Ghana Election Commission Jean Mensa on the 2020 Election Results

The chairman of the Ghana Election Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, does not tell BBC Pidgin why we want to declare the results of the December 7 elections in 24 hours.

Madam Mensa told BBC Pidgin during an interview that the commission does not train its officers very well to adjust to delivering results within a certain time frame.

“We train our officers well, many people are afraid to say that we want to declare the result in 24 hours, they wonder how possible that is, because we did not do it before,” said Jean Mensa tok.

From Ghana EC Shares says dem don train their staff and build efficiency in election processes in a way that the waiting commission says 24 hour results must be declared.

“What we say if you get a result, why wait for it? Why should a person hold a nation in suspense and increase tension when you get a result by hand?”

“A lot of training, capacity building and efficiency, na im that we incorporate into our processes. Let’s not say we do not change our system, but we use fax and email, but we do not train our officers to be fast and timely.”

“Before now, the officers get results, he goes and says I’m hungry, I’m going to eat. So three hours and four still do it, but today we give every office time, the others have to bring the result and we believe who say everyone is leaving. We are working to adhere to the timeline provided to them and we will be able to get the result in time to fit the statement within 24 hours. ” Ghana

The president of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, does not tell the BBC why we want to declare the December 7 elections in 24 hours.

Madam Mensa told BBC Pidgin during an interview that the commission does not train its officers very well to adjust to delivering results within the given timeline.

“We train our officers well, many people are afraid to say that we want to declare the result within 24 hours, they wonder how possible that is, because we did not do it before,” said Jean Mensa tok.

From Ghana EC Shares says dem don train their staff and build efficiency in election processes in a way that the waiting commission says 24 hour results must be declared.

“What we say if you get a result, why wait for it? Why should a person hold a nation in suspense and increase the tension when you get a result by hand?”

“A lot of training, capacity building and efficiency, na im that we incorporate into our processes. Let’s not say that we do not change our system, but we use fax and email, but we do not train our officers to be fast and timely.”

“Before now, the officers get results, he goes and says I’m hungry, I’m going to snack. So three hours and four still do it, but today we give every office time, dema has to bring the result and we believe that They say everyone is leaving, we are working to meet the timeline provided to them and we will be able to get the result in time to fit within 24 hours. “