Women/PWDs urged to participate in DLEs and Referendum

By
Comfort Sena Fetrie, GNA

Tamale, Oct.24, GNA
– Mr Isaac Kofi Asomaning, the National Director for Research and Monitoring of
the Electoral Commission (EC), has called on Women and Persons Living with
Disabilities (PWDs) to actively participate in the forthcoming District Level
Elections (DLEs) and the Referendum.

He said assembly
elections held in the past revealed that only a few women and PWDs
participated.

Mr Asomaning made
the call during a sensitisation workshop for Women and PWDs on this year’s DLEs
and Referendum and the need to actively participate in them.

He said this would
help reduce the impact of socio-cultural barriers on them to take leadership
positions. 

Mr Lucas Yiryel, the
Acting Northern Regional Director of the EC, advised voters to turnout in their
numbers to vote during the elections.

He said three
elections would be held on December 17 made up of the District Level election,
Unit Committee election, and the Referendum.

Mr Yiryel said the
DLE and the Unit Committees were critical components of the country’s
decentralisation process, giving political and administrative authority to the
districts.

He added that the
Referendum sought to amend Articles 243 (1) and 55(3) to allow for
participation of political parties in the election of metropolitan, municipal
and district chief executives.

GNA