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The former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Public Administration and Management (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has named Jean Mensa the best Chairman of the Election Commission in Ghana’s history.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Monday, she said, “I think she’s the best EC president we’ve ever had in terms of competition.”
According to him, his office stood firm to combat the false accusations alleged by the Democratic National Congress (NDC) in the recently concluded elections.
“From day one, they have always crowded together to paint their negative. I have counted eight to 10 cases, the NDC will issue a false statement. It will then issue a statement that it is false.
“They will say nothing and move on to the next one and issue a false statement and the cycle continues,” he said.
The NDC, as well as some Civil Service Organizations (CSOs), have questioned the unwavering demand of the EC for a new electoral roll.
The Commission had argued that it could not hold the December 7, 2020 elections with the list it had that justified the need for a new registry.
Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the EC braved the storm to register Ghanaians.
This was praised by the renowned scholar.
Professor Adei also said that considering what Ms Mensa had to go through amid the pandemic to also run the general elections on December 7, 2020, places her well ahead of her predecessors.
The Hung Parliament is doing for God
Professor Adei believes that the controversy over a hanged Parliament is God’s work, so he urged Ghanaians to find the reason behind it.
“God has shown himself sovereign and I hope that NPP and NDC will recognize it. I don’t think anyone expected the results.
“The NPP didn’t think they would be that bad and the NDC didn’t think they would be that good in terms of parliamentary seats,” he said.
He revealed that the reports and requests presented by a committee created by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) to dissolve “winner takes all in Parliament” were rejected by the administrations led by Atta Mills and Mahama.
“Now they are going to learn that one person determines who becomes Speaker of Parliament. I hope it sends a good message to everyone, ”he added.
He also hinted at various reasons that led to the poor performance of the ruling party, NPP, in the parliamentary elections.
“Thirty one of them [NPP] they lost their seats of which 21 were ministers and vice ministers. That was a great blow. “
He added that financial sector reform was one of the reasons for NPP’s poor performance.
“About four million people were badly affected. Although a lot of effort was made at the last minute, people had suffered for three years.
