The
United States government has pledged a financial support of over 4.5
million dollars for Ghana’s forthcoming elections. Ghana is expected to
go to the polls in November to elect a President and Parliamentarians.
According to the US government, one third of that amount would be
given to the Electoral Commission to help in its strategic communication
work, while another one third would be used by the peace commission for
peace keeping operations.
“We are providing about 4.5 million dollars in assistance for Ghana’s
election. One third of that will go to the Electoral Commission to
assist with its strategic communications and provide other support for
the Commission, educating voters and making people aware of the
practicalities of voting. One third of the funds will also go to the
peace commission. …”the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson said.
Ambassador
Jackson said the US government will also be offering additional
training programmes for journalists ahead of the election to equip them
to cover the polls effectively.
“…we will be doing additional training for journalists and we will
also be working to identify the areas that are at greatest risk of
conflict. The Peace Commission and the UNDP have already done a map of
potential conflict areas. We are bringing leading experts from US agency
for international development on election security to validate that
work.”
The United States of America will coincidentally be voting in their elections around the same time with Ghana.
UK’s £4m for Ghana’s democratic activities to last for 5yrs
The United Kingdom Government recently launched a £4 million electoral support programme for Ghana’s democratic activities.
The electoral assistance programme tagged the ‘Deepening Democratic
Governance Programme’, is geared towards weaning Ghana off international
assistance as far as its democratic activities are concerned.
The UK Government said that will be it’s last support for Ghana in that regard after the five-year period elapses.
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