The Electoral Commission (EC) has said that 4,500 media accreditations have been granted to cover the results collation at the constituency and regional collation centers.
The EC initially recommended that there be at least 3,308 accreditations.
The Chairman of the EC, Jean Mensa, stated at a press conference on Friday, November 29, 2024, that the Commission will provide the 4,500 accreditation cards to the Ghana Independent Broadcaster Association (GIBA) and Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) leadership by Sunday night.
According to the EC, the GJA and GIBA would be responsible for allocating and distributing the 4,500 accreditation cards.
“The EC will not play any role in the allocation and distribution of the cards.”
The Chairperson reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to collaborating with the media prior to, during, and following the December General Election, emphasizing that the Commission actually needs the media the most at this pivotal point in the election process.
The Commission clarified that rather than attempting to limit media access to the collation process, its previous memo to its regional directors was meant to guarantee that there would be a minimum amount of coverage in all constituency and regional collation centers.
“The earlier memo that suggested three TV stations and five radio stations per constituency collation centre, and five TV stations and seven radio stations for each regional collation centre, was therefore only to ensure minimum coverage of the collation process.
“The Commission has however agreed with the GJA and GIBA that, in spite of the space limitation at many constituency and regional collation centres, the number of accreditations will be increased from the initial suggested minimum of 3,308 to 4,500. This amounts to 1,192 more accreditations to the constituency and regional collation centres. Once again, the 4,500 accreditation cards will be delivered to GJA and GIBA by Sunday evening.”
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