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Journalists must pay for accreditation - Charlotte Osei insists

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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 7 years ago

    NDC POLITICIANS COME INTO POLITICS AS POOR AS CHURCH MOUSE NOT EVEN OWNING A BYCYCLE OR A SHACK BUT WITHIN FEW MONTHS THEY BECOME BILLIONAIRES. MY ARGUMENT NOW IS THAT GHANA IS NOT POOR, OUR ONLY PROBLEM IS CORRUPT NDC CREATE ...
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  • MOUTH MOUTH JOURNALISTS..... 7 years ago

    WHY WASN'T ANY JOURNALIST BOLD ENOUGH TO ASK HER WHICH EXACT VILLAGE OR TOWN SHE'S FROM AND WHEN SHE LAST VISITED HER HOMETOWN? THEY SHOULD LEARN FROM PROPER JOURNALISTS IN THE U.S.

  • THEY JUST LET THE WOMAN TALK K3K3 7 years ago

    1: MADAM CHAIR, HAVE YOU MET LORDINA? WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE? 2: CAN WE READ ANYTHING INTO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PREZ MAHAMA, GIVEN THAT MANY THINK YOU WERE FAVORED IN GETTING THIS POSITION 3: MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU PLAN ...
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  • Anonymous Coward 7 years ago

    They have money for stupid logo but not for anything else. A very useless and incompetent so-called independent institution. Ghanaians are by nature very corrupt, dishonest, wicked, liars, deceitful, ignorant, liars, thieves ...
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  • KWAKU SEI 7 years ago

    FROM SAPELE NEAR BENIN CITY, THIS LADY CHARLOTTE HAS A SAVANT SYNDROME, A HANDICAP CAPABLE OF DISTROYING GHANA'S PEACE IF NOT HANDLED BY HER SANE CHAIRPERSONS. HAS NO RESPECT FOR EVEN SC JUDGES.

  • Asare 7 years ago

    The Journalist you are talking about are all hungry.for them the most important reason for attending such functions is the snacks they will be fed.they rush and fight with some collecting 2 or more such Takeaways

  • Freedom 7 years ago

    Free accreditation, free food, free transportation, free this free that.

  • Kwesi Kwansah 7 years ago

    Dear EC,
    Sitting here I see good reason in your decision to charge GHC10 for accreditation of journalists. It is a small amount which the EC could have jaw jawed with the GJA before announcement. I have concerns for any sett ...
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  • Asare 7 years ago

    Kwesi kansah you are a deep thinker.

  • Kkd 7 years ago

    Professor we the people of Accra will not vote for npp. Ken Agyapong don't respect us and wanted us to be killed. Nana addo said npp is an Akans party so I am surprised you are still following a dictator and divisive leader w ...
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  • Kofi 7 years ago

    Lets vote against NDC. Fellow Ghanains

  • Eshun 7 years ago

    She likes her bleeched face in the papers all the time

  • Tacos 7 years ago

    Her mouth is like a punctured car tyre. Idiot, Nigerian Witch.

  • Ker 7 years ago

    Off BBC U.K. Or CNN Usa wanted to come do you HONESTLY THINK they would pay ...it's farcical and just one more nail in your coffin

  • THE CRUSADER 7 years ago

    What have you done with all the subventions from the uk and us?we know all the cash which has come.what gave you done right with all the cash?we want to know?,illuminaty e.c your plan will never work by his grace.sas ABEN

  • Andrews Melbourne. 7 years ago

    The lady is happy being accused of her possibility of rigging the election.

  • John 7 years ago

    The media organizations are profit-making outfits. They are not obligated to pay for the accreditation, if they feel uncomfortable about it, they should simply not be there.

  • Cowboy 7 years ago

    THIS IS ABSOLUTE NONSENSE. SHE MUST BE TOLD THAT THE MEDIA IS THE FOURTH ESTATE (THE FOURTH IN LINE OF GOVERNANCE)AFTER THE EXECUTIVE,LEGISLATURE,AND JUDICIARY. HER OUTFIT BEING THE EC IS NOWHERE NEAR THESE 4 INSTITUTIONS. JU ...
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  • HP 7 years ago

    Kindly quote the constitutional provision(s) that explicitly states that the media is the fourth arm of government.

  • Memuna, Paga 7 years ago

    What is this? Is the EC making money out of the election? Why not ask voters to pay at the polls then?

  • Kee 7 years ago

    They should be audited after the elections, 1million pounds for this corrupted organization? The money is in NDC coffers. ABEN NO BEBOM.

  • Edward 7 years ago

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  • RASPUTIN 7 years ago

    Honestly I find the reluctance of the Press to pay 10GHC or 20GHC to cover the costs of accreditation material very silly. We all seem to have ingrained into our psyche that every thing from government or any of its instituti ...
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  • Ghanaman 7 years ago

    Absolutely! Well done Rasputin. Serious minded ones will pay for the accreditation. How much is 10GH?

  • Ali Mahama 7 years ago

    Ahaaa! We have been proved right. In 2012 the Special Voters list without the Pressmen was 120,000. This year with the Pressmen it is about 30,000.Look at the difference. Thanks to the eagle eyes of NPP.Continue to to be vig ...
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  • 7B 7 years ago

    Thievery, upon this, the ballot contract has been awarded by a sinking company sake of 10% u will receive. Thieve.

  • EKEKE, ANLOGA 7 years ago

    I THINK GHANAIANS ARE LOSING THEIR MORAL VALUES BY INSULTING LEADERS A VERY BLESSED DAY, AND MY MOST SURPRISE IS THE SITE CAN'T BE CONTROL BY IT OWNERS,I'M VERY MUCH DISAPPOINTED IN GHANA WEB.

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  • donpee 7 years ago

    Anloga they're stealing our money.what kinda respect do they want from us.some people are suffering and they careless about it.so what else do you want to hear from the masses...don't be silly

  • Enemies Are Not God, New York Boy 7 years ago

    Ghanaian journalists should go to the High Court and prevent her from charging them for common accreditation. This woman is going wayward. She sent EC's budget to parliament and she got approval and the government has given h ...
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  • kojo kromponi 7 years ago

    Yes,Madam Charlotte is right,the media sell their news,don't they?

  • Arise for change 7 years ago

    Now I know u are there to make money how can all the 12 trillion u have collected still not enough?

  • asonaba kofi 7 years ago

    when you listen to this lady it`s very difficult to understand why people are accusing her of all sorts. she`s a very capable lady and always plays it safe with the law fully behind her. she also working with six other eminen ...
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  • Voter 7 years ago

    In the last paragraph of the article above, Charlotte Osei was reported to have given 120,000 as the number of early voters in 2012, and that the number for this year is about half that much. She also quoted 29,773 as the num ...
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  • pocket lawyer 7 years ago

    To be appointed the EC boss to run elections in Africa,especially in Ghana is the hardest job one can imagine more than to be the president of Ghana,Let us give the electoral commissioner and her team the support they deserv ...
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  • AkuaA serwaah 7 years ago

    Ama Alata Ghanains have decided to vote out jm com 7th dec coz he is a failure. Nana 33ba!!!change is a must

  • Yussif 7 years ago

    The EC has engaged in unpopular legal battles and that's what we re talking about,how many cases has she won since she took office?how can you be pretending to ve no money for common accreditation cards when you fighting need ...
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  • SCIENTIFIC 7 years ago

    Politicians like every Ghanaian thinks only of themselves
    as far as we we have that mindset Ghana will never go forward. UNLESS we put Ghana first
    no NPP OR NDC or PPP what ever political party
    why can't they use their cam ...
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  • Stupid Charlotte Osei 7 years ago

    Trait of NDC

  • Zargon 7 years ago

    U guys should pay up.. Why should the EC use state money to process you accreditation?? And there are stupid people here insulting the EC..no wonder shallow minds and stupid.. See your life?

  • Changes 7 years ago

    Madam EC the law is not only about the words used but also the spirit of the law. What benefit accrues from being legalistic to the extent that you attract law suits you could have avoided if you just thought for a few minute ...
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  • Josebente Ho 7 years ago

    Is we the individuals who are corrupt not the gov't please. JM toasu