GES Orders Closure Of All Senior High Schools To Allow Eligible Students And Staff Vote

• The Ghana Education Service has announced all second-cycle institutions will close to allow staff and eligible students to vote
• The directive was also directed to the regional GES heads to ensure that school heads heeded the directive and enforced it
• The 2024 general election, which will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2024, will be the ninth in Ghana's Fourth Republic

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered the closure of all Senior High Schools (SHSs) on Thursday, December 5, 2024, to allow staff and eligible students to vote on Saturday, December 7, 2024.

The GES further instructed regional directors to ensure that heads of second-cycle institutions adhered to the directive allowing staff and eligible students to travel to their constituencies to vote.

The memo, dated December 4, 2024, was signed by Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, Deputy Director-General of the GES.

The memo was addressed to all regional education directors and copied to the Chairman of the GES Council, Accra, the Director-General of the GES-HQ, Accra and others.

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The 2024 general election, which will be held on December 7, 2024, will be the ninth in the Fourth Republic.

Voters are expected to choose between 12 presidential candidates including Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (NPP), Nana Akosua Frimpomaa Kumankuma (CPP), Daniel August Lartey (GCPP), Hassan Ayariga (APC), Mohammed Frimpong (NDP), and John Mahama (NDC).

The others are Christian Kwabena Andrews (GUM), Kofi Akpaloo (LPG), Kofi Koranteng (independent), George Twum-Barima-Adu (independent), Nana Kwame Bediako (independent) and Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen (independent).

GFP endorses NDC for 2024 elections

Meanwhile, the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) has endorsed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2024 election.

The GFP’s own candidate, Akua Donkor, passed away, while her replacement, Philip Appiah Kubi, was recently disqualified.

Addressing the press on December 4, Jerry Addo, the Deputy General Secretary of the GFP, said the decision to support the NDC came after extensive consultations with its executives.

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Adom News reported that Addo further stressed that the party had not been coerced into making this endorsement.

Addo cited the NDC’s policies, particularly its plans to establish a Women’s Development Bank and scrap the payment of academic fees for first-year tertiary students, as key factors influencing the GFP’s endorsement.

Police investigate ‘election security’ forces

YEN.com.gh also reported that the police are investigating 88 people intercepted on board two buses in the Western North Region.

These people were allegedly recruited from various locations in the Greater Accra Region for election security and were arrested.

The police also said they are investigating to find those allegedly behind the recruitment of the 88 people for this scheme.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh