The Electoral Commission is to embark on field trips next week to assess the feasibility of government’s proposal to create new district assemblies in all the 10 regions.
Section 1 (a) of the Local Government Act 2016, Act 936 places the responsibility on the Commission to review and make appropriate recommendations on the proposal. “A team each has been constituted for the ten regions to undertake a field study and submit reports accordingly,” a memo to EC’s regional directors stated. Each regional team would be led by the Commission member responsible for the region, it said.
The teams are to be guided by the fact that the population there is large enough with an appreciable number of economically active groups.
They have been asked to take into consideration the available economic activities in the proposed districts, looking at the revenue that could be derived through taxation like farming type, mining activities, daily or weekly market, banks, hospitals among others. Accessibility of the proposed district capital to other towns and villages in the district must also be taken into account.
The team embarking on the field study are expected to talk to stakeholders including chief executives of existing districts, traditional rulers, Presiding Member of Assembly, Members of Parliament in the affected areas and other opinion leaders.
The field trip will start from October 25 and end on November 10, 2017.
Source: 3news
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Please, we do not want new electoral constituencies. We have to revisit how we create new MP seats and districts. There must be some serious level of control on the creation of districts. It should not be left to the EC to do such a thing. Increasing the number of MPs is costing more to us. Meanwhile we get little value from the MPs. EC must not be the only one to increase the districts.
Guilty when proven so. Let her do her work and when the report and recommendations come we will be here to know the verdict.
SHE IS NOT GOING ANY WHERE IN FACT SHE WILL BE GLUED TO HER OFFICE TILL RETIREMENT
so when will the EC also start processes to impeach the EC Boss?
So upon all the charges leveled against the woman clectoral commissioner charlotte osei is brused aside, madam chief justice. attt general what are u doing about it??? Investors and Ghanians are watching you. the laws in ghana rest on your shoulders let me adive you that this criminal woman can not be left off the hook. we need to see her been put before the appex court of the land.