{"id":47875,"date":"2018-07-24T12:45:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T12:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=47875"},"modified":"2018-07-24T09:08:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T09:08:30","slug":"iea-boss-jean-mensah-nominated-for-ec-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/iea-boss-jean-mensah-nominated-for-ec-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"IEA Boss, Jean Mensah Nominated For EC Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President nominates Jean Mensa as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission. Furthermore, she was the Head of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, this follows the removal of Mrs Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Mrs Georgina Opoku Amankwaa, for stated misbehavior.<\/p>\n<p>Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei Opare released the statement. Moreover, they named Mr Samuel Tettey and Dr Eric Asare Bossman as Deputy Chairpersons. Also, Ms Adwoa Asuama was named as a member of the Commission. She replaces Mrs Pauline Dadzawa who proceeded on retirement.<\/p>\n<h4>President names Jean Mensa for Electoral Commission Chairperson<\/h4>\n<p>Jean Mensa&#8217;s IEA played an instrumental role in Ghana&#8217;s governance issues, politics and elections.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she is a lawyer by profession. Also, she helped in formulating the Political Party funding Bill as well as the revised Political Party Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Samuel Tettey was a key member of the Afari Gyan led Electoral Commission. He was the Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission in 2014. Moreover, this is a position he currently holds. Also, he was a member of Election Observer Missions to countries such as the Kingdom of Lesotho, Guinea and Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Eric Asare Bossman is a Political Science Lecturer and head of the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana. 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