LIVESTREAMING: Information Minister addresses the media on Charlotte Osei's removal

The Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid is addressing the media on what lead to the removal of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies; Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwa from office.

President Akufo-Addo yesterday directed the Charlotte Osei and her two deputies to hand over their respective schedules to the Director for Human Resource and General Services of the Electoral Commission.

This comes after a committee set up by the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Akuffo, pursuant to Article 146(4) of the Constitution, to investigate separate complaints brought against the three persons by Ghanaian citizens, recommended their removal from office.

The Committee recommended their removal on the basis of stated misbehavior and incompetence, pursuant to Article 146 (1) of the Constitution.

A statement by a Minister for Information, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid on Thursday said, the President had directed the three persons to hand over their respective schedules to the Director of Human Resources at the Commission, while thanking them for their service to the country.

“The provisions of Article 146 (9) of the Constitution require the President of the Republic to act in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee.

"President Akufo-Addo has directed the three persons to hand over their respective schedules to the Director for Human Resource and General Services of the Electoral Commission, and thanked them for their services to the nation", the statement said.