The Electoral Commission (EC) has said, the conduct of the 2020 elections will not affect the Friday morning’s fire that destroyed part of its Greater Accra Regional office at Sapeiman near Amasaman.
According to an interview on Citi News, Public Relations Officer of the Electoral Commission, Slyvia Annor has said preliminary investigations into the fire incident has also commenced to ascertain the cause of the inferno.
She further disclosed the fire will not affect the commission’s work towards the December 7, 2020 polls.
“Portions of the Greater Accra Regional Office warehouse was gutted by fire in the early hours of today, Friday, destroying some old election materials that have been stored over the period but thankfully the Ghana National Fire Service was able to stop the fire from spreading to the other offices.”
“The matter is being investigated by the Ghana National Fire Service as well as the security agencies and as soon as the report is ready we will make it available. It is important to assure the general public that the fire outbreak will not affect the conduct of the 2020presidential and parliamentary elections”, she said.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
