The EC also pegged the nomination fees for Parliamentary candidates at GHC10,000 as against the Gh¢1,000 paid in the last elections.
The new figure is a 1,000 per cent increment from the previous amount.
The Electoral Management Body has slated September 13 for both presidential and parliamentary candidates to pick nomination forms from the Electoral Commission.
The forms are to be submitted between September 29 and 30, 2016.
Majority of the parties, especially the smaller ones have protested the figure, claiming it’s a ploy to disqualify them from contesting in the upcoming December 7 elections.
But speaking on Adom FM’s Morning Show Dwaso Nsem Friday, Deputy Public Relations Director of the EC, Yusif Alhassan Ayuba stated that the EC has no such bad intention against the smaller parties, adding that any well established political party should not find it difficult raising the said amount. This notwithstanding, he said the commission will meet and review the fee.