GJA Election Officer withdraws from Committee

Accra, Aug. 26, GNA - The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Tuesday said it has accepted the request by Mr Mawusi Afele, the Association's Election Officer, to be relieved of his membership of the Ad-hoc Election Dispute Committee for personal reasons.

Consequently, Mr Kofi Arhin, Director of Elections of the Electoral Commission, has been appointed in his place to serve on the three-member committee set up on Monday by the GJA to investigate all issues surrounding the electoral dispute between Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafo and Mr Yaw Owusu-Addo, who contested for the presidency of the GJA.

A statement from the Association, signed by Mrs Gifty Affenyi-Dadzie, President, said Mr Yonny Kulendi, a legal practitioner and member of the committee takes over the chairmanship.

Under the terms of reference, the committee would determine the eligibility or otherwise of Mr Boadu-Ayeboafo, President-elect to be elected as president of the Association.

The other member of the committee is Mrs Bernadette-Chinery-Hese, a Journalist, Lawyer and Administrative Manager of Ghana News Agency.