By: Fred Yaw
Sarpong
The
Electoral Commission (EC) has created office of electoral services to expand
the Directorate of Elections at the EC.
According
to the EC, this expansion will include elections, regulation of political
parties and voter registration services.
Madam
Charlotte Osei, the Chairperson of EC disclosed this in her presentation
entitled: “Towards a World-Class Election 2016” at a media encounter to explain
EC’s preparation to ensure a credible, free and fair election in
Accra.
She
also mentioned in the presentation that a new communications department has
been set up to move away from the previous Public Affairs. This is to restructure
the communications department to oversee expanded platforms for more efficient
and proactive stakeholder engagement and voter education.
“We
have developed a new online strategy which is more interactive, user-friendly
and modern online presence through the Commission’s new website, with a better
social media presence and engagement to serve the people of Ghana better.” she
stated.
Mrs.
Osei the commission has separated the Human Resources (HR) from administration
services in order to strengthen the focus on HR, performance management,
improve internal stakeholder engagement, training and career advancement.
“A
new department for Administration and Internal Coordination has been created to
improve administrative oversight and flow of work within the head office
departments, and between regional offices and head office,” she announced.
She
said the EC objective is ensure that the Election Mandate is delivered and
managed transparently and ethically; ensure EC is legally and functionally
independent; develop and maintain a relationship of trust and credibility with
citizens, parties, state institutions and other stakeholders; and ensure that
EC is operated efficiently, effectively and to world class standards.
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