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Director General of GES issues
directive on voting by minors
Accra, Oct. 25, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Samuel Bannerman-Mensah,
Director General of Ghana Education Service on Friday
directed all Regional and District Directors of Education to
ensure heads of basic, secondary and tertiary educational
institutions advised and educated pupils and students below
18 years to desist from attempting to vote in Election 2008,
even if they had been enticed by political parties.
This was contained in a statement issued in Accra and signed
by Mr Charles
Parker-Allotey, Head of Public Relations of GES.
It reminded them of a circular dated, October 20 which sated
that “they cannot under the 1992 Constitution and Electoral
Laws of Ghana, prevent pupils and students of legal voting
age who are registered to vote, from exercising their right
to vote”.
“Heads were therefore, directed to put in place arrangements
to afford such students the opportunity to exercise their
franchise,” it said.
GNA
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