Some Pressure groups in the Country in collaboration with the National Democratic Congress are expected to commemorate the 1st Anniversary of Ayawaso West Wuogon By-election on Friday, 31st January 2020 and NDC’s flagbearer; Mr. John Dramani Mahama is expected to deliver the keynote address.
Participants are expected to wear red and black dresses to the durbar ground at La Bawaleshie Presby School and the commemorative durbar is on the theme: “Towards Election 2020, Ayawaso West Wuogon By-election violence, Never Again”.
Other speakers expected at the commemoration include Mr. Kwasi Prat Junior, a Senior Journalist, Dr. Basit Aziz Bamba, Law Lecturer at the University of Ghana and Mr. Adam Bona, a Security Analyst.
The Electoral Commission (EC) says the by-election held in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency on Thursday, 31st January 2019 went as planned with no hitches.
Jean Mensa, the EC Chairperson said the polling process was successful and none of the Commission’s officials encountered a challenge at any of the 137 polling stations in the constituency.
The Commission chaired by Justice Emile Short was established on February 8 this year by President Akufo-Addo to make a full inquiry into the circumstances of and establish the facts leading to the events of the associated violence during the by-election held on January 31.
The Commission’s term of reference was:
(a) To make a full, faithful and impartial inquiry into the circumstances of, and establish the facts leading to, the events and associated violence during the Ayawaso West Wuogon By-Election on the 31st day of January 2019;
(b) To identify any person responsible for or who has been involved in the events, associated violence and injuries;
(c) To inquire into any matter which the Commission considers incidental or reasonably related to the causes of the events and the associated violence and injuries; and
(d) To submit within one month its report to the President giving reasons for its findings and recommendations, including appropriate sanctions, if any,” the statement explained.
Source: Kofi Atakora