Progressive Nationalist Forum demands EC boss’ resignation for keeping another job
The political pressure group, Progressive Nationalist Forum has called for the resignation of chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei over claims that she was keeping a second job as a board member of the Ghana Reinsurance Company Limited.
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According to the group that was a breach of the constitution since the chairperson of the EC cannot hold a second public office.
The group claims to have evidence to support their claim that Madam Osei before her appointment as EC chair and since her appointment has remained a member of the board of the company.
A check at the company's website on Thursday January 7, 2016 at 12:12 pm indicated that Madam Osei was still listed as a board member.
Her photograph and name was displayed among other board members.
The Progressive Nationalist Forum said they wanted to give her the option to quit one of the jobs with immediate effect as stipulated under Article 44 Clause 4.
The Article states, “The Chairman and the two Deputy Chairmen of the commission shall not, while they hold office on the Commission, hold any other public office.”
“Secondly, she should by 30th January, 2016 pay back all allowances received as board member of Ghana Reinsurance or her salary and entitlements as chairman of the commission, which ever option she chooses to exercise from 1st July, 2015 till date,” the group said in a statement.
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Spokesperson of the group, Richard Nyamah told Joy News, the 2016 diary of the Ghana Reinsurance Company Limited still has her name as a director.
Even after her appointment as the chairman of the Commission in June 2015, Madam Osei has travelled on the ticket of the company to Kenya, he told Joy FM.
He said her decision to keep the two positions put her "integrity on financial prudence" into serious question. The commissioner would be withdrawing her salary from the national coffers whilst benefiting from allowances paid to her by the company, he explained.