Page 3: Daily Graphic, January 10, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kofi Boakye’s dream of resuming duty at the Ghana Police Service will have to be on hold until the Police Council decides.
Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor on January 6, this year, in a letter to the chairman of the Police Council asked that ACP Kofi Boakye be reinstated.
The letter explained that the decision was based on the advice of the Attorney-General’s Department that ACP Boakye, a former Director of Operations of the Police, be reinstated since it did not have the intention of prosecuting him.
ACP Kofi Boakye was interdicted in 2006 following a recommendation by the Georgina Wood Committee which investigated the loss of 77 parcels of cocaine on aboard the MV Benjamin ship.
Sources within the Ministry of the Interior told the Daily Graphic that the Police Administration could not act on the letter because it was addressed to the chairman of the Police Council.
The sources were even the more worried that the ex-President had to wait till the eve of his departure before making the announcement when indeed the advice from the AG’s Department had been with his office for well over two months.
They, therefore, said it would be prudent for the new administration to act on the letter.
The Daily Graphic can also confirm that the issue of ACP Boakye was a subject of discussion at the security sub-committee meeting of the transition teams meeting on Thursday during which members of the sub-committee sought clarification on the issue.
When contacted, ACP Kofi Boakye said he was waiting for a letter from the Police Service to enable him to resume duty.
He said he had had the patience for two years and would wait for the Police Administration to communicate to him on the President’s letter that he should be reinstated.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
EC can be dragged to court - Obiri Boahen
Page 28: Daily Graphic, January 7, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Minister of State at the Interior Ministry, Nana Obiri Boahen says that the notion that the Electoral Commission (EC) cannot be dragged to court as wrong.
He said if Ghanaians and the chairman of the EC, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan create the impression that the EC was an autonomous body and a creature of a statute, and therefore, not subjected to legal process was wrong.
Reacting to Dr Afari-Gyan’s statement that the evidence provided by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) bothered on criminality and not sufficient to invalidate the outcome of the Presidential run-off, Nana Boahen said by the rule of natural justice, the EC did not have the right to demand evidence from both the NPP and the NDC.
According to him, by demanding the evidence, the EC should have allowed the complainant to be cross-examined by the accused to enable the EC decide, saying that the essence of cross-examination was to enable the arbiter admit the evidence or not and pass judgement.
He made it clear that from time immemorial, it had been the judiciary that interpreted the Constitution and, therefore, “for Dr Afari-Gyan to think that he and the EC were not amenable to the Constitution is false”.
Nana Boahen said it was not possible for Dr Afari-Gyan to be a judge in a case where he failed to allow cross-examination of witnesses and, therefore, the dismissal of the complaint by the NPP was “untenable, unreasonable, unacceptable and uncalled for”.
In that case, he said, the best place to resolve such a dispute or misunderstanding as the Constitution provided was the Courts.
He cited the EC’s own case, the Republic vs Mettle Nunoo and others in which the EC sought to stop Mettle Nunoo and the other interested parties from demanding recounting/recollation of presidential results in the 2004 general elections at the High Court and wanted the matter to be determined by the Supreme Court.
He said it was, therefore, wrong for those who held the view that the NPP should not have gone to court to seek redress of its concerns.
Nana Boahen explained that the results of an election could not be genuine where agents of a political party were chased away and were unable to sign results.
“It is a well-known fact that fraud vitiates everything and, therefore, if a political party resorts to fraudulent means to get what they desire, it is wrong. Despite the perpetuation of the fraud, results were made to stand. It is not fair as the result is tainted with irregularity,” he said.
He said the EC’s acknowledgment of the criminalities and endorsing the results was bad for Ghana’s democracy.
“I think this is the time for Dr Afari-Gyan to quit and bow his head in shame,” he stated.
He said the 1992 Constitution of Ghana was the supreme law of the land which had states in Article 1 (1) and 1 (2) that sovereignity resides in the people of Ghana and that justice was administered by the judiciary.
Nana Boahen said under the constitution, neither the President nor Parliament nor organisation/agency of the President or Parliament shall have or be given final judicial power.
“The judiciary shall have the jurisdiction in all matters - civil and criminal - including matters relating to the 1992 Constitution and such others that may be conferred on it by Parliament,” he said.
Nana Boahen said Dr Afari-Gyan could, therefore, not create the impression that nobody could challenge the acts of commission or omission of the EC since it was created by the Constitution.
“From independence up to now, the greatest asset of this nation is the judiciary. The Executive might transgressed and the Legislature might become unruly. It has always being the judiciary that has stood the test of time by standing firm on the side of truth and justice,” he said.
“Apart from one knock here and there, overwhelmingly, the judiciary is the least offensive of the three arms of government and on that has brought stability to the country,” he added.
Nana Boahen said if the NPP or any other agency or party felt aggrieved, “you do not expect them to take bows and arrows, guns to fight to seek redress. The proper forum is the court”.
Nana Boahen said frowning on the NPP’s going to court was dangerous because “if we want our democracy to thrive, we should not create the impression that a party cannot go to court to seek redress”.
He said the end result of such tendencies would be chaos and war.
As to whether the NPP would go back to court, Nana Boahen said it was the preserve of the leadership of the NPP to decide.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Minister of State at the Interior Ministry, Nana Obiri Boahen says that the notion that the Electoral Commission (EC) cannot be dragged to court as wrong.
He said if Ghanaians and the chairman of the EC, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan create the impression that the EC was an autonomous body and a creature of a statute, and therefore, not subjected to legal process was wrong.
Reacting to Dr Afari-Gyan’s statement that the evidence provided by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) bothered on criminality and not sufficient to invalidate the outcome of the Presidential run-off, Nana Boahen said by the rule of natural justice, the EC did not have the right to demand evidence from both the NPP and the NDC.
According to him, by demanding the evidence, the EC should have allowed the complainant to be cross-examined by the accused to enable the EC decide, saying that the essence of cross-examination was to enable the arbiter admit the evidence or not and pass judgement.
He made it clear that from time immemorial, it had been the judiciary that interpreted the Constitution and, therefore, “for Dr Afari-Gyan to think that he and the EC were not amenable to the Constitution is false”.
Nana Boahen said it was not possible for Dr Afari-Gyan to be a judge in a case where he failed to allow cross-examination of witnesses and, therefore, the dismissal of the complaint by the NPP was “untenable, unreasonable, unacceptable and uncalled for”.
In that case, he said, the best place to resolve such a dispute or misunderstanding as the Constitution provided was the Courts.
He cited the EC’s own case, the Republic vs Mettle Nunoo and others in which the EC sought to stop Mettle Nunoo and the other interested parties from demanding recounting/recollation of presidential results in the 2004 general elections at the High Court and wanted the matter to be determined by the Supreme Court.
He said it was, therefore, wrong for those who held the view that the NPP should not have gone to court to seek redress of its concerns.
Nana Boahen explained that the results of an election could not be genuine where agents of a political party were chased away and were unable to sign results.
“It is a well-known fact that fraud vitiates everything and, therefore, if a political party resorts to fraudulent means to get what they desire, it is wrong. Despite the perpetuation of the fraud, results were made to stand. It is not fair as the result is tainted with irregularity,” he said.
He said the EC’s acknowledgment of the criminalities and endorsing the results was bad for Ghana’s democracy.
“I think this is the time for Dr Afari-Gyan to quit and bow his head in shame,” he stated.
He said the 1992 Constitution of Ghana was the supreme law of the land which had states in Article 1 (1) and 1 (2) that sovereignity resides in the people of Ghana and that justice was administered by the judiciary.
Nana Boahen said under the constitution, neither the President nor Parliament nor organisation/agency of the President or Parliament shall have or be given final judicial power.
“The judiciary shall have the jurisdiction in all matters - civil and criminal - including matters relating to the 1992 Constitution and such others that may be conferred on it by Parliament,” he said.
Nana Boahen said Dr Afari-Gyan could, therefore, not create the impression that nobody could challenge the acts of commission or omission of the EC since it was created by the Constitution.
“From independence up to now, the greatest asset of this nation is the judiciary. The Executive might transgressed and the Legislature might become unruly. It has always being the judiciary that has stood the test of time by standing firm on the side of truth and justice,” he said.
“Apart from one knock here and there, overwhelmingly, the judiciary is the least offensive of the three arms of government and on that has brought stability to the country,” he added.
Nana Boahen said if the NPP or any other agency or party felt aggrieved, “you do not expect them to take bows and arrows, guns to fight to seek redress. The proper forum is the court”.
Nana Boahen said frowning on the NPP’s going to court was dangerous because “if we want our democracy to thrive, we should not create the impression that a party cannot go to court to seek redress”.
He said the end result of such tendencies would be chaos and war.
As to whether the NPP would go back to court, Nana Boahen said it was the preserve of the leadership of the NPP to decide.
Election Task Force shifts to ‘Operation Calm Life’
Page 40: Daily Graphic, January 6, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE National Elections Security Task Force says it has now shifted its security arrangements to the sustenance of post-election peace and stability in the country under the code name, “Operation Calm Life”.
It, therefore, called for the co-operation and support of all Ghanaians to enable the security services to perform their duties for the benefit of all.
It noted that despite the reservations, suspicions and challenges of the work of the task force, it succeeded in performing to the satisfaction of all in the conduct of the general election.
The spokesperson of the task force, DSP Kwesi Ofori, warned the investor community to be particularly wary of all kinds of e-mails linking them to the coming administration.
DSP Ofori, who is also the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, said the massive deployment of security personnel and their neutrality in the performance of their duties ensured the peace and stability of the country.
He said post-election security had become the major concern of the task force now.
DSP Ofori advised motorists against drink-driving and abuse of road traffic regulations in the new year to avoid unnecessary accidents.
The task force put in place a three-phase security arrangement to ensure a safe and secure environment for peaceful electioneering before election day and thereafter to ensure post-election peace.
The first phase of the arrangement covered the period of intensified political campaigns and preparation/distribution of electoral materials and personnel throughout the country with phase two covering the casting of votes, counting of votes/compilation of results, the period of tension and anxiety associated with the elections, recovery of election materials and personnel, announcement of results and possible conflict and violence.
Under phase three, which would end on March 10, 2009, the security services are expected to enhance Operation Calm Life, monitor post-election activities, maintain the Rapid Deployment Forces (RDFs) and, in conjunction with other security agencies and the security forces of neighbouring countries, maintain border security.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE National Elections Security Task Force says it has now shifted its security arrangements to the sustenance of post-election peace and stability in the country under the code name, “Operation Calm Life”.
It, therefore, called for the co-operation and support of all Ghanaians to enable the security services to perform their duties for the benefit of all.
It noted that despite the reservations, suspicions and challenges of the work of the task force, it succeeded in performing to the satisfaction of all in the conduct of the general election.
The spokesperson of the task force, DSP Kwesi Ofori, warned the investor community to be particularly wary of all kinds of e-mails linking them to the coming administration.
DSP Ofori, who is also the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, said the massive deployment of security personnel and their neutrality in the performance of their duties ensured the peace and stability of the country.
He said post-election security had become the major concern of the task force now.
DSP Ofori advised motorists against drink-driving and abuse of road traffic regulations in the new year to avoid unnecessary accidents.
The task force put in place a three-phase security arrangement to ensure a safe and secure environment for peaceful electioneering before election day and thereafter to ensure post-election peace.
The first phase of the arrangement covered the period of intensified political campaigns and preparation/distribution of electoral materials and personnel throughout the country with phase two covering the casting of votes, counting of votes/compilation of results, the period of tension and anxiety associated with the elections, recovery of election materials and personnel, announcement of results and possible conflict and violence.
Under phase three, which would end on March 10, 2009, the security services are expected to enhance Operation Calm Life, monitor post-election activities, maintain the Rapid Deployment Forces (RDFs) and, in conjunction with other security agencies and the security forces of neighbouring countries, maintain border security.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Fifth Parliament must be bi-partisan - Urges Francis Poku
Page 12: Daily Graphic, January 5, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE immediate past National Security Minister, Mr Francis Poku, has called on the fifth Parliament to allow bi-partisanship and consensus building to guide its discourse in the legislature.
He said in the last Parliament, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) agreed on consensus building and that sustained the national development agenda.
“I, therefore, expect that the fifth Parliament will be influenced by what happened in the last Parliament, particularly when I was the Minister for National Security to move the country forward,” he told the Daily Graphic from his London base.
Mr Poku said the need for the consensus should start with the choice of the Speaker of the House because whoever was chosen as the Speaker was crucial in generating consensus building in the House.
He said Ghanaians, particularly Parliament, should remember that the world was embroiled in financial crisis and the only way to attract and sustain investment in the country would depend on how “we promote consensus building, putting the national interest first and focusing on good governance”.
He stressed the need for the Professor Atta Mills administration not to pursue the path of vengeance since vengeance was counter-productive.
According to him, it was usual for new administrations to pursue the path of vengeance either directly or indirectly but “it is time that Ghanaians proved to the rest of the world that Ghana was in a class of its own”.
Mr Poku said he was convinced that Prof Atta Mills would identify the key socio-economic and political issues that needed to be addressed.
As to whether he still harboured political or public service ambitions, Mr Poku said “I have performed my part of serving the public and I have now dedicated my life to playing other roles in the church and the community I live in, both in Ghana and London, and will remain so”.
He said he had known both Prof Mills and Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo at the University of Ghana, Legon where they were colleagues and said he was convinced either of them would leave a positive legacy for this country and not do anything untoward.
Mr Poku advised Prof Mills against nervousness in his reign, particularly the early days of government which could see him make unnecessary changes in the public service, especially in the security sector.
“As a new administration, Prof Mills must keep his nerves and not embark on immediate changes which will not serve his interest and that of the state. I know he has his own team and even the rush for positions within the NDC could make him make changes which will not serve him,” he advised.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE immediate past National Security Minister, Mr Francis Poku, has called on the fifth Parliament to allow bi-partisanship and consensus building to guide its discourse in the legislature.
He said in the last Parliament, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) agreed on consensus building and that sustained the national development agenda.
“I, therefore, expect that the fifth Parliament will be influenced by what happened in the last Parliament, particularly when I was the Minister for National Security to move the country forward,” he told the Daily Graphic from his London base.
Mr Poku said the need for the consensus should start with the choice of the Speaker of the House because whoever was chosen as the Speaker was crucial in generating consensus building in the House.
He said Ghanaians, particularly Parliament, should remember that the world was embroiled in financial crisis and the only way to attract and sustain investment in the country would depend on how “we promote consensus building, putting the national interest first and focusing on good governance”.
He stressed the need for the Professor Atta Mills administration not to pursue the path of vengeance since vengeance was counter-productive.
According to him, it was usual for new administrations to pursue the path of vengeance either directly or indirectly but “it is time that Ghanaians proved to the rest of the world that Ghana was in a class of its own”.
Mr Poku said he was convinced that Prof Atta Mills would identify the key socio-economic and political issues that needed to be addressed.
As to whether he still harboured political or public service ambitions, Mr Poku said “I have performed my part of serving the public and I have now dedicated my life to playing other roles in the church and the community I live in, both in Ghana and London, and will remain so”.
He said he had known both Prof Mills and Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo at the University of Ghana, Legon where they were colleagues and said he was convinced either of them would leave a positive legacy for this country and not do anything untoward.
Mr Poku advised Prof Mills against nervousness in his reign, particularly the early days of government which could see him make unnecessary changes in the public service, especially in the security sector.
“As a new administration, Prof Mills must keep his nerves and not embark on immediate changes which will not serve his interest and that of the state. I know he has his own team and even the rush for positions within the NDC could make him make changes which will not serve him,” he advised.
NDC deserves to win — Obiri Boahen
Page 12: Daily Graphic, January 5, 2009
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Minister of State at the Ministry of the Interior, Nana Obiri Boahen, has admitted that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) deserves to win the general election.
He said while the NDC worked as a committed and dedicated team, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) were all nerves.
He told the Daily Graphic soon after the declaration of the results that it was a battle well-fought by both parties but it was the most prepared and determined political party that won.
“You cannot take that right from the NDC and I think the national executive of the party, particularly its General Secretary, Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, who was all over the country,” he said.
Nana Boahen said he and some other functionaries were not impressed with the performance of the NPP executive.
Comparing the executives of the two parties, the NDC went the extra mile in discharging their duties except the utterances of its general secretary although he did his administrative and field operations well.
“He performed better than the general secretaries of the other parties,” he said.
Nana Boahen, however, said there were a few isolated cases of intimidation, snatching of ballot boxes, beating of party agents by opponents as well as number of votes exceeding the number on the register and declaration of party agents as persona non-grata that needed to be addressed.
He said the voting trends which centred on tribalism did not augur well for national unity.
He said the Electoral Commission also needed to perfect the printing of electoral materials to avoid allegations of thumb-printing of ballot papers before elections.
“When I raised the alarm about the use of extra ballot papers for other uses, I was lambasted and castigated but I think the disappearance of the 1,800 ballot papers at Tain which necessitated the postponement of the elections there vindicates me,” he said.
Nana Boahen, however, urged the rank and file of the NPP not to be demoralised but stand up and be counted in these challenging times, saying that “Prof Mills contested three times before winning and that should urge us all to be steadfast”.
He said Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo fought like an ancient Roman soldier and should be commended by all.
He said the NPP must begin to put the pieces together by reviewing the party’s constitution to create positions for deputy general secretaries and repose the selection of parliamentary candidates and presidential candidates of the NPP in the hands of paid up members.
Nana Boahen said it was also important to create positions for Deputy National Organiser and that of Youth Organiser to broaden the field operations of the party.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Minister of State at the Ministry of the Interior, Nana Obiri Boahen, has admitted that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) deserves to win the general election.
He said while the NDC worked as a committed and dedicated team, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) were all nerves.
He told the Daily Graphic soon after the declaration of the results that it was a battle well-fought by both parties but it was the most prepared and determined political party that won.
“You cannot take that right from the NDC and I think the national executive of the party, particularly its General Secretary, Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, who was all over the country,” he said.
Nana Boahen said he and some other functionaries were not impressed with the performance of the NPP executive.
Comparing the executives of the two parties, the NDC went the extra mile in discharging their duties except the utterances of its general secretary although he did his administrative and field operations well.
“He performed better than the general secretaries of the other parties,” he said.
Nana Boahen, however, said there were a few isolated cases of intimidation, snatching of ballot boxes, beating of party agents by opponents as well as number of votes exceeding the number on the register and declaration of party agents as persona non-grata that needed to be addressed.
He said the voting trends which centred on tribalism did not augur well for national unity.
He said the Electoral Commission also needed to perfect the printing of electoral materials to avoid allegations of thumb-printing of ballot papers before elections.
“When I raised the alarm about the use of extra ballot papers for other uses, I was lambasted and castigated but I think the disappearance of the 1,800 ballot papers at Tain which necessitated the postponement of the elections there vindicates me,” he said.
Nana Boahen, however, urged the rank and file of the NPP not to be demoralised but stand up and be counted in these challenging times, saying that “Prof Mills contested three times before winning and that should urge us all to be steadfast”.
He said Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo fought like an ancient Roman soldier and should be commended by all.
He said the NPP must begin to put the pieces together by reviewing the party’s constitution to create positions for deputy general secretaries and repose the selection of parliamentary candidates and presidential candidates of the NPP in the hands of paid up members.
Nana Boahen said it was also important to create positions for Deputy National Organiser and that of Youth Organiser to broaden the field operations of the party.
Injunction against EC unnecessary - da Rocha
Page 17: Daily Graphic, January 3, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A FORMER Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and legal luminary, Mr B.J. da Rocha, has stated that the move by his party to obtain a court injunction against the Electoral Commission (EC) is unnecessary.
He said the Commission, under the 1992 Constitution, was an independent body in the performance of its functions and was subject only to the Constitution and not subject to the direction or authority of any person.
He told the Daily Graphic in response to the writ filed by the NPP to restrain the Commission from conducting the election in the Tain Constituency that the “court cannot tell the EC to hold an election or not to do so”.
Mr da Rocha said it was only when an election had been held and the results declared that any aggrieved person could go to court and give reasons why he or she thought the results were flawed.
“It is my opinion that the court cannot stop the EC from declaring the results,” he stated.
He, therefore, urged the NPP to abandon the court action and allow the EC to do its work.
“We do no want a situation when on January 7 there is nobody to be sworn-in as President in succession to President Kufuor, because he cannot continue to stay in office even one minute after his term has expired,” he stated.
Mr da Rocha said it was, therefore, not in the interest of the NPP, the NDC and the nation that there would be nobody to be sworn in as President on January 7.
He said he agreed with the statement issued by the President calling on the NPP to allow the EC to do its work.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A FORMER Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and legal luminary, Mr B.J. da Rocha, has stated that the move by his party to obtain a court injunction against the Electoral Commission (EC) is unnecessary.
He said the Commission, under the 1992 Constitution, was an independent body in the performance of its functions and was subject only to the Constitution and not subject to the direction or authority of any person.
He told the Daily Graphic in response to the writ filed by the NPP to restrain the Commission from conducting the election in the Tain Constituency that the “court cannot tell the EC to hold an election or not to do so”.
Mr da Rocha said it was only when an election had been held and the results declared that any aggrieved person could go to court and give reasons why he or she thought the results were flawed.
“It is my opinion that the court cannot stop the EC from declaring the results,” he stated.
He, therefore, urged the NPP to abandon the court action and allow the EC to do its work.
“We do no want a situation when on January 7 there is nobody to be sworn-in as President in succession to President Kufuor, because he cannot continue to stay in office even one minute after his term has expired,” he stated.
Mr da Rocha said it was, therefore, not in the interest of the NPP, the NDC and the nation that there would be nobody to be sworn in as President on January 7.
He said he agreed with the statement issued by the President calling on the NPP to allow the EC to do its work.
Roads leading to EC closed by task force * To ensure security
Page 19: Daily Graphic, January 2, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE National Elections Security Task Force has announced the closure of all roads leading to and out of the premises of the Electoral Commission (EC) from today, January 2, 2009 until further notice.
It said the roads would remain closed until the task force deemed it fit to re-open them for public use.
The Spokesperson of the task force, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwesi Ofori, told the Daily Graphic that the decision to close the Castle Road from the African Liberation Circle through to the Cathedral Square, the road from the traffic light at the Alisa Hotel Junction at Ridge to the Ridge Roundabout, the road from the TUC, through the Labour College and the roads within the Ridge residential area was to create an enabling environment for officials of the EC, the Ridge Hospital, other business entities, as well as residents and patients in the area, to undertake their legitimate duties without fear.
He said only officials of the EC, stakeholders in the presidential election, emergency services, security personnel and patients would be allowed access to those routes.
He said any unlawful gathering by any group in the area would be met with legitimate force by security personnel.
DSP Ofori, who is also the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, appealed to the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their followers not to “use the area as a playing field”.
He said anyone caught breaking the routes would be arrested and prosecuted.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE National Elections Security Task Force has announced the closure of all roads leading to and out of the premises of the Electoral Commission (EC) from today, January 2, 2009 until further notice.
It said the roads would remain closed until the task force deemed it fit to re-open them for public use.
The Spokesperson of the task force, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwesi Ofori, told the Daily Graphic that the decision to close the Castle Road from the African Liberation Circle through to the Cathedral Square, the road from the traffic light at the Alisa Hotel Junction at Ridge to the Ridge Roundabout, the road from the TUC, through the Labour College and the roads within the Ridge residential area was to create an enabling environment for officials of the EC, the Ridge Hospital, other business entities, as well as residents and patients in the area, to undertake their legitimate duties without fear.
He said only officials of the EC, stakeholders in the presidential election, emergency services, security personnel and patients would be allowed access to those routes.
He said any unlawful gathering by any group in the area would be met with legitimate force by security personnel.
DSP Ofori, who is also the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, appealed to the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their followers not to “use the area as a playing field”.
He said anyone caught breaking the routes would be arrested and prosecuted.
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