The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is engaging with stakeholders for an agreement over its directive to limit media access to its constituency and regional collation centres for the 2024 general elections.
The directive, which sought to restrict the number of media outlets allowed at collation centres, has sparked significant feedback from various media stakeholders.
A memo issued by the EC instructed its staff at district and regional levels to allocate quotas to media houses for accreditation at collation centres.
The EC’s directive permits only eight media outlets at each constituency collation centre and 12 at the regional collation centres. This limitation, while intended to ensure orderliness, has raised questions about transparency and inclusivity.
However, the Deputy Chairman of Operations, Samuel Tettey in a statement issued on Wednesday said the Commission is ”engaging with the leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) on the issue and trust that we will arrive at an arrangement that is both workable and acceptable.”
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