{"id":404876,"date":"2017-07-24T19:38:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T19:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/24\/allegations-against-charlotte-osei-are-ugly-john-boadu\/"},"modified":"2017-07-24T19:38:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T19:38:56","slug":"allegations-against-charlotte-osei-are-ugly-john-boadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/24\/allegations-against-charlotte-osei-are-ugly-john-boadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegations against Charlotte Osei are ugly \u2013 John Boadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mr-john-boadu-new.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mr-john-boadu-new.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Gx_e07XAwe.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mr-john-boadu-new\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2037006325\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Acting General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has described the allegations against the Electoral Commission Chair, Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei as \u2018ugly and scandalous\u2019 to the country.<\/p>\n<p>Some aggrieved employees of the Electoral Commission (EC) have petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to dismiss the Chairperson of the Commission, Charlotte Osei.<\/p>\n<p>The employees in a statement insisted Mrs. Osei should be impeached for among others, bringing the \u201cCommission\u2019s name into disrepute by single highhandedly petitioning EOCO on an alleged misappropriation of staff endowment fund for malicious reasons\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But according to Mr Boadu, the integrity of the Electoral Commission is at stake and if such allegations are true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to focus on the happenings of EC. It ugly, it\u2019s painful and scandalizes all of us as a people. The integrity of the EC is very important\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our democracy will prosper under President Akufo-Addo\u2019s administration then EC should be a transparent referee\u2026\u201d he said on Accra based Neat FM.<\/p>\n<p>He further queried why the EC Chair, Madam Charlotte Osei will implement the electronic transmission or collating of results some few months to the 2016 polls when there were issues to be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the electronic transmission of results, it was implemented a few months to the 2016 polls and we were not aware\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew there were major challenges involved. A lot of people must me trained. Do you think I am a \u2018fool\u2019 to support something like this, something with the potential to destroy the whole country\u2026?\u201d John Boadu quizzed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has described the allegations against the Electoral Commission Chair, Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei as \u2018ugly and scandalous\u2019 to the country. Some aggrieved employees of the Electoral Commission (EC) have petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to dismiss the Chairperson of the Commission, Charlotte Osei. 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