It has emerged that one of the three newly appointed Electoral Commissioners(EC) in the person Dr Appiahene is a devout card-bearing member of the New Patriotic Party.
Dr Appiahene reportedly held over 13 different positions in the NPP and its youth wing organisation before his recent appointment at the EC.
List of all the positions Dr Appiahene has held in the NPP from his supposed CV.
“This is the CV prepared by the man himself (Dr Appiahene), I’m just reading aspects of it. ‘Political position held and service to the NPP’, that is how he titles it.”
1. Member of the 2022 Bono Regional Election Committee
2. Bono Regional IT Director for Election 2020
3. Bono Regional D-day Coordinator for Elections 2020
4. Member of the National Research and Data Analysis Team for Election 2020.
5. Regional Collation Officer representing NPP at the Bono EC office
6. Regional Collation Officer for NPP Internal Collation for Election 2020
7. Member of the Bono Regional Communications Team
8. Member of Let My Vote Count Alliance.
9. Organised training for all Bono Constituency D-Day Coordinators and Parliamentary Candidates, Chairmen and Secretaries for the 2020 Elections.
10. Organised training for all Bono Constituency IT coordinators and Polling Station Executives for Elections 2020.
11. Funding Member of UENR (University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani)TESCON
12. Patron of UENR TESCON
13. TESCON Member of the University of Education, Winneba
Background:
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, March 20, 2023, swore-in three new members of the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) at the Jubilee House.
The three new members of the EC, Dr. Peter Appiahene, Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani, and Reverend Akua Ofori Boateng, are expected to serve in their new roles until the end of the 2024 elections and are replacements for members of the commission who recently retired.
Akufo-Addo has been heavily criticized for the appointment because some of the appointees are said to be known members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The president is being particularly berated for the appointment of Dr. Peter Appiahene, who is said to be a patron of TESCON, the tertiary education branch of the NPP and Salima Ahmed Tijani, whose family relations are leading members of the NPP.
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