Electoral officers Fight Charlotte For Allowances

Charlotte Osei EC Chair

At the Electoral Commission office on Friday casual officers who supervised the District Assembly Elections about a month ago, created a disorderly scene over unnecessary cumbersome processes they had to go through to get their allowance. About 200 of the officers, were visibly exasperated and described as unfair,
the treatment being meted out to them. “They called me from the house to come for my money which means you have my records. So why then should I come here, and write my name again more than once before you take me somewhere to form a queue” a frustrated officer lamented. Another aggrieved officer said “the Electoral Commission needs to change their way of doing things. They need to advance.” This is not the first time officers who are hired to assist the EC with elections have been unhappy about issues of payment. In 2013, about 120,000 officers complained about delays in the payment of their monies for supervising the 2012 elections.