President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in a law lecturer, Dr Joseph Kwaku Asamoah, and a public policy and development expert, Emilia Affi Agbenyo, as Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission (EC), charging them to uphold the highest standards of integrity and impartiality in the management of the country’s electoral process.
Dr Asamoah, the EC’s former Director of Finance, former Director of the Training Centre and former Head of Audit, brings considerable institutional experience to the role, having played an active role in the 2012 and 2016 general elections, the 2010 and 2015 district level elections and the 2019 referendum on the creation of six new regions, among many other electoral management exercises in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa.
Affi Agbenyo was the Deputy Director-General, Operations at the Ghana TVET Service and Commissioner of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC).
She is a development professional with extensive experience in inclusive TVET, skills and enterprise development, international development cooperation and gender transformation.
The swearing-in of the two deputychairpersons is expected to bolster theleadership of the EC as the nationprepares for future electoral cycles.
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