Jean Mensa

Jean Adukwei Mensa(née Blukoo-Allotey born November 12, 1971) is a Ghanaian lawyer by profession who has been serving as chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana since July 2018. She was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo to take over the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) from her predecessor, Charlotte Osei.Prior to assuming the role of chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa spent an 18-year career at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), rising to the position of executive director.As the EC chairperson, Jean Mensa declared the then presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the NPP as the president-elect of the December 7th, 2020 Presidential Election. Quotes “In the bid to capture power, our politicians and their supporters use all manner of methods to achieve their goal. she said at a security task force meeting ahead of last December’s district-level elections. “In the wake of this, our security and safety are not spared. Based on past experiences, it is now clear that we cannot take any election for granted. The challenges with the guarantor system are two-fold: it opens the door for registered voters or guarantor contractors to guarantee and vouch for persons who are less than 18 years. Secondly, it allows the guarantors to vouch for persons who are not citizens. There should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good.” We at the EC are not above scrutiny. Scrutinise and critique our work as your role requires but do so with objectivity. Criticisms laced with insults and falsehood should be beneath you. We are partners in this quest to build our nation. We should put our nation first and work to ensure that irrespective of our political divide, our actions and activities inure to the benefit of our dear country. Your work as journalists will impact positively or negatively on our dear nation. As the Fourth Estate, you’re not only facets of our democracy, you’re its bedrock, beacon of truth. The power of the pen is unmatched and, therefore, must always engage in fact-checking of every information received thoroughly to avoid misinforming the public. We train our officers well well, a lot people dey fear say we wan declare result within 24 hours, dema wonder how possible is that, because we no do so before. A lot of training and capacity building and efficiency na im we don build into our processes, No be say we don change our system, e be dey fax and email we dey use but we don train our officers to dey swift and timely. External links Category: living people