therefore urged the participants to educate their relations on the importance of political tolerance in their communities.
The Central Gonja DCE lambasted the media especially local radio talk shows hosts in Tamale for over-sensationalism on matters that are connected to chieftaincy, land and politics.
He stressed that the role the media play in peace-building in the northern region cannot be underestimated but he is saddened about the manner in which the airwaves in recent times have been used as a platform to inflame needless passions and whip up emotions on political, religious and ethnic issues in the societies.
Northern Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Hussein Sulemana said the objective of the ongoing exercise is to sensitize electorates in the northern region on the need to ensure violence free poll before, during and after the upcoming district assembly elections scheduled for the quarter of 2010.
He laid emphasis on the need to adopt tolerance and patience as the panacea to ensure peace and tranquility in their respective communities to attract investors into the district.
Mr. Akoamoah Director of Public Education, Mr. Napoleon Agboda Director of Administration and Mr. Christian Aboagye, Deputy Director of Finance at the NCCE national headquarters supervised the exercise.
The participants included leaders of the various political parties, chiefs, religious and opinion leaders, youth and women groups who were sensitized on topics such as electoral processes in Ghana with particular reference to the dos and don’ts, the district assembly system and the overview of conflict situation in the Tolon-Kumbungu district.