The Let My Vote Count Alliance will today, Tuesday, November 8, hold a public forum on the theme “Protecting the Ballot; Safeguarding the Integrity of Elections in Ghana” at Tamale, capital of the Northern Region.
The event, which takes place at the Central Auditorium of the University of Development Studies, will have Prof Ken Agyeman Attafuah, Dean of Faculty of Law at the Central University, who is also a Criminologist and Conflict Resolution Expert as a speaker.
Also speaking at the event is Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Mahama Mumuni, an Educationist, will also speak at the event which will be moderated by Abubakari Adam, a broadcast journalist at Zaa Radio 99.3 Fm, Tamale.
This forum is part of a series of nationwide events hosted by LMVCA to bring together a cross-section of stakeholders to emphasize the need for the electorate to be vigilant to ensure the will of the people is upheld.
Previous events, which were held in Accra and Ho, were well attended and sparked the discussion on the need for vigilance in the upcoming elections.
“Historically, the responsibility of protecting the ballot has been centered largely on the Electoral Commission and agents of the various political parties. However, LMVCA is calling on all Ghanaians to take up a collective responsibility to monitor the elections closely for free, fair and transparent elections,” the pressure group said in a statement.
The statement which was signed by David Asante, Convener; Ibrahim Adjei, Spokesperson; and John Hall Acquaah, Director of Operations, added: “Safeguarding the integrity of elections in Ghana is so crucial to our democracy that, it is incumbent on the electorate to protect the ballot.”
The speakers will highlight the electoral process and identify the various roles the electorate can play to protect the ballot and to safeguard the integrity of elections in Ghana, according to the statement.